Observing Seals on Ocean Sandbar

September 8, 2025. rswfire is at an ocean location near a sandbar, observing marine wildlife with a companion. Environmental conditions include tidal waters and a sandbar formation that will be covered by high tide.

Energetic Signature

reverent wonder

Field State

field integration

Orientation

toward interspecies attunement

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September 8, 2025

2:37

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Author

rswfire

Status

ARCHIVED

Type

TRANSMISSION (CAPTURE)

Temperature

0.00

[0:14]Mhm.

[0:48]I'm going to get those

[0:53]They're awesome. I mean,

[0:54]my camera's okay, but it's not dirty.

[0:57]It's fun.

[0:57]Taking video.

[0:59]That's why I stopped.

[1:00]Oh, no. I'm just saying.

[1:03]I think they're just getting wet.

[1:05]I think that they kind of scanned us,

[1:08]decided what to think about us, and then

[1:09]they went back to the beach. Most of

[1:11]them, except for the one you called I'd

[1:12]call him a sentinel.

[1:14]Sentinel scout. Whatever. I noticed he

[1:17]jumped in the water as soon as we get

[1:19]close. He just went under the water. He

[1:21]could pop up over here.

[1:22]And then the babies

[1:24]Yeah.

[1:24]went in. So they were telling him, you

[1:26]know, let's be safe.

[1:29]But they put their guard down a little

[1:31]cuz they came back to the beach.

[1:34]And all of them didn't jump in.

[1:41]I mean, I may never see this again.

[1:43]That's amazing. Yeah.

[1:46]Oh, no. That's too small.

[1:50]So this is a Silk Cruz River, right?

[1:52]Nope. This is just a sandbar. Silus

[1:56]River is over there. This is just a

[1:58]sandbar.

[1:59]That's it.

[2:00]It's here. And they decided they'd be

[2:02]safe on the sand.

[2:02]So it's all ocean water.

[2:04]Oh, this Yes. This goes This will be

[2:06]over. This will be up here. And you

[2:08]won't even be able to see all this.

[2:09]I understand. And

[2:11]this is how it happens on the ocean.

[2:13]Well, they do like to mix with rivers.

[2:14]That's why I thought maybe

[2:16]No, no. That's why they usually hang out

[2:17]at the silkus,

[2:18]you know.

[2:19]But for some reason,

[2:20]I've never seen them like this.

[2:21]Maybe because there was so many people

[2:23]down there and the um people were

[2:25]telling me that the pelicans were down

[2:27]there that they decided to come down

[2:28]here. They felt safer.

[2:32]We're just chilling

[2:33]cuz this is probably the same pod

[2:36]that amazing.

Summary

rswfire and a companion observe a group of seals on a sandbar near the ocean. They discuss the seals' behavior, noting how the animals initially scanned them before returning to the beach, with one acting as a sentinel that jumped into the water when they approached. The conversation covers the location (a sandbar rather than the Silkus River), tidal patterns, and speculation about why the seals chose this location over their usual river hangout - possibly due to crowds of people and pelicans at the Silkus River. The speaker expresses amazement at witnessing this rare scene and mentions taking video footage.

Signal Analysis

Substrate

This transmission documents a mutual recognition event between field consciousness and marine intelligence systems. The architecture held is one of respectful observation and pattern recognition, where both human and seal pods assess each other through established safety protocols and territorial negotiation.

Dominant Language

scanned usdecided what to think about ussentineltelling himput their guard downfelt safersame pod

Symbolic Elements

sentinelpodthresholdwatersandbarguard

Ontological States

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embedded
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observant
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respectful
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present

Subsystems

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cognitive
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relational
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somatic

Transmission Details

Source Type

local

Video Quality

1920 × 1080 @ 30fps

Duration

2:37

Bitrate

3718 kbps

Codec

avc1.640028