February 13, 2026 Friday's Dailies

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

They were on a mission to find Temp 402. They searched everywhere and were coming up empty. They did see a turtle come up on shore. It had two tumors on its left fore flipper. They documented and then left to check out other locations.

They were watching all the beaches and weren't seeing anything. Then suddenly they saw a sparkle on shore at the surfing beach, smack in the middle of the Buffalo Surg Meet, full of tents and people. 

Sure enough it was little Temp 402, with the beach pack, parking full.

Then they saw another seal coming in, which turned out to be RP30 Puka. He came in really cautiously. 

Team R&B drove along the coast looking for parking, and they finally got a spot and immediately headed to the beach. It was so crowded that finding Temp 402 was a bit of a challenge.

They finally spotted him and he was surrounded by tourist.  They contacted HMAR to inform them of the situation. Team R&B let them know someone was needed on site. 

Team R&B stayed watching the people walking by the poor seal, kids playing in front of him

Not one adult said anything to the kids, just watched.

Team R&B saw a lifeguard that went by on his quad. Unfortunately there were no volunteers, no signs, no cones.

Apparently the lifeguards were told that putting up a sign draws attention to the seal so they were told not to do it anymore.  Hmmmmm  seriously I have strong opinions about some of this, but I will for now keep it to myself.

Same site but different location they spotted a seal from afar. So they made the trek over and found a small female with lots of green and

red tags. They weren't sure who it is and  had a hard time reading the tags.  possibly U23 or U25.   U23 is a female born on Molokai in 2025 and U25 is a male born in 2025.  

Lastly checking out other spots, they saw a seal foraging at the outfall area. They couldn't make out who the seal was since they were further away. It was reported as an Unknown Adult.

Turtle

RP30

Temp 402

RU ?25?

Unknown Adult

September 13, 2025 Saturday's Dailies

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

Marilyn viewed Rabbit Island from 12:18 to 2:18 pm and there were four seals seen during that time.

Out on the rock flats on the Lanikai side of LPB was a recent weaner labeled as RU48 (could be RU64): recent weaner size, shape and coloration, two red tags and male belly.

Out on RRB there were three seals:

Juvenile Female: juvenile or weaner size,  older coat with tannish-yellow female belly and two red tags.

A male weaner labeled as RU24: older weaner size, light male belly and two red tags.

Unknown Juvenile: juvenile size, older coat with some green, not sure about tags or sex. The UJ moved behind RU24 and was difficult to see.

Team R&B had a very busy day in that they had both their grandkids with them today. Miss junior sealette is growing up fast and knows what being out on the search for seals entails.

They beaches were crowded today, as usual especially on a weekend.

Their first stop they found Miss Kala RH76 resting below. The waves were coming in covering her at times so she moved up. Team R&B noted that she'll probably molt soon.

They saw R3CX Nalu foraging in the water. There were so many people in the water he moved out to the jetty. 

While watching Nalu foraging they saw a seal swim by very quickly so they headed out over to Kahe. They were able to see Kaale RH32 trying to find a spot to haul out. But today the waves were covering the area so he kept going and they didn't see him again.

Rabbit Island

RH76

R3CX

RH32

August 24, 2025 Sunday's Dailies

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

Marilyn viewed Rabbit Island from 12:55 to 2:45 pm and there were six seals seen during that time.

Initially on the middle cliff of LPB were two seals:

TempN25: sub-adult size, new coat, scar above LFF, no tags.

RU38: older weaner size and shape, tan female belly and two red tags. Originally Marilyn thought this was a juvenile, and possibly could be.

On the 1BS side of LPB were two seals:

A molting Sub-adult Female: sub-adult size, about 20% molted, female belly and at least two red tags.

Nearby was a Sub-adult Male: small sub-adult size, older coat, tan male belly and two red tags.

In the Middle Cliff area was recent weaner RU48 (or RU64): chubby weaner size and shape, light male belly and two red tags.

At 1:08 pm a weaner hauled out of the Lanikai side of LPB. This weaner labeled RU24: older weaner size and shape, two red tags and light tan male belly.

Team R&B started off at pokai observing two seals foraging off the rest camp side.

They ID'd the greenish seal as R3CX Nalu with RH48 Lei Ola who has a clean coat. They managed to get a photo of the two of them together and you can see R3CX's bleach mark on left side of his face.

They waited but the duo did not land during their stay.

Next stop they went to check on Miss R604. She was just coming out of the water after a swim. Of course she had some people pass her by.  She continues her molt, probably about 40%.

Heading over to Kahe they found RL20 Kalua resting. Soon after a couple of guys came by to toss a net. As RL20 got ready to take off, Team R&B noticed a big hook. It

appears to be stuck in his neck. They also saw something dangling, which could be a fish or bait. He was on the move so they didn't know for sure.

Team R&B's last find today was an adult seal. They didn't see the tags, or if there were any. They thought it was RL42 Leia since she was in the area yesterday. Just today she didn't give them much to work with.

Rabbit Island

R3CX & RH48

RH48

R3CX

R604

RL20

RL42 ???????