Another Elephant Seal & Gale Force Winds

Weather

  • Visibility: 15 miles
  • Wind: Light breezes throughout the day then very high, Gale force winds came in around 9 or 10 pm of up to 39 knots for an hour or two then died down to a steady 20-25 knots with rain.
  • Sky: cloudy with some sun
  • Water: mostly calm, a bit choppy during the day then very rough throughout the night.

Boats/Visitors

  • Saw 6 or 7 sail boats out together and 1 diving boat
  • No visitors today

Ecological

  • Had a group of 12-14 Black Turnstones munching grass together in front of the house.
  • Our resident elephant seal Bernard has been joined by another large male elephant seal. They seem to be keeping their distance from each other for now.

Other

  • The view of the Olympic Mountains has been beautiful and clear these last few days. A nice change from the cloak of fog and clouds that often cover them from sight.

 

November 26th

Weather

  • Visibility: 15 Miles
  • Wind:  20-45 SW throughout the day
  • Sky: cloudy
  • Water: choppy today, I would say waves came up to a metre

Boats/Visitors

  • didn’t really see any passing boats today

Ecological

  • still quite a few sea lions around
  • and one big male elephant seal
  • I haven’t seen the harbour seal pup today

Notes

  • the wind is really picking now, in the 40’s tonight