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Seawater Data April 30, 2016

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Station Race Rocks   Lightstation
Month: April Year: 2016
Observer:  Lester B. Pearson College   of the Pacific
Date Time Sea Jar Hydro-   meter   No. Observed Density YSI Salinity YSI Temp °C
Temp. Temp.
°C °C
1 6:00 31.2 9.4
2 7:00 31.3 9.3
3 9:06 31.4 9.4
4 11:20 29.3 9.4
5 12:42 31.7 9.4
6 13:43 32.0 9.6
7 14:48 32.0 9.8
8 15:48 32.3 9.5
9 16:53 32.4 9.6
10 18:00 32.3 9.6
11 19:00 32.3 9.5
12 20:00 31.8 9.4
13 6:00 32.1 9.3
14 6:20 32.1 9.2
15 5:55 9.4 9 10,802 1.036 32.1 9.2
16 9:35 31.9 9.6
17 11:20 31.9 10.1
18 12:45 31.8 10.2
19 13:55 31.9 10.4
20 14:23 31.9 10.7
21 17:30 31.9 10.2
22 16:25 31.9 10.2
23 18:50 31.9 10.2
24 19:55 32.1 9.6
25 20:45 32.1 9.5
26 21:45 32.1 9.6
27 20:15 31.8 10.0
28 20:15 31.6 10.0
29 21:35 31.8 9.7
30 6:15 31.6 9.7
 Submitted monthly to: Inst. Ocean Science, P.O. Box 6000, Sidney, B.C. V8L 4B2
Recorded by Race Rocks Ecological Reserve Guardian for Lester B. Pearson College

Last Day of the April Month

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Weather

  • Visibility: 15+ miles
  • Wind 0-5 knots most of the day, 15-20 West in the evening
  • Sky: sunny
  • Water: calm

Ecological

  • 15 elephant seals on Great Race today.
  • 10 of them were in the water playing at 6 AM.

E-seal rest time

Maintenance

  • Cleaned the windows of the eco-guardians house.
  • Entered the sea water data and sent it off to Peter Chandler.
  • More goose work.
  • Ran the desal.
  • Had to restart the communications in the tower after shutting off the generator.

Boats

  • 3 eco-tours came by today.
  • One black boat that looked like an eco-tour came by, but it only had one occupant,

Other

  • The mystery buoys are still appearing from time to time in Middle Channel.
  • However they don’t exclusively appear at low tides, so I am baffled.
  • Will have to get out there to remove them sometime.