Sea Otter

Sea Otter

Enhydra lutris

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
80–90% · Very likely
overall probability at Kenai Fjords National Park

📅 Monthly Probability

90–100
Jan
90–100
Feb
90–100
Mar
90–100
Apr
80–90
May
80–90
Jun
80–90
Jul
80–90
Aug
80–90
Sep
80–90
Oct
80–90
Nov
80–90
Dec

☀️ When They're Spotted

Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)

☀️Diurnal
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

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 Katmai National Park 🇺🇸 United States
30–40%
3 Pacific Rim National Park Reserve 🇨🇦 Canada
30–40%
4 Wrangell-St. Elias National Park 🇺🇸 United States
30–40%
5 Great Bear Rainforest 🇨🇦 Canada
30–40%
6 Olympic National Park 🇺🇸 United States
20–30%

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Sea Otter in Kenai Fjords National Park?

About 87% of visitor-days record a Sea Otter sighting in Kenai Fjords National Park, based on 183 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Sea Otter in Kenai Fjords National Park?

April has the highest sighting rate for Sea Otter in Kenai Fjords National Park in our monthly data.

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