Where to See Northern Elephant Seal in Point Reyes National Seashore

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Northern Elephant Seal sightings in Point Reyes

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Where Northern Elephant Seal has been reported, from 2,550 sightings. Not a live tracker: animals move, and an empty area doesn’t mean there are none.

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12 AM2% of the busiest hour1 AM1% of the busiest hour2 AM1% of the busiest hour3 AM1% of the busiest hour4 AM2% of the busiest hour5 AM4% of the busiest hour6 AM12% of the busiest hour7 AM30% of the busiest hour8 AM55% of the busiest hour9 AM75% of the busiest hour10 AM95% of the busiest hour11 AMBusiest hourNoonBusiest hour1 PMBusiest hour2 PM95% of the busiest hour3 PM90% of the busiest hour4 PM75% of the busiest hour5 PM55% of the busiest hour6 PM35% of the busiest hour7 PM18% of the busiest hour8 PM8% of the busiest hour9 PM4% of the busiest hour10 PM3% of the busiest hour11 PM2% of the busiest hour

Northern Elephant Seal is most seen 10 AM–4 PM. Bars compare each hour with the busiest one.

Northern Elephant Seal sightings by hour, as a share of the busiest hour
Hour	Share of busiest hour
12 AM	2%
1 AM	1%
2 AM	1%
3 AM	1%
4 AM	2%
5 AM	4%
6 AM	12%
7 AM	30%
8 AM	55%
9 AM	75%
10 AM	95%
11 AM	100%
Noon	100%
1 PM	100%
2 PM	95%
3 PM	90%
4 PM	75%
5 PM	55%
6 PM	35%
7 PM	18%
8 PM	8%
9 PM	4%
10 PM	3%
11 PM	2%

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Where to see Northern Elephant Seal in Point Reyes

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