During the Bounty's visit to Tahiti in 1789, Captain Bligh was told Omai had died about two and a half years after Cook's departure in November 1777.
Nakon posjete broda Bountya Tahitiju 1789., kapetanu Blighu je rečeno kako je Omai umro oko 2,5 godine nakon Cookova odlaska u studenom 1777. godine.