June 29, 2026 Monday's Dailies

Todays dailies are brought to you by Marilyn. (I assume Team R&B fell asleep and didn't get their update done.)

Marilyn viewed Rabbit Island from 12:29 to 2:40 pm and there were seven seals seen during that time.

At 1:33 pm, Weaner Male 1 hauled out at the back Lanikai side of LPB. The seal did roll over at some point and showed his male belly. He mostly snoozed.

On the 1BS side of LPB were two seals, same as yesterday: 

Weaner Male 2: recent weaner size, at least two red tags and light male belly.

Nearby was a Sub-adult Female: sub-adult size, lighter female belly and two red tags.

At 1:46 pm, Weaner Female RV50 hauled out to WM2 and the SF. The SF moved away from the WF. Later RV50 WF moved to the middle of LPB where she showed her female belly.

On the Makapuu side of Middle Cliff RM26 and PO10 were hauled out. The pup nursed for an extended period of time. PO10 is putting on the pounds.

Almost directly down from the 3BS was a Sub-adult Unknown: sub-adult to adult size, old coat with mottled belly, sex undetermined, not sure about tags.

Rabbit Island

June 28, 2026 Yesterday's News 6/27/26

News from Marilyn's Ka'ena Point visit on Saturday:

I hiked/rode the Ka'ena Point trail with a friend yesterday. The weather was warm and windy. I did encounter rain on the drive to KP, but not while in the KP park.

We saw seven HMS during our trip.

From near the parking lot looking toward the point, we could RV36 E'eno playing in one of the inlets. Apparently he had been in the inlet near the parking lot earlier, but probably decided to move away because of all the tents, people and music in the parking lot.

Within the NAR, R330 "Squinty" was snoozing among rocks and not showing us much, but I did see his male ventral with mid-ventral small nb. He was just moving into a channel when we returned to check on him on the way out.

RL47 "Kamakana" was out draped over a rock in the pools Mokuleia side of Ka'ena's pool. He is fairly green and we could see his newer CC bite, although he did not show us his rear flipper tags. He also entered the water due to the rising tide when we saw him on the hike out.

On the rocks in the middle of the main pool at the point was R420 Kaipo: older mottled coat with some green, male belly, superficial partial CC scar forward of his penial hole and a deeper scar on the right side of the penial hole. He gave us a fully sprawled male view.

There was a HMS swimming in one of the channels in the NAR that we believe was RL08 "BamBamSquarePants" based on the visible CC scars we could see. We saw him head in the "runway" direction, but never saw him hauled out.

We visited RL42 Leia and her pup PO12 twice during the day. Mom and pup seem to be doing fine. PO12 was able to follow mom when the latter moved up the beach. The pup still has part of its umbilical cord.

RL42 & PO12

RL08

R420

RL47

R330

RV36

June 28, 2026 Sundays' Dailies

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

Marilyn viewed Rabbit Island from 12:54 to 2:56 pm and there were seven seals seen during that time.

For a brief time around 1:10 pm, a Juvenile Unknown hauled out at the back Lanikai side of LPB. The J/U was larger juvenile size, older coat with a fair amount of green, no info on sex or tags. The J/U was seen leaving in the Lanikai direction a short time late and was not seen again.

At 1:53 pm, Marilyn noticed that a Weaner Unknown hauled out to the back Lanikai side of LPB. Marilyn never saw the ventral so she doesn't know its sex nor did she get a good view of tags. At 2:31 om Marilyn saw a second weaner had joined the WU. Again no info on sex or tags. Later one of the weaners was hidden behind the other.

When Marilyn first arrived there were two seals on the 1BS of LPB:

Weaner Male: weaner size, light male belly and at least two red tags.

Nearby was a Sub-adult Female: sub-adult size, light female belly and two red tags.

RM26 Nohea and her pup PO10 hauled out of the SRI channel at 1:11 pm and then moved up the beach. PO10 then nursed for a time, before moving further up the beach and playing with a rock. Then mom moved up and they went into snooze mode. They were still on the beach when Marilyn left for the day.

Team R&B got word of a small green seal on the west side. So they headed over. When they arrived there were two women standing where the seal had been on the rocks. Then another person spotted a seal in the water foraging.  Team R&B think it might be RU12, they did see two red tags but couldn't get a photo.

Next they headed over to visit with Rocky RH58 and PO11. When they arrived both mom and pup were in the Keiki pond exploring.  There were lots of people out today, tents, poles to the left side all lined up. Plenty of kids in the zone area swimming. There were volunteers and volunteers from another group.

Team R&B also saw all the signs and ropes from white plains with arrow poles. They asked and someone had gone to plains to get the signs and ropes. Team R&B told the group to be sure to take care of the equipment.

Mom and pup had a nursing session. They are out of the fenced area and more towards the Keiki pond side. Its safer for the pup to explore the waters here without getting sucked out to sea. Smart Momma!

Team R&B took a break to attend a luncheon celebrating their 57th anniversary. WOW! God bless them both. 

Of course they didn't let a anniversary keep them away so they went back in the afternoon. Now there were more people. Team R&B spoke with volunteer about moving the fence father over to the pond side since that seems to be where mom and pup are hanging out. 

Team R&B left at 4:00 pm, they left being worried as there were still so many folks still out there. 

They noted that PO11 is growing fast, plumber and bulkier. It is believed PO11 is a little girl and she is adorable. Better behaved too, listening to mom. One bark and the kid is back to mom.

Rabbit Island

Unknown maybe RU12

Momma Rocky & PO11

June 27, 2026 Saturday's Dailies

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

They spent their day at the pup site. Upon arrival Momma Rocky and PO11 were exploring the pond to the left.( referring to it as Keiki pond).  At one point PO11 has a piece of seaweed, just a matter of time that it gets a sea cucumber and have it explode. 

Mom took the pup further out to the rocks and Mom hauled up. She called out to the pup, "come up here with me" and the pup struggled to climb up with mom Ta Da! PO11 did it !!! Mom greeted the pup with kisses. They had a short nursing session then a snooze.

Tide was rising and PO11 woke up, Mom then went to shore with the kid and there was another nursing

session. That is when some "jerk" passed through the signs and ropes and laid in the water with mom and pup to the right. He is lucky knowing Rocky's reputation for being protective of her pups. A volunteer went over and told him Sir Sir you need to move, but the guy just looked at her. The man continued to stay in the water floating on his back getting closer to mom and pup.

Finally the guy got up and walked over to his tent, looking as though he didn't give a darn.

Team R&B called it a day a noon.

Rocky and PO11

June 26, 2026 Friday's Dailies

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

Marilyn viewed Rabbit Island from 12:37 to 2:42 pm and there were seven seals seen during that time. 

On the back of LPB were four seals, the three weaners and a sub-adult female, at the back near the cliff. The seals moved around some but all stayed in the same general location. The three weaners, RV50, RV68 and RV70 were all there. Marilyn thinks the smallest looking weaner is RV50. The sub-adult female has a yellow-tan female belly, not sure about tags.

Up from the SRI channel were RM26 Nohea and her pup PO10. The pup was some distance from mom, when Marilyn arrived, but soon after it moved close to mom. The pup has been packing on the pounds. PO10 is 4-weeks old today. Marilyn should be able to determine the pup's sex in the next week. The mom and pup were lasr seen at 2:21 pm.

At 2:34 pm, Marilyn believes RU38 hauled out of the RRB side of the SRI channel; she looks considerably larger than her juvenile size, old coat with lots of green and brown and two red tags.

Team R&B started on the west side. They spotted on big fat seal on the rocks. It was RH76 Miss Kala. Although they're always happy to see her, today they were not. She gotta get herself out of this area and somewhere safe like Rabbit Island to have this kid.

Next they headed out to see Rocky RH58 and PO11. When they arrived they were in the keiki pond exploring. Mom was always close by when the pup moved away, she got vocal.... and the pup would hurry back to mom again touching muzzles (kiss)

They saw lots of nursing today. There were lots of folks out since the story with location aired on the news. 

While they were onsite another seal passed by, they weren't able to ID and only got one photo.

After several feeds they went completely out of the zone and unfortunately no volunteer. There were folks from the community helping out.  Team R&B called the hotline. Mom and pup went into the rough water. Whenever Rocky lost sight of the pup she would call out and PO11 would pop up like a mini submarine and immediately head for mom. 

They finally landed and Rocky made sure the pup made it up. Such a good momma.

Rabbit Island

RH76

U/U

Rocky & PO11