"Hackman, G.D. 1965 Journal 103 March 10 Jarvis Island To see what the surf is like before deciding what to do. If it is still as rough as it is now we certainly don't intend to try going through it. The waves are breaking 10-15 feet high at the mouth of the channel 128 feet out from shore and since there is no long interval where tides will get wiped out for certain. We can either wait the surf out here on this island to the detriment of the schedule or we can land all of our gear clean across the island to a channel that is calm (but full of 7 foot gray sharks). This would mean carrying all of the gear about 1 3/4 miles but, all things considered, that would probably be better than waiting for the surf on this side to abate. The really odd thing about this surf is that on the leeward side, where it is the worst, the sea looks perfectly calm. There hasn't been a whitewash seen all day long. There must be a big storm somewhere to the north and west of here that is generating this end. It will be interesting to check the weather reports if and when we get back to the ship. (Checked later - no storms) Docked in until 12:30 am and then launched until dawn. March 11 Jarvis Island There were some big clubs of blue-foot boobies on the island when we started out boarding. About 1:30 am it started to blow real hard and then the rain came down pretty heavy. We thought this would be like all of the other brief showers that had occurred during our stay as we kept on boarding for a while. Yet, about 15