April 8, 2026 Wednesday's Dailies

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

Their first find today was Miss Kala RH76. She was alone resting at her zen area. They did a re-check later and she was still there in the same spot, getting her beauty sleep.

They only found one other seal today. When they were at Kahe they studied the water and didn't see anything, no dolphins, no seals, no birds. Then they spotted one seal on the rocks. The seal was almost hidden. They walked out and ID'd  RG32. He was alone resting.

Team R&B saw a lot of cops at the spot where the whale carcass has been. They spoke to some of the

folks and were told the carcass is gone. Seems the cops were dealing with someone who was trying to take some bones.

They drove out to Makaha side, but the road is still closed since March 20th. Hopefully they will be fixing the road soon. At the Makaha surfing beach there was a sign posted Not to enter the water, due to the brown water.   The only other critter seen before calling it a day was a goat up on the cliff.

RH76

RG32

April 7, 2026 Tuesday's Dailies

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

Marilyn viewed Rabbit Island from 12:26 to 1:08 pm due to the increasing cloud cover and then the rain. There were three seals seen during that time.

On the 3BS side of Middle Cliff was an Adult Male: small adult size, very mottled tan male belly, no info on tags. Marilyn doesn't think this A/M was any of the three males that she saw on island yesterday. He moved closer to the 3BS soon after she started viewing. 

Almost directly down from the 3BS was an Unknown Juvenile: smaller juvenile size, two red tags. No info on sex.

Near the SRI channel was a Sub-adult Unknown: smaller sub-adult size, olde coat with some green, no info on tags or sex.

Team R&B started their day on thee west side. As they were approaching the area they spotted a seal coming in. They watched and the seal went to the zen area. They were able to ID Miss Kala RH76. She took her sweet time hauling in. She looked around and saw there

were no males and finished her haul out at her beloved zen area.

They also saw that the boobies were back.

Out on the water they spotted some splashing from afar. They watched and saw an adult seal foraging. They were unable determine which adult it was so it was reported as an Unknown Adult.

Next stop was at plains where they found two seals on shore in a zone. They were able to ID R407 Kawika.  The other seal was sandy so it

took aa little longer. They saw a CC scar under belly and then after a while he flipped. That is when they saw his natural bleach ball. It was RN14 Kalani and it's been a while since he was seen at plains.

After an appointment they stopped by Kahe. It was pouring rain but they made a quick check. There was RL08 looking really big. He is one of the larger males. The other male was RG32.

Rabbit Island

RH76

Unknown Adult

R407

RN14

R407 & RN14

RG32

RL08

April 6, 2026 Monday's Dailies

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

Marilyn viewed Rabbit Island from 12:31 to 2:08 pm and there were three seals seen during that time.

Initially near LPB channel was an Adult Male that moved along the shore in a Makapuu direction and briefly stopped to check out Seal Rock before moving further along. He later hauled out near the 2BS. The Adult Male was adult size, darker coat, male belly and at least one tag.  see even the seals get confused by seal rock 😏

On the waterfront rocks between the 3BS and SRI were two seals:

R7AF: adult size, darker coat with N61 applied bleach. He's the same seal Marilyn saw on 4/4 and 4/5. His bleach is hard to read, but now she has no doubt it was him.

Next to him was RK24 Bruno: adult size, male belly, two red tags, applied N33 bleach on his right side and scar on right rear side. After she took down the camera he did a quick roll over and Marilyn saw his male belly and two red tags. She hasn't seen him on Rabbit Island for a while.

Team R&B started their day on the west side and their first find was RM31 Kai. He was alone at the edge of the zen area, resting.

Then they saw Miss Kala RH76 way to the front. She was hidden that they almost missed her. She is looking quite healthy these days.

While checking out another area they saw four Boobies resting on ablock. There were a couple of fishermen that moved to the block and all the birds left. Team R&B watched and the Boobies were busy catching fish. Then they saw one of the fishermen holding a Boobie that had been hooked. He pulled this fish out of its mouth, and the other guy had pliers. Hopefully they got the hook. The bird sat in the water cleaning itself, took small
flights and landed.  Hopefully he'll be okay.

Still on the west side they found a good size male, but they couldn't make an ID. They tried but he wasn't cooperative and didn't move. They couldn't see anything, couldn't tell if he had tags. He was reported as an Unknown Male.

Lastly they decided to check out plains. They walked the beach and didn't see any seals. Then they headed to the right and there on shore was a seal.  It was the lovely Miss Lei Ola RH48. She is looking quite large these days and has a mint green snout.  They were happy to see her today.

Rabbit Island

RH76

RM31

Boobies

U/M

RL42

April 5, 2026 Sunday's Dailies

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

Marilyn viewed Rabbit Island from 11:54 to 2:20 pm and there were two seals seen during that time.

When she arrived there was only one seal visible. An Adult Male was on the waterfront rocks on the middle cliff side of SRI. The AM is the same one seen on LPB yesterday: smaller adult size, mottled gray male belly; no info on tags. Marilyn spotted what appears to be an applied bleach on the right rear side. Her guess this is R7AF. 

At 12:35 pm after a brief rain shower, Marilyn spotted a seal directly
down from the 3BS. The seal appears to be a Sub-adult Female: sub-adult size, light yellow female belly, two red tags. This is probably the same S/F that was in the same location yesterday.

Marilyn noted that Rabbit Island is very green and there are a lot of yellow blossoms.

Team R&B first find today was a Kahe. It was a smaller seal resting in its side. They didn't see any tags but noted a cc scar on the bottom right side, 

There were people out and about but nobody was in the water. They saw the lifeguard on a jet-ski following a large tiger shark and its girth was bigger than the jet ski. (as they were told).  The folks from the DLNR and HPD were on site.  Team R&B saw there were whale bones so they let the life guard know. He told the Hawaiian folks at the tent and they were going to get the proper people out later to remove them.

They got word of a seal hauled out at plains, so they headed over. To their surprise it wasn't just one seal but four of them. There were three together and one on its it own.

Today they got to meet a new little female from Kauai RP20.  She was on her own.

Then there were KG89 Huakai with RG32. The fourth seal closer to Huakai and RG32 was R407 Kawika.  The people on the beach had lots of questions. Team R&B did their best to educate them.

Heading back to the west side to catch up with family for dinner they made one last stop. They found three seals on the rocks resting. First was fat lady RH76 Kala. Then there was RM31 Kai. And then there was RU12 little female born in 2025.

Team R&B along with their family decided to go check out the beach across from their Mom's where they spent a lifetime. Many good memories for them to share and today they added to that.  There were two whales that showed up. What a beautiful memory for all of them.

Rabbit Island

Unknown Male

RP20

KG89

RG32

R407

RH76

RM31

RU12

Whales !