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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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23 May—29 June

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Explore Hawaiʻi sightings

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, filter this area2

Kauaʻi coast enlarged

Oʻahu coast enlarged

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

Reported islands west to east

  1. Kauaʻi2 reports
  2. Oʻahu1 report

Named shores and islands

  1. Kaimana Beach1 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. 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 2017

  1. 0Jan
  2. 0Feb
  3. 0Mar
  4. 0Apr
  5. 2May
  6. 1Jun
  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. Kaimana Beach, Waikīkī Oʻahu
    RH58 and pup later identified as RJ58 (Kaimana) NOAA Fisheries

    RH58 gave birth to a pup at Waikīkī, later identified as RJ58 and known as Kaimana. Hawaiian monk seal · 2 seals

  2. Kauaʻi shoreline (beach not specified) Kauaʻi
    RK30 and male pup PK2 Kauaʻi Seals field account

    RK30 gave birth to male pup PK2. Hawaiian monk seal · 2 seals

  3. Kauaʻi shoreline (beach not specified) Kauaʻi
    RK22 and male pup PK1 Kauaʻi Seals field account

    RK22 gave birth to male pup PK1. Hawaiian monk seal · 2 seals