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Hawaiʻi · 2001—2026

Hawaiian monk seal

Seals around Hawaiʻi.

Follow public seal observations from Hawaiʻi. Browse published records, explore the places and stories behind them, or share an encounter with the Seal Watch team.

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Total reports
93
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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.

3 of 3 reports name a mapped island · 1 have a named shore or island reference

Main Hawaiian Islands same scale

N ↑Kauaʻi: 2 reports, filter this area1Oʻahu: 1 report, remove area filter2

Kauaʻi coast enlarged

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

Oʻahu coast enlarged

Reported islands west to east

  1. Kauaʻi2 reports
  2. Oʻahu1 report

Named shores and islands

  1. Miloliʻi1 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 2011

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  4. 1Apr
  5. 0May
  6. 0Jun
  7. 0Jul
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  10. 0Oct
  11. 0Nov
  12. 0Dec

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

  1. 2011
    Multiple Oʻahu shores Oʻahu
    Duke RA12; Buster RV08; Kolohe RW22; KC RK28; Irma R010; Pohaka RO28; Kermit R4DG; Ewa Girl RS00; Makaiwi R4DF MonkSealMania / DB daily field account

    The dated field account records nine identified seals on Oʻahu: three together at Rabbit Island; KC at Alan Davis Estate; Irma at Makapuʻu Beach; Pohaka at Electric Beach; Kermit at White Plains; Ewa Girl at Kalaeloa Beach; and Makaiwi at Nimitz Cottages. The named IDs are observer attributions. Hawaiian monk seal · 9 seals