8/4/2018 Monk Seal Dailies: (part 2) Lesley's Ka'ena Update

Had another long day.

Started by checking down @ Camp Erdman there was NO seal trails. Then I looked around for RK40 "Napua" she was MIA today.

My first look at 10Mnts seemed seal free, then just as I was leaving from the corner of my eye I saw flippers behind the Naupaka. It was our beautiful girl RN58 "Luana" in her new coat.

It started to rain heavily but I stood ground and went on.

First smelled then stopped to check the (dead) White Tip Shark was in the same place, a little buried from rolling in the sand at high tide, crabs were having a feast.

At Ponds RK88 "Puna" (M) was in the same spot as yesterday, on the pebble beach. He looks so small but has had some great swimming & exploring adventures.

In the NARS RO40 "Ka'ena" was hauled out at the entrance of his pool.

I hiked the west side again today all the way to the gate. This time I documented every single cove to map them out.

While I was heading that way, I could see gigantic smoke clouds coming from behind Makaha - in the late afternoon I drove to Haleiwa and on my way back I could see smoke from behind Mt Ka'ala all the way to the point.

There were NO seals on the west side of KPt - while I was there

Hours later heading back I saw RO40 "Ka'ena" in the Main Pool. There was a swim by who I IDed after downloading my pics as RE74 Benny !!

RK88 "Puna" was still in the same place and RN58 "Luana" was near the waterline at 10Mnts Beach.  More tomorrow 

 Beautiful View