Where to see
Phoca vitulina
Kenai Fjords National Park leads · 13 parks ranked by real sighting rates
Share of wildlife watchers reporting a Harbor Seal during a day in the park, from citizen-science data (GBIF)
| # | Park | Country | Sighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenai Fjords National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Vatnajokull National Park | 🇮🇸 Iceland | |
| 3 | Wrangell-St. Elias National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | Svalbard | 🇳🇴 Norway | |
| 5 | Wadden Sea National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 6 | Great Bear Rainforest | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 7 | Redwood National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 8 | Acadia National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 9 | Pacific Rim National Park Reserve | 🇨🇦 Canada | |
| 10 | Katmai National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 11 | Channel Islands National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 12 | Olympic National Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 13 | Gros Morne National Park | 🇨🇦 Canada |
Kenai Fjords National Park
In Kenai Fjords National Park, United States, about 80% of wildlife watchers report a Harbor Seal sighting on a given day, the highest of the 13 parks where we can rate it, from GBIF citizen-science data.
Vatnajokull National Park and more
After Kenai Fjords National Park, the next-best odds of seeing a Harbor Seal are in Vatnajokull National Park (Iceland, about 70%), Wrangell-St. Elias National Park (United States, about 70%) and Svalbard (Norway, about 50%). Outside North America, the best option is Vatnajokull National Park in Europe (about 70%).
It depends on the park
In the top parks, the best months are June and July in Kenai Fjords National Park (about 90%), February, August–October and December in Vatnajokull National Park (about 80%) and May and June in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park (about 80%), as the share of wildlife watchers who report a Harbor Seal on a given day. Each park's Harbor Seal page has the full month-by-month chart.
