Non-Migrant: Yes. At least some populations of this species do not make significant seasonal migrations. Juvenile dispersal is not considered a migration.

Locally Migrant: Yes. At least some populations of this species make local extended movements (generally less than 200 km) at particular times of the year (e.g., to breeding or wintering grounds, to hibernation sites).

Locally Migrant: Yes. At least some populations of this species make annual migrations of over 200 km.

In some areas, makes seasonal migrations of up to at least several hundred kilometers. Many seals that summer in Bay of Fundy and Maine apparently migrate southward to winter in southern New England (Rosenfeld et al. 1988). In southern California, adults remain close to the Channel Islands year-round (Reeves et al. 1992).