Resident discovers seal sunbaking on jetty metres from her backyard

A seal has been spotted sunbaking on a river jetty, just metres from residential homes and more than 20 kilometres from the coast.

Suzie Stipanovic was at her Silverwater home at about 2pm when her friend called out to her yelling “there’s a seal, there’s a seal!”

Ms Stipanovic said her first reaction was to check for a broken seal in her home before she was surprised to see the mammal.

“Seeing a seal didn’t enter my mind,” she said.

“I can’t believe there’s a seal in Silverwater, how can this be.”

The seal relaxed about five metres away from the home for about 10 minutes before swimming off again down the river.