Wind: yesterday variable 4-40 knots, today W 3-25 knots
Sea State: yesterday up to 1 m chop, today rippled
Visibility: yesterday 10 NM, today 15 NM
Sky: yesterday partly cloudy with rain in morning, today clear
Temperature: yesterday 5-8 °C, today 5-7 °C
Atmospheric CO2: 415.65 ppm (recorded by NOAA at Mauna Loa Observatory, Hawaii)
I took soundings on all the water and fuel tanks as well as other notable measurements for the month end report. Here are some of the numbers. The desalinator produced 6,650 L of water, which was used mostly for pressure washing the buildings and other cleaning. 540 L of diesel was used to run the generator to top of the batteries, when there wasn’t enough sun to charge the solar panels. The generator ran for 141 hours over the month, for an average of 4.5 hours/day. There were 24 visitors (16 unique visitors) to the island over the course of the month.
No boats were seen in the ecological reserve over the past two days.
See the gallery below for views around the island.
A high concentration of harbour seals on Turbine Rock at low tide 
A small midden of deconstructed mossy chitons 
Five out of the six elephant seals going for a dip in the jetty bay 
Elephant seal pup buddies 
Another view of the post sunrise sunny rain, from inside the energy building 
Canada geese reflecting pond 
A post sunrise double rainbow, while it was sunny raining 
Different stages of moulting. The elephant seal on the left has got rid of most of the fur and skin on her head, except a patch on the nose.
