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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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4 April—27 May

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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 · 0 have a named shore or island reference

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Reported islands west to east

  1. Kauaʻi2 reports
  2. Oʻahu1 report

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

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  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 2007

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

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

  1. Makua Beach Oʻahu
    Unidentified Honolulu Star-Bulletin

    A Hawaiian monk seal became caught in a gill net about 100 feet offshore at Makua Beach and was found dead after likely drowning. Hawaiian monk seal · 1 seal

  2. North Shore, Kauaʻi Kauaʻi
    RH58 and female pup later identified as RB00 Kauaʻi Seals field account

    RH58 gave birth to a female pup, later identified as RB00. Hawaiian monk seal · 2 seals

  3. Brenneke Beach, Poʻipū, Kauaʻi Kauaʻi
    Unidentified Robert Corrington / The Monachus Guardian letter, June 2007

    A firsthand observer reported five Hawaiian monk seals playing and feeding offshore around 8 a.m., then hauling out at Brenneke Beach. Three remained on the beach twelve hours later. This is one group encounter, with no individual identities inferred. Hawaiian monk seal · 5 seals