Wildlife notes

Team California, the men’s synchronized swimmers at Race Rocks put in a good practice this morning. These beastly, barking, stinky creatures left their man pile on South Islands to connect with their feminine sides.

Apparently female California sealions stay closer to home and it is the males that travel north. The sealions are holding their flippers (heat exchangers) in the air to thermoregulate.

Facility work

• filled the cistern with salt water for the next Ecoguardian
• cleaning in the Energy Building
• topped up battery fluids

Vessels

• Ecotourism: 27
• Private: 2
• Kayakers: 2

Two very special kayaks. They are high performance open-cockpit ocean kayak/canoe hybrids designed for surfing and racing.

Weather

Light rain into early afternoon. Cloudy in the afternoon. Winds westerly 5 to 10 knots. Daytime temperatures 13 to 15 degrees.