Cyprus · observation
Off Mackenzie Beach
· Larnaca, Cyprus
Windsurfer Jorg Grether reported one dark seal about 80 metres offshore from Mackenzie Beach at 16:00 on 25 January 2008. It surfaced nearby and then disappeared.
- Species
- Not recorded / not sure
- Number of seals
- 1
- Attributed name
- Unidentified
- Source
- Jorg Grether, firsthand letter in Monachus Guardian
About this record
- Supporting evidence
- Original eyewitness letter in Monachus Guardian 11(1), PDF page 66, supplies date, time and site. The publication treats it as a monk-seal report, but the letter includes no photograph or independent species confirmation. Source: https://monachus-guardian.org/library/mguard21.pdf
- Identification confidence
- Not recorded
- Editorial status
- Published by Seal Watch.
Source wording, attributed names and approximate date labels are preserved. A published report does not establish a verified animal identity.