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Recent Observation Notes:

Thursday March 14, 2024 - More good seal watching today in the late afternoon, but a south wind makes for fussy seals so we are not seeing as many seals as we did over the weekend. Our prediction of big seal numbers in early March was spot on, and we now foresee that the next time we get a calm day or a day with a westerly wind the seal count will go back up. This is the good stuff we wait all year to see, and we plan to visit Rome Point early (2 to 3 hours before low tide at Wickford) and often in the coming weeks.

By the weekend low tide is late in the evening, with Saturday being the better option for a late afternoon/evening seal watch if the weather is OK.  On Monday the low tide becomes more advantageous in the morning. With the best seal watching opportunities of the season at hand, we often choose to take a chance on sketchy wind/weather conditions on short notice, due to our chronic wildlife watching FOMO (fear of missing out). Check back here for reports and updated forecasts, we hope to see you on the beach soon!

We hope that anyone who reads this website holds a little grace for us when our seal observation forecasts miss the mark or our outing plans change at the last minute, however, some uncertainty is part of the wildlife observation experience.  One thing we do know for certain: if you catch the seals at the right time with a telescope on hand for close-up observation, your friends or family will enjoy an experience that all will remember for years to come.

Boat-based seal tours are now departing from Wickford on the Coastal Queen and we bid these new members of the seal watching community at Rome Point a warm welcome. A cruise on the bay is a fine way to responsibly observe wild marine mammals, and the presence of a tour boat serves the best interests of the seals by causing other watercraft operators to think twice about approaching the resting seals too closely. Check out the Cruise RI website here if you are interested in a seal cruise, we are certainly interested and hope to join them on a seal cruise soon.

The links below connect to short seal videos we posted on YouTube for your seal watching amusement.  Seal Pup Follies was recorded in Maine in June 2012 and Linebelly Rising is a short clip showing the former Rome Point kingpin climbing to the top of his favorite pointy rock. 

Video Links:
Tail Biting Jumps March 2020
Seal Action March 2013
Linebelly Rising   
Big Seal Day 2011 
Seal Pup Follies  
Rome Point Seals 2011


  
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