March 9, 2026 Monday's Dailies

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

Marilyn viewed Rabbit Island from 1:40 to 3:07 pm and there were four seals seen during that time.

When Marilyn first arrived she thought there were three seal on LPB. But one "seal" turned out to be a rock. I totally understand this, I am a master at finding seal rocks.

The two seals that were there Marilyn could not decide on their sex. There was an Adult Unknown: adult size, sandy mottled belly, no info on tags or sex. Nearby was a Sub-adult Unknown: sub-adult size, tannish gray ventral, no info on sex or tags.

About 2:05 pm, Marilyn realized there was a seal on the waterfront rocks between 3BS and SRI. When

the seal hauled out onto the beach, Marilyn could see a N61 applied bleach on the left rear side and two red tags. Later the seal rolled over and showed its male belly. Marilyn is reasonably sure this is R7AF  who got an applied N61 on the rear and left and right sides.

Near SRI was a Juvenile Female: juvenile size, yellowish female belly with some green, older coat, no info on tags.

Team R&B had a busy day today. Starting out on the west side. They found two seals resting together. It was RG28 Lefty and RP30 Puka. 

They also found RW02 PvKauai who was hidden in the rocks.

They made a quick stop at Kahe. There they found RL20 Kalua alone and resting peacefully.

Next they headed over to plains. They found Miss Aukai RL12 in her spot. She was alone and resting.

Then there was the very large KG89 Huakai and she was in the company of R407. He was next to her and thankfully not pestering her.

Lastly they headed back to the west side. Upon arrival they spotted the cutest turtles on shore. And then after searching they saw a small seal and thought it was their boy N45.But it wasn't him it was RU40 Wai,.  They took a few steps and to their disbelief in front of them was Little Na'au N45.

He looks okay, still on the thin side, but very alert. They walked away to keep him safe, but of course there was a couple that walked right up to him. They finally moved away after getting their photo.

They called it a day!

Rabbit Island

RW02

RP30 & RG28

RL20

RL12

KG89 & R407

RU40

N45 aka TEMP 402

March 8, 2026 Sunday's Dailies

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Actually Marilyn's update falls under yesterday's news. She got a text from gamma Gayle that there was an unknown male, Hawaiian Monk seal at one of the beaches. Marilyn made her way over after a couple of hours.  She thinks this seal is R416 Makali': adult size, male belly. prominent scar on his left mid-ventral side, no tags. Marilyn did not see the pit scar above his LFF and he seems to have several line scratches or scars on the left mid side. Fortunately he did the one rollover that allowed her to get a photo of his ventral.

Also an update to yesterday's post. Team R&B determined after studying their photos that the unknown sub-adult seal that was at electric beach is RS32, sub-adult female!

Today Team R&B headed over to plains early. When they got to the site they found the two majestic females. Aukai RL12 and Huakai KG89.   Both resting and both looking large.

Their only other sighting was spotting a seal with lots of green in the waters by the outfall. It looks to be an adult, they couldn't tell if it had tags. The seal was near a diver with an orange flag. They were able to get a couple of quick photos and then the seal disappeared.

The only other critter they found today was a turtle.

R416

KG89

RL12

Unknown Adult

Turtle

March 7, 2026 Saturday's Dailies

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Team R&B started looking for seals on the west side. Of course they were looking N45 which they did not find him today.  But when they arrived at the site they saw two seals from afar. They hurried over to find RP30 Puka and RU12. 

Then they spotted a another seal to the right. It was RW02 PvKauai and he was hanging out alone.

Their next stop they spotted a seal from afar. It had a lot of green and sub-adult size with tags. They believe the seal was a male but couldn't come up with an ID. There were lots of people on the beach just doing their thing being close to the seal. (later confirmed RS32 female)

They headed over to plains and thank goodness for the lifeguards. There were a lot of people out there today with access surf. The lifeguards set up a zone for the very gigantic KG89 Huakai.  She was resting comfortably, and all I can say is I hope she goes someplace less populated to have this pup.

RP30 & RU12

RW02

Unknown Sub-adult  RS32

KG89

March 6, 2026 Friday's Dailies

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Marilyn viewed Rabbit Island from 1:23 to 3:04 pm and there were three seals seen during that time. 

On LPB was an Adult Male: adult size, mottled gray male belly, possible line scar on right neck area; no info on tags.

Between Middle Cliff and 3BS was Sub-adult Female: smaller sub-adult size, sand covered  tan female belly, not sure about tags.

About 60 feet Makapuu of the 3BS was an Adult Unknown: chunky adult size, sand-covered ventral no info on sex. Marilyn thinks there was at least one tag.

Team R&B started their day on the west side. They found three seals in the area. They first ID'd RW02 PvKauai resting at seal inlet. RG32 had just arrived and landed on lower rocks. Seal #3 was a little difficult to ID. They believe the seal is R3CU a male originally from Kauai.

Next they spotted a seal from afar at electric beach. They were in a hurry, all they could determine it was an adult male. They couldn't see any tags and of course the seal didn't move so they could get a better look. He was reported as an Unknown Male

They decided to make their way to plains. When they got to the site there were two seals on shore.

The female was RL12 Auaki and she was with a male R407. They were both resting. 

Meanwhile at another spot all by herself was KG89 Huakai. She was in a zone all alone and resting quite comfortably. She is huge and one wonders where and when she will deliver.

Team R&B got word of a seal on shore back on the west side. Itsounded like it was N45 the little skinny seal. They hurried out to the area and there he was resting on shore mid beach. There were signs up from the neighbors. People were good about giving him space. There were turtles in the water eating limu.

Then a second seal arrived. It was RP30 Puka. He cautiously moved up to N45 Na'au. N45 just lifted his head to look but wasn't interested. RP30 seemed unsettled and went back into the water but stayed in the area.

If that wasn't enough, a third seal arrived. It was the very big RL08. He came in very vocal and fought with RP30 as if to claim that N45 was his.  N45 Na'au galumphed higher up, he knew there was trouble brewing.  RL08 went up to Na'au and bumped his belly several times. Na'au got mad rolled over and bit him once. RL08 went to the water, he started to tighten up his belly, like he was going to throw up and he did in the water. Then he took off.  All was quiet again and RP30 stayed with N45.

Rabbit Island

RW02

RG32

R3CU ??

Unknown Male

RL12 & R407

RL12

KG89

N45 aka Temp 402

RP30 & N45

RL08

RL08 - RP30 - N45

RL08