Our volunteer found ET hauled out again just before dawn this morning. However, shortly thereafter, he moved back to the cove where he spent yesterday - within a mere 5 feet of a busy sidewalk and approximately 25 feet from noisy Harbor Avenue SW. Here’s a video of ET in the pink light of dawn, only minutes after he hauled out at cove #2. You can see the steam rise off his back in the brisk morning air. Once our volunteer established a perimeter, he slept peacefully onshore despite loud traffic zipping by and the bustle of bicyclists and commuters. He finally returned to Elliott Bay about 6:30pm.

Thanks to all the volunteers who are devoting so many hours to keep him safe in the cold. And many thanks to the divers who were so considerate of ET’s need to rest, using another cove for their dive today.

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