Weather
- Visibility: 15 Miles
- Wind: 0-15 SE
- Sky: pretty clear throughout the day
- Water: waves this morning, about 1 metre
Boats/Visitors
- Had quite a few ecotours cruise by today
Ecological
- 3 elephant seals by the jetty and plenty of humpbacks around
Category Archives: Marine Vessels
Fog and Sun
Weather
- Visibility: 0 Miles in the morning 15 the rest of the day
- Wind: 0-10 SE
- Sky: Foggy this morning, mostly clear the rest of the day
- Water: calm
Boats/Visitors
- Had quite a few ecotours cruise around today
Ecological
- 2 elephant seals spotted today and 2 eagles on the outer rocks
Notes
- Ran the desalinator and generator today, the freshwater tank is almost full
Beautiful Day
Weather
- Visibility: 15 Miles
- Wind: 0-5 NE
- Sky: clear all day
- Water: calm
Boats/Visitors
- Gorgeous weather means plenty of ecotours
Ecological
- the elephant seal made another appearance today, there were humpbacks, sea lions, and eagles
Notes
- power went out early this morning so I turned on the generator and gave the solar panels a scrub, so hopefully it doesn’t happen again
Visitors!
Weather
- Visibility: 15 Miles
- Wind: 10-20 SE
- Sky: clear all day
- Water: calm
Boats/Visitors
- Had some friends come visit for a few hours today, so nice to see them
- also plenty of ecotours cruising by
Ecological
- seems like there is less sea lions that the other day
- did not see any elephant seals today but i am sure there is some around
Notes
- There were also some humpbacks swimming around today
Census October 26th
Weather
- Visibility: 15 Miles
- Wind: 0-15 SE
- Sky: clear most of the day
- Water: calm
Boats/Visitors
- Had plenty of ecotours cruising by
Ecological
- Not as many sea lions today, they might have peaked by now but last year they didn’t start leaving until mid november
- there were a couple injured sea lions plus a dead one
- only saw one elephant seal today but I’m sure the others are around
- So many stellars, mostly on the outer rocks
- there was also an eagle
- haven’t seen the otter or any oyster catchers
- also saw a few humpbacks out there (not included in census)
Notes
- plenty of solar input today
Census
- Stellar Sea Lions – 235
- California Sea Lions – 421
- Harbour Seals – 18
- Elephant Seals – 1(seen) I’m sure there are at least 3 or 4 more around
- Gulls (unspecified) – 456
- Cormorants – 713
- Black Turnstones – 22
- Geese – 8
- Eagle – 1
More Sunshine and Wind
Weather
- Visibility: 15 Miles
- Wind: between 10-30 NW was blowing more earlier today and settled down in the evening
- Sky: cloudy this morning, cleared up in the afternoon
- Water: a bit rough
Boats/Visitors
- had some ecotours brave the wind and drive by
Ecological
- plenty of sea lions around still and the few elephant seals
Notes
- had a lot of good solar input today, plan on running the generator tomorrow though so I can run the desalinator for a few more hours
October 23rd
Weather
- Visibility: 15 Miles
- Wind: 10-15 NE
- Sky: pretty cloudy most of the day
- Water: calm
Boats/Visitors
- Had some ecotours drive by
Ecological
- so many sea lions
- 5 elephant seals scattered around
- a gull with a broken wing
- and some california gulls around
- also saw the eagle again today
Notes
- go to run the desalinator for awhile today, its been difficult to get to with all the sea lions around
October 22nd
Weather
- Visibility: 10 Miles
- Wind: 15-30 NW
- Sky: cloudy but there was some sunshine today
- Water: pretty rough with wind and waves
Boats/Visitors
- Had some ecotours go by
Ecological
- plenty of sea lions around along with the 5 female elephant seals
Big Waves
Weather
- Visibility: 10 Miles
- Wind: 0-15 SE
- Sky: cloudy all day
- Water: The swells were more than a metre today
Boats/Visitors
- Had some ecotours brave the waves
Ecological
- Sea lions seem to be multiplying still and getting closer to the house
- Saw a couple humpbacks out there again today
Notes
- Had to the run generator for quite a while today but couldn’t run the desalinator because the sea lions would not move
Getting Windy Again
Weather
- Visibility: 15 Miles
- Wind: 20-30 SW
- Sky: cloudy, but lots of sun
- Water: rough
Boats/Visitors
- Kyle dropped off some fuel for me today
Ecological
- plenty of sea lions around and the 5 elephant seals
Notes
- Had some good solar input today