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- Seal Island
Nature reserve · Western Cape
Seal Island
Seal Island is listed as wildlife refuge near Mossel Bay, in Mossel Bay municipality, Western Cape — about 4 km north-west of Mossel Bay. The nearest other area in the directory is Jukani Predator Park, 4 km south-east.
4 kmnorth-west of Mossel Bay
4 kmto the nearest listed area
92species with records nearby
—opening hours listed
AddressMossel Bay
Facts
- Type
- Nature reserve
- Listed as
- Wildlife refuge
- Province
- Western Cape
- District
- Eden
- Local municipality
- Mossel Bay
- Town
- Mossel Bay
- Coordinates
- -34.1510, 22.1198
- Nearest large town
- Mossel Bay, 4 km north-west
- Website
- not listed
Sources: business listings compiled from public map and web sources, checked October 2026 · municipality: geoBoundaries (CC BY 3.0 IGO) · province: Natural Earth
Nearby
- Jukani Predator ParkNature reserve4 km south-east
- Garden Route Safari CampPrivate game reserve14 km north-west
- Gondwana Game ReserveGame reserve21 km west
- Indalu Game ReservePrivate game reserve29 km west
- Ruitersbos Nature ReserveNature reserve33 km north
- Bon Game ReservePrivate game reserve34 km west
GBIF records within 3 km
Wildlife recorded around Seal Island
178 mammal and 50 553 bird occurrence records within 3 km of the reserve's point. Species with the most records first; the number is records, not animals.
Mammals
- Brown Fur SealArctocephalus pusillus127
- Southern Right WhaleEubalaena australis11
- BushbuckTragelaphus scriptus6
- Southern Elephant SealMirounga leonina4
- Humpback WhaleMegaptera novaeangliae4
- White RhinocerosCeratotherium simum3
- African Clawless OtterAonyx capensis2
- Marsh MongooseAtilax paludinosus2
- African elephantLoxodonta africana2
- Indo-Pacific Bottlenose DolphinTursiops aduncus2
- LionPanthera leo2
- Southern African Vlei RatOtomys irroratus2
Birds
- Cape WagtailMotacilla capensis858
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris853
- Kelp GullLarus dominicanus837
- Laughing DoveSpilopelia senegalensis796
- Cape WeaverPloceus capensis757
- Speckled PigeonColumba guinea754
- Cape SparrowPasser melanurus747
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta692
- White-breasted CormorantPhalacrocorax lucidus687
- Southern FiscalLanius collaris682
- Red-eyed DoveStreptopelia semitorquata667
- Blacksmith LapwingVanellus armatus666
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea662
- Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis650
Source: GBIF.org occurrence data (records within the radius; licences of the publishing datasets apply). All wildlife.