June 28, 2026 Yesterday's News 6/27/26

News from Marilyn's Ka'ena Point visit on Saturday:

I hiked/rode the Ka'ena Point trail with a friend yesterday. The weather was warm and windy. I did encounter rain on the drive to KP, but not while in the KP park.

We saw seven HMS during our trip.

From near the parking lot looking toward the point, we could RV36 E'eno playing in one of the inlets. Apparently he had been in the inlet near the parking lot earlier, but probably decided to move away because of all the tents, people and music in the parking lot.

Within the NAR, R330 "Squinty" was snoozing among rocks and not showing us much, but I did see his male ventral with mid-ventral small nb. He was just moving into a channel when we returned to check on him on the way out.

RL47 "Kamakana" was out draped over a rock in the pools Mokuleia side of Ka'ena's pool. He is fairly green and we could see his newer CC bite, although he did not show us his rear flipper tags. He also entered the water due to the rising tide when we saw him on the hike out.

On the rocks in the middle of the main pool at the point was R420 Kaipo: older mottled coat with some green, male belly, superficial partial CC scar forward of his penial hole and a deeper scar on the right side of the penial hole. He gave us a fully sprawled male view.

There was a HMS swimming in one of the channels in the NAR that we believe was RL08 "BamBamSquarePants" based on the visible CC scars we could see. We saw him head in the "runway" direction, but never saw him hauled out.

We visited RL42 Leia and her pup PO12 twice during the day. Mom and pup seem to be doing fine. PO12 was able to follow mom when the latter moved up the beach. The pup still has part of its umbilical cord.

RL42 & PO12

RL08

R420

RL47

R330

RV36

January 18, 2026 Sunday's Dailies

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

In yesterday's news department Marilyn did the Ka'ena Point with a couple of friends. They only saw two seals but lots of action. 

There were several spats between the two seals. The participants turned out to be two seals born in 2019 less than two weeks apart.

The first seal was RL47 Kamakana born 5/20/2019 on Rabbit Island to mom Sadie RB12. His L47/L46  tags were visible. The other seal

involved in the spats was RL20 Kalua born 5/8/2019 to RN58 Luana at birth beach, Mokuleia.

Their first spat was close to shore. Then RL20 left the pool for a while and then cam back. Then RL47 left the main pool and came back. RL47 then settled on a rock nearer the outer part of the pool. Again RL20 came back and one of Marilyn's friends was able to get the photo of L20/21 tags. Both seals look to be in good health.

Today, Marilyn viewed Rabbit Island from 12:31 to 2:01 and there were three seals seen during that time. Near 3BS was Juvenile Unknown: juvenile size, older coat, two red tags, not sure of sex, but probably female. The JU moved down near the water line.

Between 3BS and SRI was an Adult Female: large adult size, older coat, sand-covered female belly, two red tags. This is probably the AF with the neck scar, but sand obscured the scar. The AF does look chunky.

Out on the RRB rock flats was a Sub-adult Unknown: sub-adult size, light gray ventral, no info on sex or tags.

Team R&B got a late start to today. Their first stop at pokai they found RM31 Kai already hauled up on

the rocks at seal inlet. He seemed on edge, looking around. Maybe there had been some folks around earlier bugging him, before they got there.

They only saw one seal foraging near the outfall area. They couldn't get an ID, so the seal was reported as an Unknown Adult.

Team R&B had been out for a long time looking and waiting. Then they spotted a big seal hauling up on shore at electric beach. The seal was large adult with a natural bleach ball on right side. They determined this was RN14 Kalani.  Most of the people around were

respectful and let him be.

Team R&B made their way to plains and were really surprised to find RL08. He has moved away from the west side, maybe he's heading for Rabbit Island.

From the back they could see where his cyst was. Team R&B thanked the life guards for putting up a zone for him. 

Ka'ena Point (Saturday 1/17)

Rabbit Island

RM31

Unknown Adult

RN14

RL08

November 16, 2024 Saturday's Dailies

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

Marilyn met up with Diane and Lesley to check out Ka'ena Point. 

Before heading out to Ka'ena Point they made a stop to check on mom BG R303 and her male pup PO12. It looked like that had recently hauled out and were in snooze mode. PO12 looks like he's put on weight and his coat is beginning to lighten.

Their next stop they found three seals:

Slightly closer to Ka'ena Point was RL74 Kami snoozing alone on the beach. She was ID'd by her sub-adult size and L74 tags.

A short distance away closer to camp erdman were:

R330 Squinty: adult size, about 90% molted, male belly and small ventral nb and tag 3CA.

Just hauling out and moving up to R330 was RL47 Kamakana. Squinty was not happy with RL47's approach so they had a few words before going into snooze mode. RL47 was ID'd by his L47 tag.

Inside the NAR were three seals:

On the rocks near the inlet of the main pool was R418 Kamea: she was ID'd by her sub-adult to adult size, newer coat and a scar on her left neck area. 

On the rock reef outside the main pool was RG32: adult size, older coat, male belly and scar on his forehead.

On back beach was RT98 Eha: weaner size, tan coat, light tan female belly and T99 tag.

On Marilyn's way home from Ka'ena point she made a quick stop

when she noticed a seal hauling out on a east side beach. The seal was R016 Right Spot: adult size, new coat, nb on her right rear side, female belly and a variety of ventral scars. 

Marilyn also found RT62 again hauled out. She was sleeping peacefully among the leaves from a nearby tree. RT62: small weaner size, tan female belly and RT62/T63 tags.

Team R&B included junior sealette today. They first stopped at rest-camp where once again there were multiple seals foraging. First to be

ID'd was R3CX Nalu. He was out there foraging like crazy.

Next was RM31 Kai who went from foraging to bothering his buddy RL20 Kalua. RL20 Kalua was quiet today, must be happy to be hanging out with RM31. The two of them were very busy playing and eating. 

Miss Lei Ola RH48 was out there foraging with the males. She did her best to keep her distance until RL20 caught up with her and started bugging her.  He wasn't the only one, RM31 Kai made his way over and did his part annoying her.

After leaving rest camp they spotted a seal at cliffs. The seal was resting on the rocks, clean coat, but they just couldn't confirm its ID. It had a subtle bleach mark on its side. They didn't see any tags because of its position, but they did see a scar on the fore flipper. They thought maybe R617 but will have to labeled as an U/U for now.

Lastly at another west side location they spotted a seal resting on the rock at the waterfront. They were happy to see RH76 Kala. Happy that she moved from her previous location where there are lots of dogs and people. She is looking good, resting alone and was kind enough to show her tag to confirm her ID.

R303 & PO12

R303 & RL47

RG32

R418

RT98

RT62

R016

R3CX

RL20 & RM31

RL20

RM31 & RL20

RM31

RH48 & RM31

RH48

Unidentified Unknown

RH76