March 21, 2026 Saturday's Dailies

Well this doesn't happen very often but there were no seals seen by Team R&B💕

Yes they were out there looking but got skunked.

Finally it was a nice day, blue skies, no rain and so much better than the last two weeks.

They searched along the  coast and didn't find any seals.  The water is worse with so much debris and brown. 

The highlight of the day was when they saw the Iwa Birds flying so high. There were eleven of them and as much as Team R&B were enjoying them they soon disappeared.

They drove to Keaau's where the road was blocked due to damage caused by the storm.

On the way back they looked but still no seals.  

At Makaha the shoreline was so bad, littered with trees and debris floating around. The water was really brown and yet one lady went out surfing.

They headed over to plains hoping for good luck, but the it was closed off. That's when they called it a day.

After the Kona Storm

March 20, 2026 Friday's Dailies

Believe it or not Team R&B was out there today while the rest of us were hunkered down with all this rain. But there's no stopping them.

They went out early and the area was so messy, lots of debris. They were happy to find Miss Kala RH76 resting peacefully. She would be the only seal they found today and they did check larer in the day and she was still there.

They checked out a few of the area and Makaha is a complete mess with big trees down on shore, and big driftwood. Some of the debris

was clogging some spots. They noted it didn't smell so good either and will get worse as the days go on. 

Some of the roads were closed due to flooding, and it looks like the down trees came for the valley.

Lots of people in the community were out amazed by what all this rain has done. Some were collecting driftwood. 

RH76

Makaha 

March 19, 2026 Thursday's Dailies

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

Team R&B first find today was Miss Kala RH76. She was way up on shore snoozing away. They thought that she may have stayed overnight.

They met some nice folks that were interested in seals, so they were happy to tell them all about Miss Kala and more. They thanked Team R&B for what they do everyday .... which they deserve !!

They checked all the usual spots and were coming up empty so they headed over to plains. When they gor to the area they saw a "fat" seal high up and snoozing.  It looked different, greener snout, and they saw the red tag but couldn't read. Then they thought this could be RH48 Lei Ola. Unfortunately the skies opened up and the rains came. They took shelter under a tree
when they notice a second seal. But they had to wait.

Finally they were able to get to the fat seal and they were able to confirm it was Lei Ola !

They walked out to the other seal and ID'd R407 Kawika. They took a couple of photos and headed out not wanting to get stuck in the rain. They could see the rain was coming again.

RH76

RH48

R407

March 18, 2026 Wednesday's Dailies

Today's dailies are brought to you by Marilyn and Team R&B💕

Marilyn viewed Rabbit Island from 11:56 t0 1:36 pm and there were two seals seen during that time.

Between Middle Cliff and the 3BS was a Sub-adult Male: sub-adult size, older coat, yellowish brown male belly and two red tags. He is probably the same male she saw on Monday.

Up from the SRI channel was a Juvenile Female: juvenile size light yellow female belly and two red tags. She is probably the same seal that was in that spot on Monday.

The island has gotten green with all the rain we been getting, and more to come.

Team R&B spent quite awhile searching this morning without finding any seals. Then finally they spotted a male on shore on the west side. It was RU40 Wai and he was alone. They were hoping it was N45.

With all the driftwood on the shorelines its hard to see if there are seals on the beaches.

Team R&B decided to check out plains and were happy to see fat mama to be KG89 Huakai. She was not alone today, R407 was keeping her company. Funny he looks so small compared to her.

Thankfully the lifeguards went above and beyond and set up a zone for them.

They headed back to the west side and this time they found RH76 Kala. She was not there earlier.

She is now at her zen area getting hit by the big waves washing over the area. At times she rolled over, gained some momentum and bears down.  When the sets came through she just stayed in one spot, then moved to her usual spot to sleep.  Hopefully she'll be heading to Rabbit Island to safely give birth.

Rabbit Island

RU40

KG89 

KG89 & R407

RH76

March 17, 2025 Tuesday's Dailies

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

They had a short day today. They spent the morning looking in all the usual places, but was coming up empty.  Then they finally spotted a seal. It was RM31 Kai, he was alone resting on shore.

They spent some time watching the surfers, saw some goats and some driftwood structures.

Team R&B called it a day after being in the rain all day. I think we are all over the wet weather.

RM31

goats

driftwood

surfer

March 16, 2026 Monday's Dailies

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

Marilyn was finally able to make it out to the pier today. She viewed Rabbit Island from 12:16 to 2:43 pm and there were three seals seen during that time.

On the 3BS side of Middle Cliff was a Sub-adult Male: sub-adult size, tan-gray male belly and two tags.

Near the 3BS was a Juvenile Unknown: smaller juvenile size, two tags and unsure of text.

Near the SRI was a Juvenile Female: larger juvenile size, older coat with some green on the tan female belly and two red tags.

Team R&B had a slow start finding any seals this morning. Finally after a couple of hours of looking they finally found a seal on the west side. The seal was hidden but Team R&B know how to spot them. They were able to ID RU40 Wai.

They got a text from a friend of another seal on the west side.  They went looking and sure enough they found Miss Kala RH76.

They kept looking going along their journey and finally noticed a seal on shore. They walked over and saw it was an Adult Female with no tags. The waves were moving her around, so they had to wait until they could get a better view of her. She finally moved and saw that she had a lot of CC scars. That's then they knew it was R604. They were happy to see her since its been a long time. She is looking chubby, not huge but chubby.

Rabbit Island

RU40

RH76

R604