March 22, 2026 Sunday's Daiies

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

They were out having breakfast when they got a text about a small seal on the debris. They hurried over to the site and with so much debris it was hard to find the seal. Finally they saw a guy collecting driftwood if he had seen a seal. He pointed and off they went over tons of driftwood. They were concerned if the seal was okay, but then he sneezed. It was their boy N45 Na'au.

For the next few hours they tried to build a zone from the driftwood. They had to ask some of the kids to stay back and then asked if they

wanted to help. The kids went and collected wood for the forts they were building. So Team R&B continued on. People were coming by and curious, Team R&B explained and talked story about N45.

They met a friend who use to help with the seal count years ago. Team R&B introduced her to little N45. She helped them finish the stick zone. Sue let them know how she always admired their dedication to the whales and seals.  Then she had to be on her way. 

Then they met a young girl that they have been seeing daily. She showed them all the golf balls she collected and a crab. They showed her all the vana on shore. Sadly some fish that were also dead. They told her about Na'au and how he needed to rest. So they rewarded her to help them out and keep folks away. And that's that how the seal posse grows.

Their next and last seal was R407. He was alone and resting in a zone that the lifeguards at plains set up. The area is so clean, and sand so white, water clear, nice to see after the all the debris on the west side.  As they were going to leave they lifeguard call out to them. They ran back and there were three whales far out breaching! 

They left and went to re-check on N45 but he was gone. The tide was high and cleaned out the kukui nuts and the dead vana. 

Lastly they check another spot, but no seals. The tide was really high they had to run to get away from the rising water  After falling and scraping her leg they decided to call it a day. 

N45

R407

March 21, 2026 Saturday's Dailies

Well this doesn't happen very often but there were no seals seen by Team R&B💕

Yes they were out there looking but got skunked.

Finally it was a nice day, blue skies, no rain and so much better than the last two weeks.

They searched along the  coast and didn't find any seals.  The water is worse with so much debris and brown. 

The highlight of the day was when they saw the Iwa Birds flying so high. There were eleven of them and as much as Team R&B were enjoying them they soon disappeared.

They drove to Keaau's where the road was blocked due to damage caused by the storm.

On the way back they looked but still no seals.  

At Makaha the shoreline was so bad, littered with trees and debris floating around. The water was really brown and yet one lady went out surfing.

They headed over to plains hoping for good luck, but the it was closed off. That's when they called it a day.

After the Kona Storm

March 20, 2026 Friday's Dailies

Believe it or not Team R&B was out there today while the rest of us were hunkered down with all this rain. But there's no stopping them.

They went out early and the area was so messy, lots of debris. They were happy to find Miss Kala RH76 resting peacefully. She would be the only seal they found today and they did check larer in the day and she was still there.

They checked out a few of the area and Makaha is a complete mess with big trees down on shore, and big driftwood. Some of the debris

was clogging some spots. They noted it didn't smell so good either and will get worse as the days go on. 

Some of the roads were closed due to flooding, and it looks like the down trees came for the valley.

Lots of people in the community were out amazed by what all this rain has done. Some were collecting driftwood. 

RH76

Makaha 

March 19, 2026 Thursday's Dailies

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

Team R&B first find today was Miss Kala RH76. She was way up on shore snoozing away. They thought that she may have stayed overnight.

They met some nice folks that were interested in seals, so they were happy to tell them all about Miss Kala and more. They thanked Team R&B for what they do everyday .... which they deserve !!

They checked all the usual spots and were coming up empty so they headed over to plains. When they gor to the area they saw a "fat" seal high up and snoozing.  It looked different, greener snout, and they saw the red tag but couldn't read. Then they thought this could be RH48 Lei Ola. Unfortunately the skies opened up and the rains came. They took shelter under a tree
when they notice a second seal. But they had to wait.

Finally they were able to get to the fat seal and they were able to confirm it was Lei Ola !

They walked out to the other seal and ID'd R407 Kawika. They took a couple of photos and headed out not wanting to get stuck in the rain. They could see the rain was coming again.

RH76

RH48

R407

March 18, 2026 Wednesday's Dailies

Today's dailies are brought to you by Marilyn and Team R&B💕

Marilyn viewed Rabbit Island from 11:56 t0 1:36 pm and there were two seals seen during that time.

Between Middle Cliff and the 3BS was a Sub-adult Male: sub-adult size, older coat, yellowish brown male belly and two red tags. He is probably the same male she saw on Monday.

Up from the SRI channel was a Juvenile Female: juvenile size light yellow female belly and two red tags. She is probably the same seal that was in that spot on Monday.

The island has gotten green with all the rain we been getting, and more to come.

Team R&B spent quite awhile searching this morning without finding any seals. Then finally they spotted a male on shore on the west side. It was RU40 Wai and he was alone. They were hoping it was N45.

With all the driftwood on the shorelines its hard to see if there are seals on the beaches.

Team R&B decided to check out plains and were happy to see fat mama to be KG89 Huakai. She was not alone today, R407 was keeping her company. Funny he looks so small compared to her.

Thankfully the lifeguards went above and beyond and set up a zone for them.

They headed back to the west side and this time they found RH76 Kala. She was not there earlier.

She is now at her zen area getting hit by the big waves washing over the area. At times she rolled over, gained some momentum and bears down.  When the sets came through she just stayed in one spot, then moved to her usual spot to sleep.  Hopefully she'll be heading to Rabbit Island to safely give birth.

Rabbit Island

RU40

KG89 

KG89 & R407

RH76

March 17, 2025 Tuesday's Dailies

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

They had a short day today. They spent the morning looking in all the usual places, but was coming up empty.  Then they finally spotted a seal. It was RM31 Kai, he was alone resting on shore.

They spent some time watching the surfers, saw some goats and some driftwood structures.

Team R&B called it a day after being in the rain all day. I think we are all over the wet weather.

RM31

goats

driftwood

surfer