January 25th, 2018

Weather

  • Visibility:15 Miles
  • Wind: 5-15 NW
  • Sky: Partly Cloudy
  • Water: Waves about 1 metre

Boats/Visitors

  • Kyle came by with electricians from Power to the People to set up the new inverters, next week they working on the new battery bank

Ecological

  • the elephant seals are all doing well
  • as are the sea lion
  • and the pigeon guillemots are back, will update the census with photos tomorrow

 

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

0-5 S

Weather

  • Visibility: 15 Miles
  • Wind:  0-5 S
  • Sky: some clouds but a lot of sunlight today
  • Water: calm

Boats/Visitors

  • some ecotours came by and I believe a coast guard boat

Ecological

  • plenty of sea lions around and those 3 female elephant seals

Notes

  • Looks like Coast Guard was doing something with the green buoy to the south of me

Foggy Today

Weather

  • Visibility: 0 Miles at some points and 15 Miles at other points during the day
  • Wind:  0-15 W
  • Sky: overcast all day, with some fog banks rolling in
  • Water: calm

Boats/Visitors

  • a few ecotours came by today

Ecological

  • the neck banded sea lion was by the guest house, pictures included

Notes

  • having a difficult time keeping the sea lions away from the generator room