April 21, 2026 Tuesday's Dailies

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

First there are some updates: 

The seal Marilyn reported as RL08 was not him since RL08 was at plains seen by Team R&B. I have to say this is the first time in all these years this happened. I was very confused, but did confirm with R&B that they had eyes on his tag L09. 

Then Marilyn got some seal IDs based on the DLNR photos from last Friday. They confirmed RF34 Pua as the mom of PO5. MO4 is RK38 Hali'a Lauloa who is Aukai's 2018 Rabbit Island pup. We still don't have a confirmation for MO3 and it seems unlikely it was RB12 Sadie. The Juvenile Female seen on Friday was RU70, who is RJ30 Wailea's 2025 pup born on Mokolua Nui.

Marilyn viewed Rabbit Island from 12:29 to 2:44 pm and there were nine seals on island today.

Again on LPB was MO3 and her pup PO3. They started out in the water and hauled out later. MO3 has a darker coat than the other moms. PO3 nursed twice during Marilyn's viewing session.

About 30 feet Middle Cliff side of the 3BS was a Juvenile Female: small juvenile size, two red tags and light female belly.

RF34 Pua and PO5 started out on the waterfront rocks between the 3BS and SRI. They stayed in the same location until much later when they finally hauled out. Both mom and pup seem healthy.

RK38 Hali'a formerly MO4 spent the entire viewing session in a tide pool about 50 feet 3BS side of the SRI channel. IT was very hard to get photos of mom and PO4. Marilyn did see a nursing session.

There were two seal seen emerging from the SRI channel:

R7AF, she saw his applied N61 bleach on left rear side. Later a Sub-adult Female hauled out behind R7AF. The SF had a lighter female belly and no info on tags.

Team R&B got a text from a friend of a seal on the west side. So they quickly made their way down and found RM31 Kai alone on the rocks. He was resting where Kala usually sleeps when she is hiding from the boys.

Then there was another seal coming in. It was R3CX Nalu, guess he decided this was a better spot than fighting for space at plains.

They decided to check out plains. When they arrived there was one seal on shore alone. It was RN14 Kalani. It took them a while to get his ID since he was so sandy. He almost left because there were so many kids close to the seal zone and at times they were right in front of him.

Unfortunately Team R&B had to leave as they had some mechanical problems. Bummer!

Rabbit Island

RM31

R3CX & RM31

R3CX

RN14

April 20, 2026 Monday's Dailies

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Marilyn viewed Rabbit Island from 1:03 to 2:54 pm and there were eight seals on island during that time. 

RL08 "BamBamSquarePants" was way out on the Lanikai side of rock flats. Marilyn did not see him until 1:25 pm, but he was probably there earlier. He was ID'd by his large size and mottled gray male belly. He was gone by 2:26 pm.

MO3 and PO3 were in the water when Marilyn first arrived. Then

they hauled out onto LPB. Both Mom and Pup seem to be doing well. Marilyn still can't confirm MO3's ID.

About 50 feet Makapuu of the 3BS was RF34 Pua and her pup PO5. PO5 was hidden behind Pua for the first hour. Marilyn did see a nursing session.

Another 60 feet Makapuu of Pua and pup was MO4 and her pup PO4. They spent most of the first hour in a tide pool. They finally hauled out onto the beach. The pup nursed several times and snoozed the rest of the time.

A Juvenile Female was again near the SRI channel: larger juvenile size, old coat with lots of green and dark patches below each eye, female belly and two red tags.

Team R&B once again did not find any seals around the west side. Soooo they headed over to plains

They didn't hear from anyone so they were a little surprised to see two seals on shore. They knew right away the female was Aukai RL12, but

couldn't figure out the male. Very big boy, small bleach on his but area ding on left shoulder and two red tags. Thats when they realized it was Nalu R3CX, he's back. All good between the two, they were just resting on shore.

Then things changed, they heard screaming, there was another seal arriving a very large adult male. *** Who turned out to be RL08

A big fight began with bodies flying, flippers slapping each other, and biting. The males ended up in the water, with lots of splashing and barking. Lots of excitement, and people were gathering.

Aukai RL12 moved to the side and rested. The boys continued to fight, Nalu went all the way to the right, closer to tower one. The adult male shout out like a torpedo, mouth wide open, and vocalizing. Team R&B pulled the ropes and signs away for preventive purposes. Finally Nalu R3CX just chilled out but he kept his eye on RL12.  

The adult male stayed at the water line closer to Aukai. Then Nalu made one last attempt to go to Aukai, but the adult male wasn't having it.  In the end just after noon time, Nalu entered the water and left heading in the Waikiki direction. The adult male stayed with his girl, for now Aukai.  They made a zone with the lifeguard just right in case another seal arrived.  All was quiet again.

One last sighting, they saw the dolphins out in the water. Then they saw one of the young ones jump out of the water. When they viewed the photos the baby had a Ramora sucking on its neck, poor thing.

Rabbit Island

RL12 & R3CX

RL12, R3CX and adult male  RL08

R3CX

RL12 & RL08

dolphins

April 19, 2026 Sunday's Dailies

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

Marilyn viewed Rabbit Island from 12:08 to 1:47npm and there were eight seals seen during that time.

MO3 and her pup PO3 were again on LPB. They went for about a 15-minute swim near the LPB channel and then returned to the beach for a nursing session and snooze. Marilyn saw at least one tag on MO3. Both seem to be doing well.

RF34 Pua and her pup PO5 were behind waterfront rocks about 50

feet Makapuu of the 3BS for the first hour. Then they hauled out and both snoozed and nursed. They too seem to be doing well. Marilyn saw at least one red tag on RF34.

MO4 and her pup PO4 were about 50 feet towards Makapuu from RF34&PO5.. Marilyn assumes at some point they will move closer together.

MO4 and PO4 started out on the waterfront rocks with PO4 in a small tide pool.  Later the pup moved in front of MO4 and they appeared to spend some time in shallow water. Then they hauled out and went into

snooze mode. Marilyn saw at least one tag on MO4.

A Juvenile Female hauled out of the SRI channel about 12:40 pm: juvenile size, old coat with lots of green, two red tags, female belly. The JF is very dark under the eyes.

Further out the SRI channel on the rock flats behind the channel was RL08 aka BamBamSquarePants. He was ID'd by his large size, gray male belly, at least one red tag, pit scars on left shoulders, right mid dorsal and right rear. He didn't pester any other seals during Marilyn's watch.

Team R&B were out searching all their usual spots. After a very long day they only found two seals today. Out at plains was RT06 on shore with the lovely Miss Auka RL12.  Everyone assumes RT06 is Aukai's pup probably because he's only two and smaller, and of course Aukai is huge because she's pregnant.

Lastly they didn't see anymore seals but did see dolphins for the first time in a long time. 

Rabbit Island

RL12

RT06

RT06 & RL12

dolphins