Seal frolics on Coney Island beach before being guided back to water, adorable video shows

This seal was ready for beach season.

A seal frolicked on a Coney Island beach Wednesday before it was guided back to the water after being spotted by an eagle-eyed City Hall staffer.

The light-colored sea creature wrestled around at Coney Island Creek Park before Elijah Hutchinson, the executive director for the Mayor’s Office of Climate and Environmental Justice, noticed the seal appearing distressed near the shore as he walked to a nearby community event with in Brooklyn.

“It kind of blended in with the sand,” Hutchinson told The Post.

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The seal was found Wednesday at a Coney Island beach. Mayor Eric Adams/V

Hutchinson called the state’s Department of Environmental Conservation for help.

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A police officer with the DEC located the mammal around the sand dunes near Coney Island Creek Park and sent photos and videos to the non-profit New York Marine Rescue Center, which determined it was a harp seal and in good condition, the state agency said.

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