Weather

• Visibility: 15+ miles
• Wind: 5-10 SE
• Sky: clear
• Water: calm
• Today’s high temperature of 16.7 C (62 F) was a new observed record, beating last year’s mark of 15.9 C.

Ecological

• 9 elephant seals on Great Race today.
• Still no sign of any black oystercatcher nests.

Maintenance

• Cleaned the solar panels.
• Confirmed part no. for the desalinator RO membrane.

Boats

• The largest eco-tour that I have ever seen came by today.
• Named the Orca Spirit II, it even showed up on the AIS Vessel Tracking website map!
• When viewing the sea lions on the South Rocks, it kept the farthest distance I have ever seen an eco-tour keep. Good job!
• The large POW boat came by later on, and spent a while viewing the elephant seals that were frolicking in the ramp near the jetty.

Other

• 6 DND blasts today.
• 2 around 10:00.
• 2 around 11:00.
• 2 around 13:30.
• Spied a couple of lost buoys floating through Middle Channel this morning.

The Lost Buoys