Seal Watching Tips

Seals are on the rocks off the northern end of the beach, for 3 to 5 hours around low tide. The seals are over 300 yards from the shore, so bring your binoculars. Wind from the west (or NW/SW)... seal watching is best. Arrive on the beach two hours before low tide to see lots of seals. Boats, kayaks, and drones may scare the seals away, the best way to observe the seals is from shore using a spotting scope.

Monday, November 28, 2022

Sunday 11/27/22 - 14 seals hauled out, 55 degrees, SW 10 to 15, cloudy, 1430. A slow developing seal scene today, as the stiff southwest wind held the tide up in the bay. The seals were unsettled, probably due to an approaching frontal rainstorm, and showed marked reluctance to haul out for the second day in a row. In the hour and a half we were there, the number of seals present only increased from 8 to 14, but there was occasional breaching and tail slapping observed, which gave the impression that some seals were frustrated that the rocks were still mostly submerged. We left about an hour before low tide to avoid the rain, slightly disappointed that the Thanksgiving weekend seal watching was not as good as we had hoped.

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