Park Interpretative Ranger ( Jose Sanchez) and Coral fellow ( Jenn Travis) assisted topside by Marlon Hibbert carried out routine cleaning of the station. Conditions were not conducive to attaching the CTD for calibration as wave conditions made it unsafe for the boat to pull alongside the stick.
Instead the team decided to that they would concentrate efforts on the bottom portions of the pylon. The top half of pylon has proven difficult to maintain and and can only be done in the calmest of weather as the surge and risk of injury is highest with increased wave action.
That said, Jose and Jenn did a great job in the time they spent, but reported coming back feeling as if they had been dragged along behind a bus , such were the conditions.
