Tuesday, February 17, 2026

February 17, 2026 Tuesday's Dailies

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

Marilyn viewed Rabbit Island from 12:55 to 1:35 pm. A short session due to the winds and high surf.
There was only one seal seen during that time.
Between 3BS and SRI was a Sub-adult Female: larger sub-adult to small adult size, tan female belly and at least one and probably two red tags.

Team R&B searched many of the beaches in Makaha and weren't finding any seals. They checked all
the spots where they had seen Temp 402. There weren't' any wallows or poop to be found.
They backed tracked and from afar they spotted signs on shore so they hurried over. There was a small seal, a volunteer and tourist.  They were relieved to see it was Temp 402.
He was at the shoreline getting washed over by the waves. Then he moved down further and a wave took him out. Team R&B kept track of him. They spotted a bird diving and saw a school of fish. Two people were yelling there was a seal behind them. 
It took them a bit but they spotted the seal diving, so they waved over to the volunteer. They told her the seal was doing 2 minute dives and up for about 40 seconds.  Team R&B had to head out to an appointment.

On the way to their appointment they managed to stop at Kahe. A woman told them there were two seals on the sand. They walked over and saw RL20 Kalua with another adult seal that they couldn't ID. A man walked in front of them and RL20 postured and barked at the guy.

Before leaving the site they quickly checked another spot. They found two males resting on the rocks,
It was RK72 Kekoa and RG32.

As they were heading for the car they saw a bunch of people onshore from afar. They were all facing thesame way towards the water. There were two seals trying to haul up on shore in the middle of all these people. The seals kept moving up the shore and the people didn't do anything to give them space.
Team R&B couldn't make any IDs and had to leave for their appointment.


Rabbit Island
Temp 402
RL20 & Unknown (fat) Adult
Unknown Adult
RL20
RK72 & RG32
two Unknowns among the crowd of people

Monday, February 16, 2026

February 16, 2026 Monday's Dailies

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

Marilyn viewed Rabbit Island from 12:30 to 2:12 pm and there were two seals seen during that time.
Initially up in the dunes on the Middle Cliff side of the 3BS was a Juvenile Unknown: juvenile size, gray coat, light belly and not sure about sex or tags. Marilyn originally thought the seal was larger when she first spotted it up in the dunes.
On the rock flats between SRI and RRB was a Sub-adult Female: sub-
adult size, older coat, sand-covered female belly and two red tags.

Team R&B started their day checking on Temp 402. He was on shore just below the spot where he as been sleeping. They put up all the sticks to make a zone. Then they spent their time educating all the people who came by. At times it was difficult keeping up with the people walking past some just a few feet of the seal.
When they first arrived they heard dogs barking, and saw a woman with a large dog. They noted her footprints along with pawprints. 
Team R&B stayed for four hours watching over Temp 402 and it was hot out there today.   They noted he must be eating because once again he did a big poop. 
They got a text of another seal so they left reluctantly. While away they called their daughter to check. She saw another large seal leaving the beach further down. Two red tags and an adult male, was all she got. By the time Team R&B made it back Temp 402 was gone.  

They made their way to plains in the afternoon. On shore was RL12 Aukai resting. There were lots of people out today.  The lifeguards hada zone set up, but at one point a little kid ran into the zone, giving them a near heart attack. Thankfully grandpa grabbed her. The little one did it four more time, but finally the family left.
Team R&B made an observation of two birds people watching..... not bird watching. LOL

Rabbit Island
Temp 402
RL12

Sunday, February 15, 2026

February 15, 2026 Sunday's Dailies

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

This morning they headed out and went straight to Temp 402. He was still there, just moved to the sand.
They noted he had a big poop in the walkway, which seemed to be a very healthy meaning he had something to eat.
They brought sticks to make a zone which worked great. There was only one smartass , who didn't want to listen and had a lot to say.
Temp 402 stayed still the whole day, his head was in the water and body on shore.  Lots of people came by today. Team R&B lost count to the numbers, there were a few dogs as well.
They  went back in the later part of the day to check. Their skinny boy flipped over, yawned and rolled deeper into the pond, climbed on the reef and took off.  
Making a stop at another west side location they spotted a seal snoozing. They ID'd RW02 PvKauai on the lower rocks.  Then over at seal inlet they spotted Miss Kala RH76 stretched out and sleeping.

Next stop they spotted a small seal hauling up. IT was the cute RU40 who has some green on her coat.  She really small and they were happy to have seen her today.

When they got to Kahe they spotted a seal in small pond. It was RG32 alone and snoozing peacefully.
Then from afar they saw an Unknown Adult hauled out at tracks. The UA has a CC scar, they just weren't able to make an ID.

Temp 402
RH76
RW02
RU40
RG32
Unknown Adult

Saturday, February 14, 2026

February 14, 2026 💓 Valentine's Day Dailies

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

Marilyn viewed Rabbit Island from 12:03 to 1:42 pm and there were five seals seen during that time.
Near each other on the 1BS side of LPB were two seals:
Adult Female: large adult size, female belly, presumably pregnant based on body size and shape, two red tags.
Near the AF was Sub-adult Female 1: sub-adult size, older coat,
yellowish-brown female belly and two red tags.
Down from the 3BS were two more seals:
Sub-adult Female 2: sub-adult size, older coat, light yellowish female belly, did not see tags, but they could be there.
Nearby was a Juvenile Female 1: juvenile sized, gray dorsal, light female belly and two red tags.
Near the SRI channel entrance was Juvenile Female 2:juvenile size, yellow female belly, two red tags.

Once again Team R&B started their day on a quest for Temp 402. They searched three places and didn't see him. Then they spotted a woman walking around staring at something, so they hurried over to the area. There he was snoozing in the right of way. Thankfully he got up scrambling to the water below. Team R&B went to check it out and there was a barking dog with its owner who wanted the dogs ball back. But Temp 402 was too close to get the ball. Team R&B explained they would retrieve it once the seal moved away. Well Temp 402 never moved, oh well.
So many people were out and came to check out the seal. Most of
them were respectful, but there is always those few. They again notified the hotline to send a volunteer, but no one came out.
While they were with Temp 402, their friend Ray called out that another seal was coming in. He stayed with 402, while Team R&B went to check it out.  They were able to ID RM31 Kai who hauled up on shore and went into snooze mode.

After spending several hours with Temp 402 they went to check other areas. At another west side location they found the lovely RH76 Kala. She was alone resting on the rocks.

Next stop they found a cute chubby female. It was the yearling RU12 showing off her two white nails.  She was resting peacefully.

From afar they saw a seal hauled out on electric beach. It was a large adult male on shore resting. They could not determine which male it was but did noted it had tags. 

They had received a text early in the day of a seal hauling out at
plains. But since they were so busy on the west side they didn't make it out until after 3 pm.  The seal on shore was huge, fat and testing. They were able to ID Nalu R3CX, seems the girls dumped his but. He was alone today in a zone set up by the lifeguards. 

Rabbit Island
Temp 402
RM31
RH76
RU12
Unknown Male
R3CX