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When the air is reasonably free of mist and fog we can see them out there, marking the horizon. The Farallon Islands [Wikipedia] rise up enigmatic on the edge of the continental shelf, familiar and yet mysterious. The islands themselves are protected and off-limits. Few Coastsiders, though they often see them in the distance, have ventured the twenty-six miles out to visit with them.
Kenny Howell, in this third installment of his video series Messing Around In Boats takes us there on a scientific research vessel, NOAA’s Fulmar.
If you haven’t been to the Farallones this is a must-see fourteen minutes. (It took us over seven hours on the water.)
Kenny’s trip to the Farallon Islands was generously sponsored by the Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary.
Courtesy of Montara Fog.
Independence Day: Patchy fog before 11am. Otherwise, cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly sunny, with a high near 63. SW wind between 6 and 13 mph.
Tonight: Patchy fog after 11pm. Otherwise, increasing clouds, with a low around 53. WSW wind between 9 and 14 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.
Sunday: Patchy fog before 11am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a high near 63. SW wind between 8 and 14 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.
Sunday Night: Patchy fog after 11pm. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 53. West wind between 7 and 14 mph, with gusts as high as 18 mph.
Monday: Patchy fog before 11am. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a high near 64. West wind between 7 and 11 mph.
Monday Night: Patchy fog after 11pm. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 53.
Tuesday: Patchy fog before 11am. Otherwise, mostly sunny, with a high near 65.
Tuesday Night: Patchy fog after 11pm. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 53.
Wednesday: Patchy fog before 11am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with a high near 65.
Wednesday Night: Patchy fog after 11pm. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 53.
Thursday: Patchy fog before 11am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with a high near 64.
Thursday Night: Patchy fog after 11pm. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 53.
Friday: Patchy fog before 11am. Otherwise, partly sunny, with a high near 64.
PFC: 2:42am; AFD: 4:27am
Farallon Islands visit [14 mins] |
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