A seal found stranded in Lavallette is released into the wild April 28, 2026. (Photo: Justin Turner / MMSC)
A seal found stranded on a beach in Lavallette has been released back into the wild after recovering.
On April 28, the Grey seal made his way back home to the ocean after being released by the Marine Mammal Stranding Center in Brigantine. The former patient was admitted in mid-March suffering from a gastrointestinal illness and respiratory infection.
Now fully-recovered and weighing 79.8-pounds, he was tagged “#14” on his left rear flipper and was returned to the ocean from a quiet stretch of beach in a wildlife refuge that provides the stranding center with space for releases. The Lavallette seal headed back to sea with a friend – a Grey seal found in Atlantic City who was being relocated after a more simple overnight assessment at the stranding center. A video of the release is embedded below:
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