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Hawaiʻi · 2001—2026

Hawaiian monk seal

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Island markers filter reports. Place markers show named shores or offshore islands from published records, never exact animal positions. Counts are reports, not seals.

34 of 34 reports name a mapped island · 24 have a named shore or island reference

Main Hawaiian Islands same scale

N ↑Kauaʻi: 4 reports, filter this area1Oʻahu: 28 reports, filter this area2Molokaʻi: 1 report, filter this area3Maui: 1 report, remove area filter4Lahaina shoreline10

Kauaʻi coast enlarged

Poʻipū Beach: 1 report; named place reference, not an observation coordinate1

Oʻahu coast enlarged

Kaʻena Point: 1 report; named place reference, not an observation coordinate2Pōkaʻī Bay: 2 reports; named place reference, not an observation coordinate3Kahe Point: 5 reports; named place reference, not an observation coordinate4Paradise Cove: 1 report; named place reference, not an observation coordinate5Three Tables Beach: 1 report; named place reference, not an observation coordinate6White Plains Beach: 5 reports; named place reference, not an observation coordinate7Kaimana Beach: 1 report; named place reference, not an observation coordinate8Mānana (Rabbit Island): 6 reports; named place reference, not an observation coordinate9

Reported islands west to east

  1. Kauaʻi4 reports
  2. Oʻahu28 reports
  3. Molokaʻi1 report
  4. Maui1 report

Named shores and islands

  1. Poʻipū Beach1 report
  2. Kaʻena Point1 report
  3. Pōkaʻī Bay2 reports
  4. Kahe Point5 reports
  5. Paradise Cove1 report
  6. Three Tables Beach1 report
  7. White Plains Beach5 reports
  8. Kaimana Beach1 report
  9. Mānana (Rabbit Island)6 reports
  10. Lahaina shoreline1 report

Outline: Natural Earth. Place references: USGS, State of Hawaiʻi, NOAA and University of Hawaiʻi.

Reports over time

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  5. 1May
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Grouped by each record’s archive date. Approximate dates keep their original labels in the records below.

  1. 2026
    Lahaina shoreline Maui
    R404 Hawaiʻi Public Radio / Associated Press

    A Hawaiian monk seal was filmed swimming in shallow water during a reported rock-throwing incident. AP later reported NOAA's identification of the seal as adult male R404. Hawaiian monk seal · 1 seal