May 3, 2026 Sunday's Dailies

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

Marilyn viewed Rabbit Island from 12:15 to 1:53 pm and there were seven seals seen during that time.

On LPB were MO3 and her pup PO3 (who is 3 weeks old today). There was also a Sub-adult Male

MO3 vocalized at the SM as they were hauling out. Marilyn saw several nursing sessions. Marilyn noted she might have seen an orange "blur" on PO3's right side, which maybe the result of an applied 3. When PO3 moved up from the beach from MO3 closer to the SM, MO3 moved up between the pup and SM.

The Sub-adult Male was sub-adult to small adult size, sand covered male belly with a possible dark patch on the ventral not sure about tags.

RF34 Pua and PO5 were nursing when Marilyn started viewing. Ar 12:29 pm, Pua and PO5 entered the water and swam until hauling out at 12:51 pm. Then they went into snooze mode.

RK38 Hali'a was again asleep on to of the waterfront rocks. But after her pup PO4 started vocalizing, RK38 hauled out and the pup nursed.

There was a yacht race today that took the boats in front of Rabbit Island and then they rounded the island and headed back past thee Makapuu Lighthouse and presumably to Ala Wai Harbor.

Team R&B started their day on the west side and were very happy to find not one but two seals together. There was RH76 Kala with R3CX Nalu. 

As they went to the site Nalu was leaving so they hurried over to get his ID. Then he went foraging. Kala remained on shore.

Then they got a text of a seal hauling up at plains. By the time they made it out there, four seals were on shore. They were all in one zone thanks to the lifeguards.

First they came across was RP20, she was with Aukai RL12. Then there was RT06 and he was with R407.

After leaving plains and heading back to the west side they made a stop at kahe. There in the pond that all the seals seem to love they found Lefty RG28. He was alone and doing just fine.

From afar they spotted two adult seals at yoks. They couldn't get out there because the area is still closed. They did their best to get IDs but it was too far. They reported them both as Unknown Adults.

Then to close out the day they saw two whales, a mom and calf!

Rabbit Island

RH76

R3CX

R3CX & RH76

RP20 & RL12

R407

RT06

RG28

UU 1

UU 2

whales

May 3, 2026 Yesterday's News

In Marilyn's own words:

I did Ka'ena Point with Diane and another friend on Saturday, 5/2/2026. Once again, the Wahiawa Run through us for a loop and we got turned around at Scofield Barracks and had to go through Wahiawa town to get to KP.

We were amazed at the amount of flood damage in the Waialua area and the "rivers" that had formed within KP hills.  The main road has been repaired, but none of the approved roads down to the shore are repaired. The KP gated road is still not open to the permittees because of the side road damage.

We saw eight seals while Diane and I were there. 

Our first seal was probably RN58 Luana near Day Star, but we were too far away to confirm the ID, but later confirmed  I'm not including a photo of her.

RL98 Lina and PO6 were in the nearshore waters at a KP beach. PO6 is very active and keeps mom on her toes. RL98 has her line bleach on her right side.

At the runway was RL47 Kamakana: adult size, male belly, L47 tag He was mostly high and dry due to the low tide.

Just outside the entrance to the main pool in the KP NAR was an Unknown Unknown (UU): it was low tide and the UU came near the entrance to the main pool but did not venture in. Then the UU wandered slowly in the direction to head to the west side. 

In the Camp Erdman area were three more seals:

RU04 Reef: juvenile size, very green, U04 tag. she never rolled over to show her female belly. She is RL98 Lina's 2025 pup.

Next was RP30 Puka: sub-adult size, male belly, P30 tag. He looks healthy. Not as green as the other two CE seals. He is RL42 Leia's 2021 pup 

Finally, we had RS32 U'i Mea Ola, small sub-adult size, a fair amount of green especially under her eyes, and S32 tag. He is RJ48 Kaimana's 2023 pup. She never showed her female belly.

May 2, 2026 Saturday's Dailies

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

Seems the weather has changed in that its been really hot lately. Team R&B were out there, come rain or shine.  They didn't have any luck finding any seals on the west side.  I wonder if the storm changed things or seasonal change to the food source.

They headed out to plains and there were two seals. Today RL12 Aukai was in the company of R407. Wonder if he ran RN14 off. 

Team R&B also got to enjoy watching some dolphins.

The only other critters they saw today were three boobies. No seals, no whales, no plovers pretty darn quiet. They noted that the ocean looks a lot better, getting nice and blue. The Kona Low really had an impact on our island.

RL12 & R407

R407

dolphins

Boobies

May 1, 2026 Friday's Dailies

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

Marilyn viewed Rabbit Island from 11:45 am to 1:47 pm and there either eleven or twelve seals seen during that time. There was lots of moving around which made it difficult to keep track of which seal was which.

On the Lanikai side of LPB was MO3 and PO3. Both seem to be doing fine. Later in the viewing session three male seal surrounded MO3 and PO3. 

When Marilyn started viewing there were two male seals closer to the 1BS side of LPB: 

Adult Male: adult size, older coat, male belly, not sure about taags.

R7AF: adult size, male belly two red tags and N61 applied bleach on left rear side.

Later a third adult male seal joined the other two males: It is possible the 3rd adult male was the sub-adult male, that Marilyn describes below. There were spats among the seals. Later the three males moved in the Lanikai direction and then hassled MO3 and PO3. 

Between 1BS and 2BS was a Sub-adult Male: sub-adult size, light

mottled male belly,, unsure about tags. The SM disappeared before Marilyn found the 3rd male on LPB. 

About 20 feet Lanikai side of the 3BS was a Juvenile Female: larger juvenile size, older coat, yellowish-brown female belly; not sure about tags.

About 1/3 the distance between the 3BS and SRI was RF34 Pua and her pup PO5. The pup ventured into the water for a while, but then it moved back to mom and nursed. Both mom and pup seem fine.

Another 60-70 feet towards SRI from RF34 and pup was RK38 Hali'a and her pup PO4. They started out on the waterfront rocks where PO4 nursed and then moved up on the beach. Both mom and pup seem happy and healthy. Marilyn did see

RK38's applied bleach on her left side, but it didn't show up in the photos.

Up from the SRI channel was a thin seal, labeled as a Juvenile Unknown: juvenile to small sub-adult size, light ventral and undetermined sex. Not sure about tags.

Team R&B started on the west where the found Miss Kala RH76. They surprised to see her still hanging around the west side.  But only Kala knows what she is going to do.

Next they stopped at kahe where they found RL20 Kalua. They saw his two different bleach numbers N11 on his back and N17 on his right side. 

Of course they decided to head over to plains to see what today would bring. They were thrilled when they arrived to see there were four seals and lots of people out there.

Closest to the fence line were RL12 Aukai in the company of RN14 Kalani.

Then there were two more. They were happy to see RT06, seems he likes hauling out here and he's pretty darn cute. R407 was with him and they were both getting some

rest. There were plenty of people out and about today.

On the way home they made one final stop at cliffs where they found a seal resting on his back. They ID'd RP30 Puka. Today was a great seal day especially compared to yesterday.

Rabbit Island

RH76

RL20

RL12 & RN14

R407

RT06

RT06 & R407

RP30