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 ...

and Cape fur seals breed along the southern African coast from southern Angola to Algoa Bay in the Eastern Cape. Additionally, seals can be spotted on beaches and in harbours throughout this coast.

The seals live off the southern California and Pacific coast of Mexico and will travel far distances from their breeding grounds. Guadalupe fur seals live about 20 years on average, the agency said.