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

February 13, 2026 Friday's Dailies

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They were on a mission to find Temp 402. They searched everywhere and were coming up empty. They did see a turtle come up on shore. It had two tumors on its left fore flipper. They documented and then left to check out other locations.

They were watching all the beaches and weren't seeing anything. Then suddenly they saw a sparkle on shore at the surfing beach, smack in the middle of the Buffalo Surg Meet, full of tents and people. 

Sure enough it was little Temp 402, with the beach pack, parking full.

Then they saw another seal coming in, which turned out to be RP30 Puka. He came in really cautiously. 

Team R&B drove along the coast looking for parking, and they finally got a spot and immediately headed to the beach. It was so crowded that finding Temp 402 was a bit of a challenge.

They finally spotted him and he was surrounded by tourist.  They contacted HMAR to inform them of the situation. Team R&B let them know someone was needed on site. 

Team R&B stayed watching the people walking by the poor seal, kids playing in front of him

Not one adult said anything to the kids, just watched.

Team R&B saw a lifeguard that went by on his quad. Unfortunately there were no volunteers, no signs, no cones.

Apparently the lifeguards were told that putting up a sign draws attention to the seal so they were told not to do it anymore.  Hmmmmm  seriously I have strong opinions about some of this, but I will for now keep it to myself.

Same site but different location they spotted a seal from afar. So they made the trek over and found a small female with lots of green and

red tags. They weren't sure who it is and  had a hard time reading the tags.  possibly U23 or U25.   U23 is a female born on Molokai in 2025 and U25 is a male born in 2025.  

Lastly checking out other spots, they saw a seal foraging at the outfall area. They couldn't make out who the seal was since they were further away. It was reported as an Unknown Adult.

Turtle

RP30

Temp 402

RU ?25?

Unknown Adult

February 12, 2026 Thursday's Dailies

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Team R&B started their checking out Makaha. There once again was Temp 402 and today he was in the right away to the beach. He didn't have a care in the world, snoozing and peeing.  Team R&B notified the hotline, and then directed people to go to the left.  Seemed everyone had a dog, so Team R&B made a stick zone and sat at the entrance. Their daughter came out to help them out. (Such an amazing family.)

Someone knocked the sticks down at the entrance. Then a man arrived with two big dogs on leash but he just went to the pond near where the seal was resting. Finally they left.

When the seal turned around Team R&B saw he a had a new wound on the right side of his head. He did not have that yesterday. It is a fresh wound.

A man approached Team R&B and let them know that the entrance is not for the public. Which is interesting. Team R&B did all they could for Temp 402 after three and half hours. 

While on site they saw another seal high up by the greenery. It was RG32 snoozing alone.

Their next stop was at Kahe. They found two seals both were resting on the rocks and alert. There was a homeless guy building a fort below. 

Team R&B were able to ID RM31 Kai and RL20 Kalua. RL20 seemed distracted by the guy in the area.

From afar they spotted a seal on shore at electric beach. It was an Adult Seal, they couldn't determine its sex and of course the seal didn't move to help the situation. It was reported as an Unknown Adult.

Last stop at another west side location they found one seal. It was RP28 Wakea by the bushes. He is growing fast and looks much bigger today. They took a few photos and took off to not bring attention to him.

Temp 402

RG32

RL20

RM31

Adult Unknown

RP28