Three of them are in the North Pacific , from Hawaii to Japan , California and Alaska . The last one , the Waved Albatross , is in the Galapagos Islands and finds food in the coast of South America . The exceptions to this are the four North Pacific albatrosses , of which three occur exclusively in the North Pacific , from Hawaii to Japan , California and Alaska ; and one , the Waved Albatross , breeds in the Galapagos Islands and feeds off the coast of South America .