Monthly Archives: January 2016

9 days

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Ecological

  • NE 10-15 knots increasing to 20. Partly clear sky and temperature on rise. Atmospheric pressure hit low of under 1000 hPa.

Vessels

  • 1 ecotour

Maintenance

  • Cleaned basement and tank shed, gathered garbage and oil rags for offloading
  • Cleared ramp
  • Cleaned solar panels
  • Chopped wood
  • Was hoping to be able to go off island but conditions mediocre, has been 9 days today since I was last able to leave the island due to predominant NE wind blowing into the jetty.

fire extinguishers

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Ecological

  • Wind NE 20-35, overcast, light drizzle in the morning

Vessels

  • 1 ecotour

Maintenance

  • consolidated station fire extinguishers to ready for transport to college for annual servicing
  • cleared ramp of debris, more garbage than usual: a bucket, part of a vacuum, various plastic lids, plastic cigarette tips, plastic shotgun wadding (many), condom, medical bracelet from University of Washington Medical Centre in Seattle, lighter, , plastic straws, large sheet of 4 ft by 10 ft black plastic and the usual mix of bits of plastic and foam.

Kildeer

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Ecological

  • wind NE 15-20 knots
  • saw a Kildeer during the day, usually only see and hear them at night.
  • Both male elephant seals had been off great race over night, Chuckles was back on great race with some fresh wounds on his back this morning, I think he had been on Middle rock when Chunk got him. Chuckles spent Monday night near bedroom window vocalizing unreservedly.

Vessels

  • 1 eco tour

Maintenance

  • worked on month end report
  • pressure washed North side of main residence
  • stocked up on firewood in main house
  • ran desalinator 6 hrs.

 

Canada Geese

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Ecological

  • Wind 15-20 knots NE increasing to 25-30 overnight. Sky partly clear.
  • First flock of Canada Geese on the island since I arrived, they didnt stay very long.

Vessels

  • pleasure craft-31 pleasure craft, appearing to travel over speed limit in reserve
  • On Dec 30 an incident was recorded involving an eco tour vessel passing through the narrow channel between south islands and great race. We received an email from the captain Dec 31.  I replied to his email Jan 2.

Maintenance

  • cleared boat ramp
  • cleaned battery terminals and contacts on derrick engine
  • cut and chopped firewood

Seawater Salinity and Temperature Dec 2015

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Station Race Rock Lightstation
Month: December Year: 2015
Observer: Lester Pearson College UWC
 See other Salinity and Temperature Monthly Records
Date Time Sea Jar Hydro- meter     No. Observed Density YSI Salinity YSI Temp °C
Temp. Temp.
°C °C
1
2 8:40 32.8 9.4
3 9:35 32.5 9.8
4 10:07 32.5 9.0
5 10:25 32.6 9.0
6 10:43 32.3 9.1
7 11:00 32.3 9.4
8 11:17 31.6 10.0
9 11:35 32.5 9.1
10
11 12:07 32.5 9.2
12 12:26 32.3 9.1
13 12:57 32.0 9.2
14 13:35 32.5 9.3
15 14:17 10,802 32.4 9.2
16 8:57 32.5 8.9
17 8:35 32.6 9.1
18 8:51 32.5 8.9
19 8:55 32.6 8.9
20 8:12 32.4 8.9
21
22 10:55 32.3 8.9
23 10:50 32.3 8.9
24 15:05 32.3 8.9
25 14:00 32.3 8.7
26 13:05 32.2 8.7
27 14:10 32.3 8.7
28 16:50 32.5 8.7
29 8:30 32.2 8.7
30 8:22 32.2 8.4
31 8:15 32.1 8.3
Recorded by Race Rocks Ecological Reserve Guardian for Lester B. Pearson College

 

 

New Year

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Ecological

  • Wind NE 20-25 knots diminishing to 15-20, sky mostly clear. Sea water temperature 8.3 C and continuing to decline.

Vessels

  • 3 eco tour vessels.  One of them appeared to be getting much closer than the 100 meter setback requirement for viewing marine mammals.
  • 1 pleasure craft. On approach from Victoria, the vessel appeared to be traveling well above the 7 knot speed limit inside of the reserve.

Maintenance

  • Transfered 1 barrel of diesel to tidy tank
  • Cleared ramp, chopped firewood
  • Took inventory of diesel, propane, gasoline, and fresh water on island for month end report
  • Phone and internet went offline in the evening, UPS overload again, rebooted and we are back online.