Weather

• Visibility: 15 miles
• Wind: 0-5 knots W in the morning, by 14:00 it had jumped to 40+ knots.
• The highest reading I saw was 48 knots, which is no longer a “strong gale” but a “storm”.
• Sky: clear in the morning, dark clouds by evening.
• Water: initially calm, but the wind kicked up massive waves!
• Forecast: looks like more gale tomorrow.

Ecological

• 15 elephant seals on Great Race.
• A few California Sea Lions on the jetty today.
• One lone crane fly was attached to a window for the second day straight. The gale blew it away.
• The same elephant seal who blocked me outside yesterday tried the same trick again! Only this time I was already inside, so I wisely used a different door.

Maintenance

• Goose work.
• Weed eating. Or “whacking” if you prefer.

Boats

• 6 eco-tours today.
• 1 small pleasure craft had what appeared to be a family with young children fishing in the reserve. They departed very quickly before I could identify their boat, perhaps realizing their mistake independent of me?