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Hawaiʻi · stories

From the public record.

Read recent published observations from Hawaiʻi. Each entry keeps its original source attribution and a link back to the archive.

Kauaʻi

Surfers found the body of a Hawaiian monk seal in the ocean at Kaumakani Beach. The source reports that it had been shot dead.

Source: Honolulu Star-Bulletin

19 Apr 2009 · Kauaʻi

Kauaʻi

KP2 was born on Kauaʻi. The record describes the wild birth, not later rescue or transfer events.

Source: Waikīkī Aquarium

1 May 2008 · Kauaʻi

Oʻahu

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

Source: Honolulu Star-Bulletin

27 May 2007 · Oʻahu

Kauaʻi

RH58 gave birth to a female pup, later identified as RB00.

Source: Kauaʻi Seals field account

28 April 2007 · Kauaʻi

Kauaʻi

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.

Source: Robert Corrington / The Monachus Guardian letter, June 2007

4 April 2007 · Kauaʻi

Oʻahu

A Hawaiian monk seal was reported sleeping on the beach beside Kamehameha Highway in Kaaawa. Residents said it had been there since early morning.

Source: Honolulu Star-Bulletin

5 Jan 2005 · Oʻahu

Kauaʻi

A dead monk seal pup was found floating off the resort beachfront. The original report says it apparently was stillborn, but the cause was under investigation and the mother was not identified. This is a carcass finding, not a live sighting or a second birth claim.

Source: Honolulu Star-Bulletin, 26 March 2002

25 March 2002 · Kauaʻi

Kauaʻi

A mother and pup were photographed at Poʻipū. The newspaper caption identifies the photograph as taken Friday; the article dated Monday 27 August establishes Friday as 24 August.

Source: Honolulu Star-Bulletin

24 August 2001 · Kauaʻi