There are eight species of southern fur seals, all smaller than their northern relative. They include the Guadalupe fur seal of Baja California, the brown fur seal of southern Africa and Australia ...

Access: There are several organised boat tours available to see the seal colonies around southern Tasmania. Tour campanies organise swimming or diving with fur seals at Port Phillip Bay on ...

Monachinae (Southern Seals): Weddell seal ... This family includes: Arctocephalinae (fur seals): brown fur seal, Antarctic fur seal, Guadalupe fur seal, Juan Fernandez fur seal, Galapagos fur ...

sea lions and fur seals), and Phocidae (the earless, or true seals). Seals range in size from the 1 m (3 ft 3 in) and 45 kg (99 lb) Baikal seal to the 5 m (16 ft) and 3,200 kg (7,100 lb) southern ...

Southern elephant seals are rarely seen in South Africa, but they do occasionally visit the coast for their month-long shed. Elephant seals underg o a unique moulting process once a year, shedding an ...