April 18, 2026 Saturday's Dailies

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

Marilyn viewed Rabbit Island from 12:23 to 1:56 pm and there were ten seals seen during that time. Wow!

MO3 & PO3 were again on LPB. PO3 moved away from mom near to the water, but later returned to mom. Both MO3 & PO2 appear to be normal and healthy.

About 60 feet Makapuu of the 3BS were RF34 Pua and PO5. Both seem to be doing well. Marilyn saw one nursing session and lots of

snoozing..

About 60 feet further in Makapuu direction were MO4 and PO4. Both are doing well. At one point PO4 appeared to vocalize for MO4 to pay attention. MO4 was not pleased when she saw RL08 about 50 feet away and vocalized.

There were four seals in or near the SRI channel. They kept moving around making it problematic to keep their IDs sorted out.

A Juvenile Female was initially alone on the beach up from SRI channel: larger juvenile size, old coat, yellow female belly and some

green, unsure about tags.

Initially on the Makapuu side of the SRI channel were RL08 and a Sub-adult Female. They had some words before RL08 moved up to the beach and moved in the direction of MO4-PO4. He stopped on the water front rocks and went into snooze mode.

RL08 BamBamSquarePants was ID'd by his large size, gray male belly and his pit scars on left shoulder, right mid-dorsal and right rear. 

Then the SF moved up towards the beach and then onto the beach. The SF is sub-adult size, with a light female belly, not sure about tags. Later RL08 moved over to join the JF and SF.

There was an Unknown Sub-adult behind the SRI channel rocks. This seal never came fully out from behind the rocks. Later RL08 moved close to the US.

That is a lot of action happening on the Island. 

Team R&B went searching in all the usual spots, but today they started their day with no seals. But they were excited to see a bunch of Boobies show up. They figured there were at least 8 of them.

They got a call of a seal hauled up at plains. So they took off and went to check it out. By the time they got there the seal left and the ropes and signs were still up.  They noticed a large piece of driftwood in the

zone at the water line so they went down and moved it.  They continued to look around and spotted two seals by the fence line in the water fighting.

Aukai RL12 and Kalani RN14 were going at it for a while. Team R&B waited. As soon as Aukai landed RN14 followed still arguing with each other. Team R&B let the Lifeguards know and they brought the signs and ropes over.  Team R&B stayed and watched both seals for a couple of hours. They both finally settled in and stayed close to

the fence line.

When they left plains and on their way home they made a stop at kahe. They were happy to see a seal resting on the rocks. It was RL20 Kalua, he was alone and they could see his applied N17 bleach. 

Rabbit Island

Boobies

RN14 & RL12

RL12

RN14

RL08 

April 17, 2026 Friday's Dailies

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

Marilyn viewed Rabbit Island from 10:27 to 1:00 pm and there were nine seals seen during that time.

Marilyn got a text from NOAA that a team from DOFAW & DAR were going to be on RI today for their own work and hopes of getting IDs. When they got to the island this morning they found that RF34 Pua had pupped so now we have PO5. So there are three pups on Rabbit Island all born within a six day period.  

When Marilyn first started viewing RL08 "BambamSquarepants" had just hauled out of the LPB surge channel near MO3 and PO3. He soon left and hauled out about 25

minutes later near the SRI channel. MO3 & PO3 were doing normal mom and pup behaviors. The DOFAW-DAR team did get a bleach on PO3, but it soon got washed off by a wave, so they don't know if the bleach took.

Among the waterfront rocks between 1BS and 3BS was a Juvenile Female: small juvenile size, tannish yellow female belly with some green and two red tags.

RF34 Pua was on the waterfront rocks about 60 feet Makapuu side of the 3BS. PO5 was hidden behind Pua and the waterfront rocks until

Marilyn finally saw the pup at 11:52 am. Pua and PO5 appear to be doing fine. 

About 40 feet Makapuu side of RF34 was a Sub-adult Female: sub-adult size, female belly, unsure about tags. This may be the Unknown Sub-adult from yesterday.

Initially on the waterfront rocks about 40 feet Lanikai side of the SRI channel was MO4&PO4. At one point PO4 appeared to get caught in a tide pool, but ultimately made its way back to MO4. All seems well

Team R&B started their usual search on the west side. They finally

spotted a seal with its head in the pond. At first they thought maybe Kala but no it was RM31 Kai.

They also got a glimpse of a mocking bird gathering for a nest.

Over at electric beach they saw a chubby seal on shore being visited by fans. They think its R604.

They did a re-check at 3 pm and she was still there.

Team R&B decided to head over to plains. When they arrived they saw two seals on the shoreline but there were no signs, and there were

kids and surfers in the water and passing by. The seals gave up and went into the water by the buoy and played around for a while. Then both seals swam over to a man who wouldn't move out of the ay. The seals kept heading in by Tower 2, and lifeguard didn't do anything. Team R&B went got some cones and called out to people to let the seals come up and move back. It took some work but people finally moved.  The lifeguard came with signs he said everyone was really busy. He placed the signs out with ropes.  The two seals were Aukai RL12 and Kalani RN14. They both landed and settled in.

Then Team R&B got a text of a seal hauling out near the fence line. They got to the area and folks were really close. So they gathered sticks and made a zone. They told a friend about the seal it was RT06. They stuck around and waited. Finally they had to leave, but did receive a text later that a lifeguard came and placed signs.

Rabbit Island

RM31

R604

RL12 & RN14

RT06