Harbor Seal

Closest Relatives at Channel Islands National Park

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Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

#	Park	Country	Probability
1	Kenai Fjords National Park	🇺🇸 United States	80–90%
2	Vatnajokull National Park	🇮🇸 Iceland	60–70%
3	Wrangell-St. Elias National Park	🇺🇸 United States	40–50%
4	Pacific Rim National Park Reserve	🇨🇦 Canada	40–50%
5	Great Bear Rainforest	🇨🇦 Canada	40–50%
6	Acadia National Park	🇺🇸 United States	40–50%
7	Redwood National Park	🇺🇸 United States	30–40%
8	Wadden Sea National Park	🇩🇪 Germany	30–40%
9	Olympic National Park	🇺🇸 United States	30–40%
10	Katmai National Park	🇺🇸 United States	30–40%
11	Channel Islands National Park	🇺🇸 United States	20–30%
12	Gros Morne National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	20–30%
13	El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	10–20%
14	Kluane National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	Insufficient data
15	Cape Breton Highlands National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	Insufficient data
16	Snowdonia National Park	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Harbor Seal in Channel Islands National Park?

About 22% of visitor-days record a Harbor Seal sighting in Channel Islands National Park, based on 102 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Harbor Seal in Channel Islands National Park?

June has the highest sighting rate for Harbor Seal in Channel Islands National Park in our monthly data.