Feb 13: Wind light becoming west 20 knots. 2 eco tour, 2 pleasure craft. Went off island in the morning to pick up guests. Toilet in guest house has been running steady but liquid evaporation is going slowly.
Feb 14: Wind west 20 knots becoming calm and clear in the afternoon. Male elephant seal was up in the jetty area in the morning. Took guest back to campus and ran some errands in town. With the nice weather there was a lot more traffic in the reserve than there has been lately. I was gone for a good part of the day but still saw 6 whale watching boats and 3 pleasure craft in the reserve when I returned. There was some disturbance of the sealions, which exited into the water, caused by a few of the boats that were within the 100 meter marine mammal setback.
- traffic in the reserve
- when the vessels first approached the south ioslands several sealions started moving to the water
- after three whale watching boats and a pleasure craft only a few sealions are left on the south island
- within 100 m of harbour seals
- and once again
- Two whale watching boats getting close to sealions