Date: 9/5/25 10:16 am From: <chucao...> Subject: [MBBIRDS] Pelagic tomorrow - conditions even better now.
Hello all,
Just an update that conditions are better than when I last reported. Wind and swell is lower, and this is important for trying to find murrelets. We have a shot, it is by no means a prediction that they will be out there, but these conditions do look good. Furthermore, in the last 4 days the water temperatures have gone from 57F to 60-61F inside Monterey Bay, and satellite data suggests it is even higher offshore and to the south. Again, these are good conditions for southern murrelets, and some storm-petrels. No promises, but from my perspective I am itching to get out there to see what we can find.
We begin to check in at 7 am, leave by 7:30. Old Fisherman's Wharf, Monterey:
