October 13, 2026 Tuesday's Dailies

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

Out on the west side their first find was Miss Kala RH76. She was alone at the zen pond. While watching over her they spotted another seal coming in. It was R617, who galumphed all the way up to Kala. Too bad so sad she wanted nothing to do with him.

Still on the west side they spotted an adult seal foraging. The seal had a clean coat, lots of scars and one tag. They determined it was Lei Ola RH48. They did not see her land while they were there.

Over by rest camp they saw a little green seal with an applied bleach N50. Its RV20 on shore with a
zone set up for him. He was a star, all the maintenance people were excited to see such a young seal. Team R&B took the time and told them about him.  They met up with a woman from the mainland who they been talking with about the seals. She told them she wanted to contact them as soon as she saw RV20. She leaves tomorrow... Mahalo Janet for caring.

Team R&B got a text about a seal onshore at plains. They headed over and when they arrived they were happy to see KG89 Huakai. She is looking good, no new markers. She

is the one seal that can take big hits from the waves. They waited for her to turn and haul up but she stayed where she was.

Their last seal of the day was Kawika R407. He was on shore with his plover buddy.  Then R407 turned and hauled up higher on shore. There were two homeless guys, so Team R&B stuck around and so did they. R407 remained undisturbed, and Team R&B were happy to spend more time with him.

RH76 & R617

R617

RH76

RH48

RV20

KG89

R407

October 12, 2026 Monday's Dailies

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

Marilyn viewed Rabbit Island from 12:03 to 2:16 pm and there were eight seals seen during that time. 

There were up to six seals on the rock flats and nearby beach they moved around a lot so the IDs may be confused.

Furthest out on LPB rock flats was R430 (formerly TempN25): large sub-adult to adult size, old coat, male belly, green ventral and several darker patches and a pit scar at the base of the LFF. 

R7AF: adult size, old coat, male belly, two red tags and applied N61

bleach on rear right side.

RK24 Bruno: adult size, old coat, two tags, male belly, Marilyn did not see his N32 applied bleach today. 

At least two other Adult Males (AM1 and AM2): adult size, old coat, red tags. 

Sub-adult Female: sub-adult size, new coat. female belly; did not see tags.

Juvenile Female: large juvenile size, old coat with lots of green, and green around the eyes.

At 12:12 pm, weaner RV76 hauled out of the LPB channel onto LPB: recent weaner size, female belly and two red tags.

At 12:49 pm R430 hauled out to RV76 and five minutes later both seals disappeared, presumably entered the water.

At 1:45 pm Marilyn became aware that RV76 hauled out again at Middle Cliff, She was still there through the rest of the viewing session.

Alone on the rock flats between SRI and RRB was a Juvenile Unknown: larger juvenile size, probably an older coat, no info on tags or sex. 

Team R&B first find was the lovely Miss Kala RH76 on the west side. She was resting when the same man who has approached her several times showed up. Team R&B have spoken to him many times he just does the same thing over and over.  Thankfully Kala moved to her pond.

They did get to see some dolphins for a little bit doing what they do best. Then there were the boobies fighting for a spot on the buoy.

Team R&B took a chance to see if R407 Kawika would still be at Nimitz. It paid off because there he was snoozing away.  When he got hit by the waves, he moved up.  His plover buddy was late but finally arrived.

Rabbit Island

RH76

dolphins

boobies on a buoy

R407

plover

October 11, 2026 Sunday's Dailies

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

Out on the west side they were happy to find Miss Kala RH76 back in her spot. She was alone and resting peacefully.  They spoke with a really nice woman visiting from the mainland, who had been watching Kala. They took the time and filled her in all about Kala, and she was grateful.

It took a lot of searching for this little guy, but one last stop paid off.

There was RV20 sound asleep high up on shore. Looking so cute.  Team R&B didn't stay long as they didn't want to draw attention to him.

The dolphins passed and noticed one smaller dolphin endlessly jumping. As they watched they saw he had a Remora stuck to his face, poor little guy. They weren't sure if he got rid of it, either way he'll have a scar.

Over by the outfall they spotted a green seal, no ID and only one photo. There was another seal with a clean coat but was in a hurry so they didn't get a photo of it. Both were in the area not foraging but traveling fast. Before they knew it the seals were gone.

Next stop was to check on R407 Kawika. They were thrilled to find him there and further down. They're not sure how much longer he'll stay in the area, but Team R&B are enjoying every minute. He is one cool dude.  

A man came from the cabins asking about the seal. They told him that he's been there for several days molting. He said his kids were just there, and Team R&B said yes there are their footprints. Team R&B was nice enough to tell him some information on Kawika.  Also Kawika had two plovers visiting him today.

They made on last stop at Makaha and there were no seals. Lots of folks on shore and in the water with big waves and boogie boards.  The best part was lots of turtles in the water and three on shore. Always fun to watch the turtles graze on limu, and getting washed off the reef by the waves.

RH76

RV20

dolphins

Unknown with Green

R407

Turtles