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Hawaiʻi · 2001—2026

Hawaiian monk seal

Seals around Hawaiʻi.

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Total reports
93
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5 August—31 August

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Explore Hawaiʻi sightings

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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.

6 of 6 reports name a mapped island · 4 have a named shore or island reference

Main Hawaiian Islands same scale

N ↑Oʻahu: 5 reports, remove area filter1Molokaʻi: 1 report, filter this area2

Kauaʻi coast enlarged

Oʻahu coast enlarged

Paradise Cove: 1 report; named place reference, not an observation coordinate1Three Tables Beach: 1 report; named place reference, not an observation coordinate2White Plains Beach: 1 report; named place reference, not an observation coordinate3Mānana (Rabbit Island): 1 report; named place reference, not an observation coordinate4

Reported islands west to east

  1. Oʻahu5 reports
  2. Molokaʻi1 report

Named shores and islands

  1. Paradise Cove1 report
  2. Three Tables Beach1 report
  3. White Plains Beach1 report
  4. Mānana (Rabbit Island)1 report

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

Reports over time

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Select a year, then a month. Counts describe published reports; one animal may appear in several reports.

  1. 22005
  2. 12007
  3. 12011
  4. 12015
  5. 12016
  6. 12017
  7. 42019
  8. 282026

Months in 2026

  1. 5Jan
  2. 3Feb
  3. 4Mar
  4. 2Apr
  5. 1May
  6. 1Jun
  7. 2Jul
  8. 5Aug
  9. 5Sep
  10. 0Oct
  11. 0Nov
  12. 0Dec

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

  1. 2026
    White Plains Beach Oʻahu
    R407 (Kawika) MonkSealMania / Team R&B

    R407 was reported resting on the beach. Hawaiian monk seal · 1 seal

  2. 2026
    Paradise Cove Oʻahu
    RL12 (Aukai) MonkSealMania / Team R&B

    RL12 was reported sleeping on shore. Hawaiian monk seal · 1 seal

  3. 2026
    Rabbit Island (Mānana) Oʻahu
    Unidentified MonkSealMania / Marilyn

    Marilyn recorded an adult male in molt and three weaned pups. One pup was attributed to PO13; the others were not individually identified. Hawaiian monk seal · 4 seals

  4. 2026
    Pūpūkea (Three Tables) Oʻahu
    RT68 (Mana) NOAA Fisheries

    Responders found RT68 deceased following a report of a seal in distress. Hawaiian monk seal · 1 seal

  5. 2026
    West of Mokulēʻia Beach Park Oʻahu
    RV36 NOAA Fisheries

    RV36 was recovered deceased from an unattended fishing net offshore. Hawaiian monk seal · 1 seal