December 12, 2025 Fridays Dailies

Todays dailies are brought to you by Marilyn and Team R&B💕

Marilyn viewed Rabbit Island from 1:05 to 2:50 pm and there were three seals seen during that time. Marilyn got word from one of the pier employees there were two seals swimming along the pier in the morning. He had no idea who they were.

Initially out on the rock flats Lanikai side of the LPB was a Sub-adult Male: sub-adult to large juvenile size, light tan male belly and two red tags. The seal moved to the back of LPB. Marilyn wondered if this

could be RT90 Manapua.

In the middle of LPB was a Weaner Female: small weaner size, tan female belly, two red tags. A bird stayed near this small seal. Marilyn wasn't sure if it was a Noddy Tern or some other species.

Between 3BS and SRI was N32: large adult size, darker coat, dark male belly, no tags N32 applied bleach.

Team R&B started their day at Pokai and this morning found Miss Kala RH76 with RU04 on the rocks. The two girls were snoozing and

thankfully no one was bothering them. They remained there all day.

They spotted two seals foraging out in the water. One was Nalu R3CX and he was with a small seal with a green snout, who turned out to be RU12. Little RU12 did her own fishing today keeping distance from Nalu.

Over at the outfall there were multiple seals foraging. At times they weren't sure of the two seals together hugging. But they determined the seals were RH48 Lei Ola, RM31 Kai and RL08 with the cc scars.

Then they found big boy RH32 Kaale at Kahe. He was alone on the rocks resting  peacefully.

Lastly but not least they spotted a seal on shore at yoks. When they checked it out the seal is molting and they made a circle in the sand to let people know to keep their distance. Finally the seal flipped over and they ID'd RG28 Lefty and he's about 60% molted.  Team R&B stuck around to keep him safe and educating the public.

Rabbit Island

RH76

RU04

RU04 & RH76

R3CX

RU12

RL08

RM31

RH48

SWEET!

RH32

RG28

December 11, 2025 Thursday's Dailies

Todays dailies are brought to you by posse pal Kathy O and Team R&B💕

A quick email from posse pal Kathy shared about an adult male seen at Iroquois. She was kind enough to send some photos. She didn't see any scars, or tags to determine an identing marks. I reached out to Team R&B and Barb guessed a possible RN14 Kalani who doesn't have any tags. 

Despite the rainy day, Team R&B were out there today, bless them! 

They started their day at pokai and there were no seals seen. Unfortunately still no one has come to collect the remains of the honu. The valley was pretty with lots of low clouds and they were gifted a beautiful rainbow.

They spotted a seal from afar and made their way over. When they got to the area they found a discarded lay net so they took it away from where it could cause harm. Then they saw little RU12 alone on shore. She was resting comfortably and they were happy to have found her.

They continued looking but coming up empty. They hung out and watched the high surf and there was one brave surfer out there.

They made their way out to plains and found a seal on shore. It was a male R416 Makalii. At least they were able to end their day with one last find.

Unknown Male

Beautiful Rainbow

RU12

R416

surfer

December 10, 2025 Wednesday's Dailies

Todays dailies are brought to you by Marilyn and Team R&B💕

Marilyn viewed Rabbit Island from 10:33 to 12:10 and there were five seals seen during that time.

Out on the Lanikai side of LPB was an Adult Female: sub-adult to small adult size, two red tags, grayish tan female belly. Marilyn doesn't think this is RQ32, because she didn't see the N applied bleach, but she could be wrong.

Down from 1BS was Adult Male 1: adult size, gray male belly. two

red tags. This may be RK24, but Marilyn just couldn't be sure. She never saw his right side where his applied N33 bleach and did not see his scars.

Between 3BS and SRI were two seals:

N32: adult size newer dark gray coat, gray male belly, easy to read N32 applied bleach on his right hip, no tags. Marilyn noted she thinks N32 may have some sort of scar on his head.

Near N32 was Adult Male 2: adult size, newer coat, gray male belly and at least one tag.

In the channel at RRB was R7AF: adult size, newer coat, dark gray male belly N61 applied bleach, no info on his tags because his flippers were out of view.

A two-woman team from the Department of Forestry and Wildlife (DOFAW) were on Rabbit Island this morning. They appeared to be planting several plants. They did survey the rest of the island and appeared to record the tag numbers of the seals that had them.

Team R&B first stop was to check on the poor turtle they reported yesterday. Unfortunately the turtle was still on the shoreline.

They spotted Nalu R3CX foraging. He was out there alone. They also spotted a couple of whales way out.

Over at the outfall they saw Miss Lei Ola RH48 foraging. She was with another seal. The other seal was ID'd as Kai RM31. There was a third seal they were not able to get an ID, it was reported as an Unknown Adult.

Team R&B were grateful to see the whales perform. They did their best to capture as much as they could, to share and have long lasting

memories.

Team R&B ended their day where they started. They found Nalu still out there foraging, but now he had company. There was a small seal with him foraging. It looked like the little one was RU04 and she didn't mind hanging out with Nalu. 

Rabbit Island

R3CX

RH48

RM31

UA

WHALES 

RU04 & R3CX

RU04

R3CX