May 10, 2026 Sunday's Dailies

Happy Mother's Day to all especially our seal Mommas!

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

Marilyn viewed Rabbit Island from 12:25 to 2:16 pm and there were just the three moms and their pups for seals. But the Sooty Terns have landed. Marilyn has seen them flying around for about 10 days. Today when she arrived it was evident that thousands had landed.

Near the water a short distance Lanikai of the 1BS were MO3 and her pup PO3. They started with a long nursing session. MO3 is no longer fat. PO3 is four weeks old today. Marilyn could see the red Allflex tag on the pup, but did not see the applied 3 bleach.

Again between the 1BS and 2BS was RF34 Pua and her pup PO5. Just like yesterday, the pup was mostly hidden behind mom. Marilyn did see one nursing session. Marilyn did see RF34's right rear side scar to confirm her ID. Also she is no longer fat.

Out on the rock flats on the 3BS side of SRI were RK38 Hali'a and her pup PO4.  RK38 was mostly on her left side or back during Marilyn's viewing. PO4 slept along side mom for much of the time. But then started nursing and was mostly crawling over mom's body to do so.  Marilyn also saw PO4's red Allflex tag, but did not see the applied 4 bleach.

Team R&B started on the west side. They didn't find any seals, but took some time to watch the boobies. They met up with a friend who was sad from the loss of his big dog. They had seen them many times the last few years. Articus weighed 110 pounds and was very well behaved. Team R&B spent time talking story.

Next they decided to head over to plains. When they got to the area on shore was big boy RN14 Kalani. He was not too comfortable as the waves kept hitting him He also kept looking at the water, but Team R&B never saw another seal.  He turned over and went into the water heading down the beach. They watched the folks in the water, most didn't know he was even passing them.

Then RN14 made a u-turn, so they grabbed the signs. He moved a little further and landed. All the folks

on shore were yelling "Auntie.... Need Help???"  Yes grab the signs and ropes. Then about ten people did just that. The lifeguards were also coming to help.

People were amazing today, they were telling Team R&B what a good job they were doing helping the seals. They expressed how angry they were about the incident on Maui with the guy throwing the rock. They were also sad about the death of a seal at Nanakuli. They wanted to know what happened but Team R&B told them they didn't have any information and they found out on social media.

The people all agreed they had to help keep the seals safe. Team R&B received a bunch of fist bumps. This had to feel good for Team R&B. Maybe people are finally understanding! 

Team R&B headed back to the west side and stopped to watch the dolphins. They were going nuts today, lots of jumping. Nice to see them again, since the Kona Low storms they weren't seen as much and the water is finally back to blue!

Their friend who lost his dog came by and asked if they saw the cute seal. They were surprised, he pointed and they went to look. There was the cutie Miss RS32. She was alone and snoozing, looking very green.

Rabbit Island

Boobies

RN14

RS32

dolphins

May 5, 2026 Wednesday's Dailies

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

Marilyn viewed Rabbit Island from 1:05 to 3:12 pm and there were eight seals seen during that time. 

In the middle of LPB was MO3 and her pup PO3. Marilyn saw two nursing session and lots of snoozing. MO3 seem to be growing by the day.

Almost directly down from the 3BS were RK38 Hali'i and her pup PO4. The pup played around in the water and did nurse while RK38 was in the water and then nursed again when mom hauled out on the beach.

On thee rock flats between the 3BS and SRI, were RF34 Pua and her pup PO5. Both seem healthy. Marilyn saw one nursing session followed by snoozing. Marilyn could see Pua's right rear side.

In the SRI channel were two seals. Marilyn belives on of the seal is the Juvenile Female that she has seen for several days. Larger juvenile size, green female belly, no into on tags.

The other seal can only be identified as a Sub-adult Unknown: sub-adult to adult size, sand-covered coat: no info on tags or sex.

Marilyn did not see the pregnant adult female today.

Team R&B's only seals today were at plains. When they arrived they found RN14 Kalani (who was cruising waikiki yesterday). He was with RT06. The two of them snoozed the entire time Team R&B were there.

The lifeguard told them, that Aukai RL12 tried to land with the boys a couple of times in the early morning, but then she left.  She did the same thing while Team R&B were there.

Then Miss Aukai swam out to the buoy and played with it for at least 30 minutes. They said it was the cutest thing to see, it reminded them of M&M who also played with the buoy.

Aukai eventually hauled out near the cabins. She was alone and the lifeguards went and set up a zone for her again. Thankfully this time she stayed and we are grateful to the lifeguards.

Team R&B left plains and heading over to the west side, when they got a text about another seal hauling out at plains. This would be seal number four. They turned around to check it out. It was R407 Kawika.

RN14 Kalani and RT06 were in one zone.  Aukai was in a zone by the cabins and R407 was way down by the other cabins.

Rabbit Island

RN14 & RT06

RL12

R407

May 1, 2026 Friday's Dailies

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

Marilyn viewed Rabbit Island from 11:45 am to 1:47 pm and there either eleven or twelve seals seen during that time. There was lots of moving around which made it difficult to keep track of which seal was which.

On the Lanikai side of LPB was MO3 and PO3. Both seem to be doing fine. Later in the viewing session three male seal surrounded MO3 and PO3. 

When Marilyn started viewing there were two male seals closer to the 1BS side of LPB: 

Adult Male: adult size, older coat, male belly, not sure about taags.

R7AF: adult size, male belly two red tags and N61 applied bleach on left rear side.

Later a third adult male seal joined the other two males: It is possible the 3rd adult male was the sub-adult male, that Marilyn describes below. There were spats among the seals. Later the three males moved in the Lanikai direction and then hassled MO3 and PO3. 

Between 1BS and 2BS was a Sub-adult Male: sub-adult size, light

mottled male belly,, unsure about tags. The SM disappeared before Marilyn found the 3rd male on LPB. 

About 20 feet Lanikai side of the 3BS was a Juvenile Female: larger juvenile size, older coat, yellowish-brown female belly; not sure about tags.

About 1/3 the distance between the 3BS and SRI was RF34 Pua and her pup PO5. The pup ventured into the water for a while, but then it moved back to mom and nursed. Both mom and pup seem fine.

Another 60-70 feet towards SRI from RF34 and pup was RK38 Hali'a and her pup PO4. They started out on the waterfront rocks where PO4 nursed and then moved up on the beach. Both mom and pup seem happy and healthy. Marilyn did see

RK38's applied bleach on her left side, but it didn't show up in the photos.

Up from the SRI channel was a thin seal, labeled as a Juvenile Unknown: juvenile to small sub-adult size, light ventral and undetermined sex. Not sure about tags.

Team R&B started on the west where the found Miss Kala RH76. They surprised to see her still hanging around the west side.  But only Kala knows what she is going to do.

Next they stopped at kahe where they found RL20 Kalua. They saw his two different bleach numbers N11 on his back and N17 on his right side. 

Of course they decided to head over to plains to see what today would bring. They were thrilled when they arrived to see there were four seals and lots of people out there.

Closest to the fence line were RL12 Aukai in the company of RN14 Kalani.

Then there were two more. They were happy to see RT06, seems he likes hauling out here and he's pretty darn cute. R407 was with him and they were both getting some

rest. There were plenty of people out and about today.

On the way home they made one final stop at cliffs where they found a seal resting on his back. They ID'd RP30 Puka. Today was a great seal day especially compared to yesterday.

Rabbit Island

RH76

RL20

RL12 & RN14

R407

RT06

RT06 & R407

RP30