May 3, 2026 Yesterday's News

In Marilyn's own words:

I did Ka'ena Point with Diane and another friend on Saturday, 5/2/2026. Once again, the Wahiawa Run through us for a loop and we got turned around at Scofield Barracks and had to go through Wahiawa town to get to KP.

We were amazed at the amount of flood damage in the Waialua area and the "rivers" that had formed within KP hills.  The main road has been repaired, but none of the approved roads down to the shore are repaired. The KP gated road is still not open to the permittees because of the side road damage.

We saw eight seals while Diane and I were there. 

Our first seal was probably RN58 Luana near Day Star, but we were too far away to confirm the ID, but later confirmed  I'm not including a photo of her.

RL98 Lina and PO6 were in the nearshore waters at a KP beach. PO6 is very active and keeps mom on her toes. RL98 has her line bleach on her right side.

At the runway was RL47 Kamakana: adult size, male belly, L47 tag He was mostly high and dry due to the low tide.

Just outside the entrance to the main pool in the KP NAR was an Unknown Unknown (UU): it was low tide and the UU came near the entrance to the main pool but did not venture in. Then the UU wandered slowly in the direction to head to the west side. 

In the Camp Erdman area were three more seals:

RU04 Reef: juvenile size, very green, U04 tag. she never rolled over to show her female belly. She is RL98 Lina's 2025 pup.

Next was RP30 Puka: sub-adult size, male belly, P30 tag. He looks healthy. Not as green as the other two CE seals. He is RL42 Leia's 2021 pup 

Finally, we had RS32 U'i Mea Ola, small sub-adult size, a fair amount of green especially under her eyes, and S32 tag. He is RJ48 Kaimana's 2023 pup. She never showed her female belly.