Ten participants brought their good birding juju and were treated to a great boat crew, good weather (cool air, blue skies, and lots of sun), and good sea conditions after the cold front passed through the night before. A total of 16 seabird species were encountered:
Pomarine Jaeger (1)
Laughing Gull (9)
Noio koha, Brown Noddy (10)
Noio, Black Noddy (1)
Manu-o-Ku, White Tern (2)
'Ewa'ewa, Sooty Tern (38)
Koa'e kea, White-tailed Tropicbird (6)
Mōlī, Laysan Albatross (2)
Ka'upu, Black-footed Albatross (2-3)
'Ake'ake, Band-rumped Storm-Petrel (2)
'U'a'u, Hawaiian Petrel (2)
*WHITE-NECKED PETREL (1)
'U'au kani, Wedge-tailed Shearwater (45)
Christmas Shearwater (2)
Brown Booby (5)
Red-footed Booby