Weather

• Visibility: ranging between 0 and 15+ miles today.
• Wind: 0-5 knots, at various times from the N, S, or W.
• Sky: cloudy and often very foggy.
• Water: calm.

Ecological

• At least 3 orcas swam along the edge of the reserve from West Rock towards the North Rocks this afternoon.
• They were followed by several boats.
• Noticed a few elephant seals mingling with the sea lions near the energy building and on the ramp.

Maintenance

• Reset the electric fence in the morning.
• Cleaned the solar panels.
• The usual stuff like toilet maintenance, sea water sample, and generator.

Boats

• When it wasn’t foggy there were several ecotours in the reserve today.
• Several times there were three boats quite close together viewing the sea lions.
• At times I wondered if perhaps some of the ecotours were both technically in the reserve (not allowed when whales are present) and too close to the whales (see above photos).

Other

• Three pairs of DND blasting today.
• 11:47 and 11:49.
• 1:28 and 1:30.
• 2:24 and 2:26.
• The Fog Horn was active much of the night and often throughout the day.