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

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

January 27, 2026 Tuesday's Dailies

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

Marilyn viewed Rabbit Island from 12:17 to 2:08 pm and there were three seals seen during that time.

At 12:55 pm a Juvenile Female showed up on LPB: juvenile size, older coat with yellow female belly and two tags. 

Behind waterfront rocks near 3BS was an Adult Male: adult size, gray male belly, no info on tags. Marilyn kept hoping  he would move up the beach, but he never did.

Between 3BS and SRI was a Sub-adult Female: sub-adult size, light yellowish female belly, Marilyn did not see tags, but they could have been there.

Team R&B made the rounds and didn't see any seals. They waited around and finally at pokai they spotted a small seal way up land. The seal was alone and it was the adorable RU12. She was well hidden and resting peacefully.

Then over at Kahe they were happy to see two seals on the rocks. There was RG32 and R416 Makalii next to each other. The two males were getting some rest and peacefully hanging out together.

From afar they saw people near two seals as they were hauling out at electric beach. The two were ID'd as RP28 Wakea and RH32 Kaale. 

There were so many people that the seals entered the water. Thankfully they came back up again. Then Team R&B saw two more seals on the water at the shoreline trying to haul  up. But the two seals were close to the people taking photos and the seals headed out to the outfall area. They were not able to get an ID on the two so they were

reported as Unknowns.

Team R&B made their way over to electric beach and found Kaale and Wakea still on shore.  

While checking out all the action with Kaale and Wakea they spotted another seal hauling up at tracks. They checked it out and found the lovely Miss R604.

Team R&B made one last stop and was happy they did. There on shore at Makaha was the lovely Leia RL42. Someone had put up three signs that were close, but at least there was something out there.

Two turtles were near by.

Rabbit Island

RU12

RG32 & R416

RP28 & RH32

Two Unknowns

RP28

RH32

RH32 & RP28

R604

RL42