Lopez Island, WA

San Juan County

Molt Search Report
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07/05/2023 | 5:24 pm





"A few carapace’s were above 3/4 but immeasurable due to missing parts"

Collected crabs

Observation Type: Timed survey

Molts/crabs found: Yes I found molts or crab

Also submitting Dungeness crab molt data: Yes

Number of Dungeness crab molts found: 12

Sex of Dungeness crab #1: Female

Carapace width of Dungeness crab #1: 139

Carapace height of Dungeness crab #1: 88

Sex of Dungeness crab #2: No abdomen present

Carapace width of Dungeness crab #2: 134

Carapace height of Dungeness crab #2: 90

Sex of Dungeness crab #3: No abdomen present

Carapace width of Dungeness crab #3: 93

Carapace height of Dungeness crab #3: 61

Sex of Dungeness crab #4: No abdomen present

Carapace width of Dungeness crab #4: 37

Carapace height of Dungeness crab #4: 26

Sex of Dungeness crab #5: No abdomen present

Carapace width of Dungeness crab #5: 37

Carapace height of Dungeness crab #5: 26

Sex of Dungeness crab #6: Male

Carapace width of Dungeness crab #6: 39

Carapace height of Dungeness crab #6: 27

Sex of Dungeness crab #7: Female

Sex of Dungeness crab #8: Male

Carapace width of Dungeness crab #8: 33

Carapace height of Dungeness crab #8: 22

Sex of Dungeness crab #9: Male

Carapace width of Dungeness crab #9: 53

Carapace height of Dungeness crab #9: 36

07/05/2023 | 5:24 pm

Tidal Overview

4 hours 0 minutes before high tide

Data from Friday Harbor, San Juan Island (4.5 miles away)

Water Level (at time of report): 5:24 pm, 3.7' MLLW

High Tide (Predicted): 9:25 pm, 8.5' MLLW

High Tide (Observed): 9:24 pm, 8.4' MLLW

■ Observed ■ Predicted water level ⬤ Report time

Weather Overview

Wind Speed: 4.7 MPH

Wind Direction: S (170°)

Temperature: 90℉

Rainfall (Calendar Day): 0"

Rainfall (Past 24 Hours): 0"

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1 Comment. Leave new

  • Lisa Watkins, Washington Sea Grant
    July 6, 2023 12:52 pm

    What a haul, Wendy! And such a textbook submission! It’s of course always optional to submit Dungeness measurements, but if you’re interested, one hack for those like you found missing part of their width can be to measure to the middle and double it. Hope you had a nice time out there!

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