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Hawaiʻi · 2001—2026

Hawaiian monk seal

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Total reports
93
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18 September—21 September

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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.

5 of 5 reports name a mapped island · 5 have a named shore or island reference

Main Hawaiian Islands same scale

N ↑Oʻahu: 5 reports, filter this area1

Kauaʻi coast enlarged

Oʻahu coast enlarged

Kahe Point: 2 reports; named place reference, not an observation coordinate1White Plains Beach: 1 report; named place reference, not an observation coordinate2Mānana (Rabbit Island): 2 reports; named place reference, not an observation coordinate3

Reported islands west to east

  1. Oʻahu5 reports

Named shores and islands

  1. Kahe Point2 reports
  2. White Plains Beach1 report
  3. Mānana (Rabbit Island)2 reports

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. 12001
  2. 12002
  3. 22005
  4. 32007
  5. 12008
  6. 32009
  7. 12010
  8. 32011
  9. 22012
  10. 22013
  11. 52014
  12. 32015
  13. 12016
  14. 32017
  15. 32018
  16. 72019
  17. 32020
  18. 32021
  19. 32022
  20. 32023
  21. 32024
  22. 32025
  23. 342026

Months in 2026

  1. 5Jan
  2. 4Feb
  3. 4Mar
  4. 2Apr
  5. 4May
  6. 2Jun
  7. 2Jul
  8. 6Aug
  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 alone on shore. Hawaiian monk seal · 1 seal

  2. 2026
    Kahe Oʻahu
    RL20 (Kalua) MonkSealMania / Team R&B

    RL20 was reported swimming past toward Ko Olina. Hawaiian monk seal · 1 seal

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

    Marilyn reported six seals during 12:55–15:07, including RV50, RV76, another weaned pup, a juvenile male, and two subadult females. Hawaiian monk seal · 6 seals

  4. 2026
    Kahe Oʻahu
    Unidentified MonkSealMania / Team R&B

    An unidentified seal was seen swimming toward Ko Olina. The observers could not obtain enough identifying detail. Hawaiian monk seal · 1 seal

  5. 2026
    Rabbit Island (Mānana) Oʻahu
    Unidentified MonkSealMania / Marilyn

    Marilyn reported eight seals during 12:56–15:02, including three weaned pups. One pup was tentatively identified as RV76. Hawaiian monk seal · 8 seals