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California · Seal Watch
The California watch.
Follow published seal observations from California, or send your own sighting to the Seal Watch team.
A record of encounters.
We bring together published reports so people can follow the story over time. A report is an observation, not a count of a different seal, and an attributed name is not independent identity verification.
Each regional archive contains its own reports. Visitor submissions are reviewed privately; publication is a separate editorial step. New records appear here as they are published.
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