Checking in with the morning crew as I arrived a little before noon, everyone was bundled up in puffy jackets with hoods pulled tight. Gloves were donned and rainpants were deflecting the wind. The morning crew had been treated to a chilly morning with a southeast wind - the opposite of what we want for a Seawatch shift! A cold wind blowing birds further away or keeping them down on the water, doesn't necessarily set one up for high counts or rare species. But spirits were ch

Weather: At dawn, the wind had a fair amount of east in it, but it was calmer than it's been for the last three mornings. The wind dropped off pretty quickly, and we started feeling it on the west side of our faces by early afternoon. By evening winds were light, but west. Swell started out minimal but built over the course of the day; visibility was good until the winds switched to west and then it got a little hazy. At the outer buoy, the wind at dawn was NNE at ~8 knots. I

Weather: This is the third consecutive day that, upon going to bed, I've expected light winds in the morning and woken to brisk northeast winds, ugh! Fortunately they were lighter than the prior two days and died off by late morning. It was partly cloudy with minimal swell and good visibility at the Seawatch today. At the outer buoy, it was blowing 15.5 knots from the NE at dawn. It switched to NNW at 1200 (dropping to ~10 knots). At dawn pressure, was 30.13, it dropped to 30