August 19. 2026 Wednesday's Dailies

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

Marilyn noted a correction based on input from NOAA the seal she has ID'd as R416 on Monday and Tuesday was in fact R430 formerly Temp 25.

She viewed Rabbit Island from 12:10 to 2:10 pm and there were six seals seen during that time.

Alone out on LPB was recent weaner PO13, who you can see her huge size.

Near the 3BS was a weaner labeled Weaner Female: weaner size, light female belly, and three red tags.

Not far away was a Juvenile Female: juvenile size, old coat with lots of green and two tags.

The JF was visited by two larger seals:

Adult Male: adult size, golden male belly possibly with some darker patches and two tags.

Sub-adult Male: sub-adult to small adult size, newer coat, male belly

and two red tags.

Out on RRB was a Weaner Unknown: weaner size, newer coat light belly and not sure about sex or tags.

Team R&B first finds were by the outfall. They spotted a green seal foraging but it seemed like it was in a hurry. Then all of sudden the adult green seal came towards them and as it passed a second was was seen. Both seals headed in the KoOlina direction. They thought maybe the larger seal was Aukai RL12.

They decided to make their way to paradise cove and their friend told them one seal had hauled out and the other took off in the channel.  The seal on shore was Aukai RL12, who is fat and green.

Then Team R&B saw another seal coming around the lagoon and came into the area looking around. It was R3CX Nalu, who they hadn't seen for awhile. Aukai looked at him, and Nalu left swimming towards Luau side where people were in the water. Their friend called out to the people to be alert of the seal. Nalu came back to Aukai, once more then disappeared and Aukai stayed. 

Next stop was at plains. They found RT06 Marvin up on shore in a zone. He was resting and seemed to be more comfortable than the past few days of flip flopping in the sand.

They searched several beaches looking for more seals, on their last stop there were no seals but lots of turtles. One was so big and it had an applied bleach number RM24.  What a nice way to end the day.

Rabbit Island

Unknowns

RL12 & R3CX

R3CX

RL12

Tourist 

RT06

Honu

August 18, 2026 Tuesday's Dailies

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

Marilyn viewed Rabbit Island from 12:06 to 2:12 pm and there were five seals seen during that time.

First big news PO13 is now a weaner. Yesterday was Day 45 with Kale RH76 and PO13. She must have decided that was enough. It will be interesting to see her measurements when NOAA can get out to tag her. She slept and barely moved during Marilyn's observation. She was gone at 2:11 pm.

Between Middle Cliff and the 3BS on the waterfront rocks was a Juvenile female: juvenile size, old coat with lots of green, female belly, no info on tags.

A group of three seals was near the SRI channel:

Weaner Unknown: weaner size, at least two and possibly three tags, no info on sex.

R416 Makali'i: adult size, older coat, pit scar on shoulder of LFF, no tags, never saw ventral.

Weaner Female: weaner size, light female belly, no info on tags.

Team R&B once again spotted two seals foraging at the outfall area. Both have a lot of green on their coats. Unfortunately they were unable to get an ID on either of them.  Reported as Unknown Adult 1 and Unknown Adult 2.

They headed over to plains. They found Marvelous Marvin RT06 alone and resting.  They have fallen in love with this cutie pie.

Back on the west side they finally found a seal but couldn't get to. They tried several paths but the seal was there, so they were only able to view from afar. So they

reported another Unknown Adult. #3

When they got home they found a plumeria had bloomed in their pot. The plumeria is from a tree that was over 50 years old. It was from an old man that passed long ago, he use to say this plumeria is called the Hawaiian Flag.

Rabbit Island

Unknown Adult #2

Unknown Adult #1

RT06

Unknown Adult #3

August 17, 2026 Monday's Dailies

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

Marilyn viewed Rabbit Island from 12:42 to 2:49 pm and there were three groups of seals.

RH76 Kala and her plump pup PO13 started out on the rock flats on the Lanikai side of LPB. Sometime before 1:10 pm Kala and pup disappeared from  the rock flays. At 1:37 pm they hauled out of the LPV channel and moved up the beach. They then interacted with several of the seals that had been in the middle of LPB.

A group of three seals were in the middle of LPB:

Weaner Female: weaner size, female belly and at least two red tags.

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

R416 Makali'i: small adult size, mottled ventral with several distinctive dark patches, no tags, and a pit scar on the base of his LFF.

R416 followed by the WF left LPB through the channel at 2:12 pm passing by Kala and PO13.

Initially two seals were together down from the 3BS:

Sub-adult Male: small sub-adult to large juvenile, newer coat, light male belly and two tags.

Juvenile Female: juvenile size, light female belly and two red tags.

At 2:27 pm. the two seals near the 3BS were joined by the Female

Weaner that had been on LPB earlier.

There did not appear to be any damage to Rabbit Island from Tropical Storm Lala.

Team R&B thankfully are safe but experienced a lot of wind and debris as a result of the storm. They lost electricity yesterday and did not have it restored until this afternoon. 

They were out today and saw lots of damage on the west side, branches off trees, roofing material scattered.  Park trees were down, a big one at the Waianae Inter-mediate school down.

They went to check yoks but it was closed, Kahe closed, and Plains was open. There were lots of trees

down.

They did find one seal. There was Marvelous Marvin RT06, looking good and very handsome in his new coat. They didn't stay long as they had to go pick up a few things.

Good news when they got home electricity was on.

Rabbit Island

RT06

tree down