August 14, 2026 Friday's Dailies

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

Marilyn viewed Rabbit Island from 12:20 to 2:20 pm and there were seven or eight seals seen during that time.

At 12:55 pm a Juvenile Female hauled out at the back Lanikai side of LPB: juvenile size, old coat  with lots of green, female belly and at least one red tag.

In the middle back of LPB was Weaner Unknown 1: weaner size, light yellow belly, unsure about sex, at least two red tags. At 1:55 pm theWU1 relocated next to the JF.

RH76 Kala and PO13 were in the middle of LPB for the entire time. PO13 is really chubby with a very light female belly.

An Adult Unknown hauled out of the LPB channel and at 12:27 pm moved up close to Kala and PO13. Kala vocalized several times at the AU. Ultimately the AU rolled down shore and into the water. 

On the 3BS side of Middle Cliff was Weaner Unknown 2: weaner size, two tags, lighter ventral, unknown sex. At 12:52 pm an Adult Male joined the WU2. The AM has a lighter ventral than the AU had. Both WU2 and the AM went into snooze mode. 

Out on the rock flats on the RRB side of the SRI channel was an adult female seal. Marilyn is reasonable sure this is RP24 Mohala, based on her NB on her LFF. She is adult size, new gray coat and two red tags.

Team R&B started out on the west side. They saw another mega-size

yacht out on the water.  Hope they get to safety before the storm.  (maybe their on a 3 hour tour lol ).

Back to the seals, their first find was a male with no tags. He was resting on the rocks. They believe this could be RG32.

There was a second seal to the right. It was alone and they couldn't see much of the seal to make an ID. Reported as an Unknown Adult. 

Their next find was at Kahe. There were fishers on the rocks so they were surprised a seal was in the area. That's when they saw a seal swim by. They ID'd him as RL08m he was heading west.

Next they headed over to plains. RT06 Marvin came up later in the day. When they saw him he was resting and folks were walking by him. The lifeguards were at the other tower, since this one is under repair.  RT06 is about 99% done with his molt. They noted there was

no fur around anywhere. He probably gets it washed off when he goes for a swim. Team R&B have grown attached to this boy. Hope he is a regular west side guy.

Rabbit Island

RG32

Unknown Adult

RL08

RT06

August 13, 2026 Thursday's Dailies

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Their first sighting of the day were the dolphins.  The surf was rough and the dolphins were further out. But Team R&B still got to enjoy them.

Once again by the outfall area there were two seals foraging together.
Team R&B couldn't make an ID which I know must be frustrating. Unknown #1 had two tags, adult size, and greenish coat.

Unknown #2 had one tag, adult size and very green.

They made it out to plains. They were happy to see RT06 Marvin in a zone. Today he was very itchy and kept flipping over. He was fine other than that.  Usually people are really good about respecting the zone but today several folks crossed in front of him. 

As they were leaving for the day, one of the lifeguards came by telling them another seal was with RT06. So of course they hurried back.

On shore was an adult seal no tags seen. They did not see any markers to get an ID. The two seal sniffed each other then both entered the water.  The unknown adult swam to the ewa side of the beach and landed. But soon after took off passing all the swimmers. 

Meanwhile RT06 hauled out near the fence line. They scrambled to get a few signs and asked folks to move back. Then the wonderful lifeguards came over and reset a zone.

dolphins

U/U  #2 one tag

U/U #1 two tags

RT06

Unknown Adult and RT06

RT06

August 12, 2026 Wednesday's Dailies

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

Marilyn viewed Rabbit Island from 12:02 to 2:18 pm and there were five seals seen during that time.

RH76 Kala and PO13 hauled out on LPB soon after Marilyn started viewing. At 12:38 pm Marilyn noticed Kala was alert towards the water. There was a seal swimming offshore by mom and pup. After the interloper left PO13 nursed and later went into snooze mode. TH76 still appears to have some reserves. PO13 is a porker and again showed her female belly.

Initially, two weaners were hauled out near each other up form the SRI channel. Marilyn is reasonably sure one of the weaners was RV50 because of the applied bleach on her upper left shoulder. Marilyn wasn't sure of the other weaners sex so it was reported as an Unknown Weaner.

At 1:01 pm Marilyn spotted a Sun-adult Female: sub-adult to adult size, new coat, female belly and at least one red tag. The SF and the two weaners were near each other for the rest of her viewing session.

Team R&B decided to start their day on the west side. Their first finds were a plover, a turtle and a HFD chopper shooting them a shaka. 

Finally they found a seal on shore with tourists hanging close by. The seal was a male and Team R&B hung out to try an make an ID. It wasn't until they got home looking at the photos they determined it was R416 Makali'i.

Next stop they spotted the same two seals foraging off the outfall. One of the seals was an adult female with lots of green on its coat. The

other seal was an adult with tags, other than that they had no other information. 

Heading over to plains they found RT06 Marvin closer to the fence line area. He was resting and his molt is about 65%.

Barb mentioned that she's been walking around with deep sadness over the news of the two deaths recently reported of two of our pup. It is heartbreaking for sure.

NOAA reported the recent deaths of two young male Hawaiian monk seals on Oahu's North Shore: a 3 month-old pup RV36 found entangled in an unattended fishing net near Mokuleia, and a 1 year old seal RU02. Umi;umi confirmed to have died from toxoplasmosis. 

Rabbit Island

Honu

R416

U/F

UU

RT06