Seawater Data, July 2016

Time Zone: PDT
Station Race Rocks Lightstation
2016 July
Observer Lester B. Pearson College   of the Pacific
Date Time YSI Salinity YSI Temp celsius Hydro- meter     No. Observed Density
1 20:50 30.6 11.7 10,802
2 20:55 31.4 11.0 10,802
3 20:45 31.4 10.9 10,802
4 21:05 31.2 11.5 10,802
5 20:00 31.3 11.2 10,802
6 20:15 31.0 11.6 10,802
7 20:30 31.2 11.0 10,802
8 20:30 30.9 11.2 10,802
9 19:30 31.1 11.7 10,802
10 20:30 30.8 12.5 10,802
11 20:30 30.8 12.0 10,802
12 20:35 31.2 11.8 10,802
13 21:15 30.6 12.3 10,802
14 21:30 30.4 12.2 10,802
15 21:30 30.4 12.1 10,802
16 21:45 30.4 12.7 10,802
17 20:50 30.5 12.2 10,802
Sea temp:11.8 jar temp:12.2
obsv.density
1.023
18 21:00 30.3 12.4 10,802
19 21:00 30.7 12.2 10,802
20 21:10 30.6 11.8 10,802
21 20:00 31.2 11.9 10,802
22 19:30 30.6 11.8 10,802
23 19:00 31.4 11.6 10,802
24 19:15 31.4 11.6 10,802
25 19:00 31.4 12.2 10,802
26 20:00 31.3 12.1 10,802
27 20:15 30.8 12.0 10,802
28 21:15 30.7 12.3 10,802
29 20:20 30.6 12.3 10,802
30 21:00 30.5 12.4 10,802
31 21:30 30.5 12.3 10,802
Mean*                * 30.9 11.9 #DIV/0!
Submitted to: Inst. Ocean Science, P.O. Box 6000, Sidney, B.C. V8L 4B2
Peter Chandler
Recorded by Race Rocks Marine Protected Area Guardian
Lester B. Pearson College of the Pacific

Busy Weekend for the watching boats

Weather

On Friday the morning was calm ,the wind coming from West picked up only late in the afternoon at 25 knots at the most.The visibility was over 15 miles and air felt like 16 degrees celsius at 5:00 AM.Te water temperature was 12 degrees and the barometric pressure 101.4 KPA.Sunrise at 5.44 and sunset at 20:54. On Saturday it has been really calm especially around  noon where it was 0.26 knots and the flag looked like dead. On Sunday very calm in the morning and very windy in the afternoon to midnight around 35 knots;a North East wind becoming West later. July has been a pretty windy month !

Maintenance and other

On Friday, Aziz recorded more videos :by example the whaler in action and we brought him back to Pearson College before noon. We came back just in time around 5:00 because at 7:00 the wind was around 28 knots and reached 30 knots at 10:00PM. We had a plane above like usual at the end of the week. On Saturday Guy disassembled the derrick shed door that need to be changed.The seawater pump was on for a few hours .  On Saturday I sent the end of the month report and the Seawater datas

Boats 

We had a parade of watching boats without interruption  the whole day on Saturday!!! and some divers spent a long time on South Rocks ! they could stand up! I wished we had an horn!