April 20, 2026 Monday's Dailies

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

Marilyn viewed Rabbit Island from 1:03 to 2:54 pm and there were eight seals on island during that time. 

RL08 "BamBamSquarePants" was way out on the Lanikai side of rock flats. Marilyn did not see him until 1:25 pm, but he was probably there earlier. He was ID'd by his large size and mottled gray male belly. He was gone by 2:26 pm.

MO3 and PO3 were in the water when Marilyn first arrived. Then

they hauled out onto LPB. Both Mom and Pup seem to be doing well. Marilyn still can't confirm MO3's ID.

About 50 feet Makapuu of the 3BS was RF34 Pua and her pup PO5. PO5 was hidden behind Pua for the first hour. Marilyn did see a nursing session.

Another 60 feet Makapuu of Pua and pup was MO4 and her pup PO4. They spent most of the first hour in a tide pool. They finally hauled out onto the beach. The pup nursed several times and snoozed the rest of the time.

A Juvenile Female was again near the SRI channel: larger juvenile size, old coat with lots of green and dark patches below each eye, female belly and two red tags.

Team R&B once again did not find any seals around the west side. Soooo they headed over to plains

They didn't hear from anyone so they were a little surprised to see two seals on shore. They knew right away the female was Aukai RL12, but

couldn't figure out the male. Very big boy, small bleach on his but area ding on left shoulder and two red tags. Thats when they realized it was Nalu R3CX, he's back. All good between the two, they were just resting on shore.

Then things changed, they heard screaming, there was another seal arriving a very large adult male.

A big fight began with bodies flying, flippers slapping each other, and biting. The males ended up in the water, with lots of splashing and barking. Lots of excitement, and people were gathering.

Aukai RL12 moved to the side and rested. The boys continued to fight, Nalu went all the way to the right, closer to tower one. The adult male shout out like a torpedo, mouth wide open, and vocalizing. Team R&B pulled the ropes and signs away for preventive purposes. Finally Nalu R3CX just chilled out but he kept his eye on RL12.  

The adult male stayed at the water line closer to Aukai. Then Nalu made one last attempt to go to Aukai, but the adult male wasn't having it.  In the end just after noon time, Nalu entered the water and left heading in the Waikiki direction. The adult male stayed with his girl, for now Aukai.  They made a zone with the lifeguard just right in case another seal arrived.  All was quiet again.

One last sighting, they saw the dolphins out in the water. Then they saw one of the young ones jump out of the water. When they viewed the photos the baby had a Ramora sucking on its neck, poor thing.

Rabbit Island

RL12 & R3CX

RL12, R3CX and adult male

R3CX

RL12 & adult male

dolphins

April 19, 2026 Sunday's Dailies

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

Marilyn viewed Rabbit Island from 12:08 to 1:47npm and there were eight seals seen during that time.

MO3 and her pup PO3 were again on LPB. They went for about a 15-minute swim near the LPB channel and then returned to the beach for a nursing session and snooze. Marilyn saw at least one tag on MO3. Both seem to be doing well.

RF34 Pua and her pup PO5 were behind waterfront rocks about 50

feet Makapuu of the 3BS for the first hour. Then they hauled out and both snoozed and nursed. They too seem to be doing well. Marilyn saw at least one red tag on RF34.

MO4 and her pup PO4 were about 50 feet towards Makapuu from RF34&PO5.. Marilyn assumes at some point they will move closer together.

MO4 and PO4 started out on the waterfront rocks with PO4 in a small tide pool.  Later the pup moved in front of MO4 and they appeared to spend some time in shallow water. Then they hauled out and went into

snooze mode. Marilyn saw at least one tag on MO4.

A Juvenile Female hauled out of the SRI channel about 12:40 pm: juvenile size, old coat with lots of green, two red tags, female belly. The JF is very dark under the eyes.

Further out the SRI channel on the rock flats behind the channel was RL08 aka BamBamSquarePants. He was ID'd by his large size, gray male belly, at least one red tag, pit scars on left shoulders, right mid dorsal and right rear. He didn't pester any other seals during Marilyn's watch.

Team R&B were out searching all their usual spots. After a very long day they only found two seals today. Out at plains was RT06 on shore with the lovely Miss Auka RL12.  Everyone assumes RT06 is Aukai's pup probably because he's only two and smaller, and of course Aukai is huge because she's pregnant.

Lastly they didn't see anymore seals but did see dolphins for the first time in a long time. 

Rabbit Island

RL12

RT06

RT06 & RL12

dolphins

April 18, 2026 Saturday's Dailies

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

Marilyn viewed Rabbit Island from 12:23 to 1:56 pm and there were ten seals seen during that time. Wow!

MO3 & PO3 were again on LPB. PO3 moved away from mom near to the water, but later returned to mom. Both MO3 & PO2 appear to be normal and healthy.

About 60 feet Makapuu of the 3BS were RF34 Pua and PO5. Both seem to be doing well. Marilyn saw one nursing session and lots of

snoozing..

About 60 feet further in Makapuu direction were MO4 and PO4. Both are doing well. At one point PO4 appeared to vocalize for MO4 to pay attention. MO4 was not pleased when she saw RL08 about 50 feet away and vocalized.

There were four seals in or near the SRI channel. They kept moving around making it problematic to keep their IDs sorted out.

A Juvenile Female was initially alone on the beach up from SRI channel: larger juvenile size, old coat, yellow female belly and some

green, unsure about tags.

Initially on the Makapuu side of the SRI channel were RL08 and a Sub-adult Female. They had some words before RL08 moved up to the beach and moved in the direction of MO4-PO4. He stopped on the water front rocks and went into snooze mode.

RL08 BamBamSquarePants was ID'd by his large size, gray male belly and his pit scars on left shoulder, right mid-dorsal and right rear. 

Then the SF moved up towards the beach and then onto the beach. The SF is sub-adult size, with a light female belly, not sure about tags. Later RL08 moved over to join the JF and SF.

There was an Unknown Sub-adult behind the SRI channel rocks. This seal never came fully out from behind the rocks. Later RL08 moved close to the US.

That is a lot of action happening on the Island. 

Team R&B went searching in all the usual spots, but today they started their day with no seals. But they were excited to see a bunch of Boobies show up. They figured there were at least 8 of them.

They got a call of a seal hauled up at plains. So they took off and went to check it out. By the time they got there the seal left and the ropes and signs were still up.  They noticed a large piece of driftwood in the

zone at the water line so they went down and moved it.  They continued to look around and spotted two seals by the fence line in the water fighting.

Aukai RL12 and Kalani RN14 were going at it for a while. Team R&B waited. As soon as Aukai landed RN14 followed still arguing with each other. Team R&B let the Lifeguards know and they brought the signs and ropes over.  Team R&B stayed and watched both seals for a couple of hours. They both finally settled in and stayed close to

the fence line.

When they left plains and on their way home they made a stop at kahe. They were happy to see a seal resting on the rocks. It was RL20 Kalua, he was alone and they could see his applied N17 bleach. 

Rabbit Island

Boobies

RN14 & RL12

RL12

RN14

RL08