May 25, 2026 Monday's Dailies

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

Marilyn viewed Rabbit Island from 12:07 to 2:13 pm and there were seven seals seen during that time. 

Alone on the rock flats Lanikai of LPB was PO3. Marilyn is still unsure of the sex of PO3. She seems to get only brief looks at the ventral of this seal. She can see the Allflex tag on the RRF. PO3 seems to be doing okay on its own.

In the middle of LPB and barely moving were RK38 Hali'a and her

pup PO4. Marilyn did see PO4 nurse for an extended period of time, but otherwise there was little movement. Marilyn expects RK38 to wean the pup any day.

Initially about 50 feet Lanikai side of the 2BS were Pua RF34 and her pup PO5. PO5 nursed and then the pair entered the water about 12:23 pm. They hauled out closer to Middle Cliff about an hour later. PO5 again nursed and went into snooze mode.

A Juvenile Male was on the Lanikai side of Middle Cliff, but moved about 35 feet  closer to Middle Cliff when RF34 and PO5 hauled out where the J/M had been resting. The J/M is larger juvenile size with a fair amount of green and two red tags.

A Juvenile Female was out on RRB: juvenile size, female belly, lots of green and two red tags.

Out on the west side Team R&B's first sighting was an Unknown Adult. The U/A was foraging alone at the rest camp side. They didn't have enough to get an ID, but did note the U/A has a lot of green.

Next they did a check at Paradise cove but there was no parking. They were able to get in line and Barb went to check while hubby waited. There on the luau side was R416. Today all was okay, and there were two women there keeping an eye on him. They said he was in the water swimming about and landed about 7 AM.  Team R&B hung out until about 11ish. A volunteer arrived with signs and ropes. They updated the volunteer who the seal was and the other ladies told her when he arrived.

Lastly they made their way to the cliffs. They noted all the beaches and parks were packed today. Finally after searching they spotted a seal on the rocks. There alone snoozing was RP30 Puka. He is looking good.

To finish their day they watched the dolphins do what they do best.

Rabbit Island

Unknown Adult

R416

RP30

dolphins

May 24, 2026 Sunday's Dailies

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Marilyn viewed Rabbit Island from 12:58 to 2:36 pm and there were eight seals seen during that time.

PO3 is a weaner! When Marilyn first started viewing, she found PO3 alone on LPB. Marilyn still hasn't been able to confirm the sex of PO3. PO3 has the Allflex tag on its RRF. She didn't see the applied 3 bleach. PO3 was born six weeks ago today. MO3 was never identified, she is out mystery momma.

Near the middle of LPB was RK38 Hali'a and her pup PO4. RK38 hardly moved today, so there's not much to say about her condition. PO4 is probably a male, but the ventral is still fairly dark. Marilyn did see much snoozing and at least one nursing session.

RF34 Pua and her male pup PO5 entered the water just when Marilyn arrived. They hauled out again about 1:30 pm. They moved up shore and then they snoozed for a while before PO5 nursed. Marilyn wasn't able to see the applied 5 bleach on PO5.

When Marilyn first started viewing there were three seals near the SEI channel.

She is reasonably sure one of the seals was R7AF: sub-adult to adult size, mottled male belly, N61 applied bleach and two red tags.

Juvenile Female 1: smaller juvenile size, female belly, not sure about tags.

Juvenile Female 2: larger juvenile size, female belly, not sure about tags. JF2 disappeared about 1:25 pm and was not seen again.

Team R&B went to check Paradise Cove, hesitantly after yesterday's drama. When they got there, two seals were on shore. It was RL12 Aukai and R416 Makalii again. They looked but didn't see the unknown seal with the head wound today.

They met a couple John and Nancy who were wearing NOAA shirts, They were keeping an eye on the seals. There's a good chance RL12 and R416 spent the night.

Next they headed over to Nanakuli where they saw a seal on shore. The seal was tiny, skinny seal with lots of green on its coat. They were able to see one sandy tag U22. The seal was a female with a K3 on its butt area.  They didn't want to draw any attention to her so they didn't stay long. They checked with the posse and seem this little one is from Molokai.

They made their way to plains and saw from a distance there were signs up. So it took a little bit to find the seal but finally spotted a seal hiding in the rocks, high up. Probably due to the high surf. They watched and finally saw its tag, RT06. He's back looking thicker than the last time they saw him.

Just to add to how awesome nature is they captured a dragon fly in flight.

Rabbit Island

RL12  & R416

RU22

RT06

May 23, 2026 Saturday's Dailies

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

Marilyn viewed Rabbit Island from 12:25 to 2:21 pm and only the three moms and their pups were on island during that time.

Out on the rock flats on the Lanikai side of LPB was MO3. Marilyn did not see PO3 until much later. She only saw a small portion of its back. Marilyn thinks MO3 will wean PO3 soon.

On LPB about 25 feet Lanikai side of the 1BS was RK38 Hali'a and her pup PO4. PO4 had two nursing session while they were on the beach. At one point PO4 headed for the water, but then returned to Mom and nursed some more. They disappeared from the beach and presumably entered the water around 1:20 and were not seen again.

RF34 Pua and PO5 started out on the rock flats on the Makapuu side of the small beach at Middle Cliff. Sometime around 1:00 pm Pua and pup entered the water and were seen briefly at the Middle Cliff beach. Around 2 pm they hauled out about 20 feet on the Lanikai side of Middle Cliff. The pup seem healthy and active.

Out on the west side Team R&B got word from a friend of a seal hauling out. They were just parking and when they got to the area it was EL20 Kalua was already up on the rocks.  He wasn't there very long as the waves were hitting him and then he rolled into the water.

He hung out for a bit and then moved on.

They had heard that there were seals at Paradise Cove yesterday, so they decided to check it out today. When they arrived there were lots of people in the water, on the rocks, and on shore.

There were signs on shore in the same spot as yesterday, but no seals. Then they saw three seals, fighting and swimming around in the lagoon. Every time one of the seals tried to haul out, people ran down to the shoreline to take pictures. 

Team R&B did their best to call out to the people to move back. It was especially upsetting when a boy chased a seal from the water. They yelled out to let the seals land. Truly upsetting.. One woman came by and helped Team R&B move the signs. Once they did RL12 Aukai came right in with R416. There was an seal with a head wound, who landed but R416 wasn't having him on shore, and they fought.

Finally the seal with the head wound went and landed on the rocks and all settled.

A call was made to the hotline and another lady called DLNR. Team R&B hung out until 2 pm and no one came while they were there.

 Rabbit Island

RL20

Unknown Male with head wound

R416 & U/M

R416 & RL12

Drama  -   R416 - RL12 - U/M