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Hawai'i Island
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Offshore sightings (2)
"Pelagic" is a juvenile that was sighted by the Cascadia Research Collective during their offshore marine mammal research transects in 2011.
"Cascadia" is a juvenile that was sighted by the Cascadia Research Collective during their offshore marine mammal research transects in 2015.
Hawai'i Island
"Heloise" is a juvenile hawksbill that was photographed by Doug Sells from 2003-2005.
"Scaley" is a juvenile hawksbill that has been photographed in 2003, 2011 & 2013-2015:
2003: Tom Clarke
2011: Sandy Sheets
2013: Shane Anderson & Mark Oronzio
2014: John O'Leary & Shane Andserson
2015: Marc Rice & Shawn Caley
2003: Tom Clarke
2011: Sandy Sheets
2013: Shane Anderson & Mark Oronzio
2014: John O'Leary & Shane Andserson
2015: Marc Rice & Shawn Caley
"Warped" appears to be a subadult (the carapace injury is not recent, but makes it difficult to discern size) that has been photographed by Doug Perrine in 2006 and Jeff Milisen in 2011.
"Slim" is a juvenile hawksbill that was photographed by Bill Stohler in 2007. Its right front flipper likely self-amputated by getting entangled in some sort of fishing line or net...
"Blue" is a juvenile hawksbill that was photographed by B.Sullivan in 2009.
"Betty" is a juvenile hawksbill that was photographed by Barry Flackler in 2009.
"Babette" is a juvenile hawksbill that was photographed by Barry Barbett in 2010.
"'Ilio" ("dog" in Hawaiian) is a juvenile hawksbill that has been photographed in 2013, 2015 & 2017:
2013: Steve Dunleavy
2015: Jeff Milisen & Nico Testa (@neeks.t)
2017: Frankie Young (@hooba_frank)
2013: Steve Dunleavy
2015: Jeff Milisen & Nico Testa (@neeks.t)
2017: Frankie Young (@hooba_frank)
"Petunio" is an adult male hawksbill that was photographed by Mark Oronzio in 2013.
"Sinker" is a juvenile hawksbill that was filmed by Jonathan Davis in 2014.
"Kibler" is a juvenile hawksbill that has been photographed by Jennifer Travis in 2014.
"Stevie" is an adult male that was photographed by Steve Dunleavy in 2014.
"Free" appears to be an adult female in this 2015 video by Kona Free Divers.
"MaleMan" is an adult male hawksbill that was photographed by Will Whelan & Drenched Productions in 2016.
"Mili" is a juvenile hawksbill that has been photographed by Jeff Milisen in 2016 & Deron Verbeck in 2019.
These photos may be difficult to look at... This juvenile hawksbill was dead when DLNR-DAR Kona found it in 2016. NOAA necropsy results confirmed it's a female.
"Kissy" is a juvenile that was sighted by @KaikeaAinokea in 2014.
"NT" is a juvenile that was photographed by Nico Testa (@neeks.t) in 2016.
"Pat" is an adult male hawksbill that was photographed by Deron Verbeck (@deronverbeck) in 2017. It was with a larger male (on the left in the photo) that can't quite be identified due to the lack of visible scales.
"DAR-LA" is a juvenile that was sighted by Megan Lamson & the Hawai'i Department of Land & Natural Resources Division of Aquatic Resources (DLNR-DAR) in 2018.
"Pueomahina" is a juvenile hawksbill that was sighted by Jill Quaintance (@jirtle), Kassandra Kirksey & Steve Turner in 2018.
"Big Momma" is an adult female hawksbill that was photographed by Nico Testa in 2018.
"Epo" is a juvenile hawksbill that was photographed by Hai On in 2018.
"Wyatt" is a subadult hawksbill that was photographed by @randall.wyatt & posted by Kona Honu Divers in 2018
"Rachel" is a juvenile hawksbill that was photographed by Hai On in 2018 (note the trailing fishing line coming out of its mouth.
"Kaunaloa" is a juvenile hawksbill that was found floating (with labored, wheezy breaths) by DLNR-DAR Kona in 2018. It was taken ashore to be sent to NOAA the next morning for treatment, but it died overnight. NOAA necropsy results determined this was a male turtle, with a blood clot near the trachea.
"Hook" is a juvenile hawksbill that was photographed by Hai On in 2018, with a small hook in the right side of its face.
"Sarma" is a juvenile hawksbill that was filmed by Kyle Nolan & Olivia Lau in 2018.
"Mr. Boyd" is an adult male hawksbill that was photographed by Deron Verbeck (@deronverbeck) & Patty Peters in 2018
"Kona" is an adult female that was photographed by Kona Diving EcoAdventures (Seth Conae) & Brooks Masiba (@evilricemonk) in 2019
"Kysen" is a juvenile hawksbill that was photographed by Karolle Wall & Shawn Caley in 2019.
"Hien" is a juvenile hawksbill that was photographed by Hai Van On in 2019.
Brooks" is a juvenile hawksbill that was filmed by Brooks Masiba in 2019.
"Lu'u" ("dive" in Hawaiian) was photographed by Cheryl King in 2019.
"Hawkeye" is a juvenile hawksbill that has been photographed from 2018-2020:
2018: Tom Barnes
2019: John O'Leary
2020: Lee Nikl
2018: Tom Barnes
2019: John O'Leary
2020: Lee Nikl
"Bob" is a juvenile hawksbill that was photographed by Deron Verbeck (@deronverbeck) in 2019.
"Don" is a juvenile hawksbill that was photographed by Deron Verbeck (@deronverbeck) in 2019.
"NYE" is a juvenile hawksbill that was photographed by Brooks Masiba (@evilricemonk) in 2019.
“Deja” is a juvenile hawksbill that was photographed by Jill Quaintance (@jirtle) with Rachele & Maya Parsons in 2020.
