Weather

• Visibility: 15 Miles
• Wind: 5-10 W
• Sky: Partly cloudy
• Water: Ripply

Boats/Visitors

• The calm weather attracted several ecotour boats as well as many private boats
• I witnessed several boating violations:
  • 2 marina boats were getting really close to the sea lions. I had to call the marina and report the boats.
  • A private small boat tried to enter the ramp area near the jetty. I went up to the jetty and asked them to reverse out of that area.
  • A whale watching boat almost entered the lighthouse island and the south islands, but stopped short when I went outside and made myself visible.

Technical

• Over the last 48 hours, for some reason, the batteries were draining faster than usual and even running the generator for 2+ hours daily wasn’t enough. This morning the batteries came to a critical low of 18%. I got in touch with Guy over IM and we troubleshooted the cause to be excess power consumption from the student house. After closing a few switches and unplugging some machines, I ran the generator for 4 hours and was able to bring the batteries back up to 100%. The bright sun all day today definitely also helped juice the batteries up faster.

Ecological

• Noticed several more seagull eggs today. None hatched so far
• Fewer elephant seals on the shore today