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Maximum velocities were of the order of 3 miles per day 

 (0.12 MPH). This figure probably is somewhat low as the 

 coast north of Malibu is not frequented to any extent at this 

 time of the year. 

 Cruise of February 16 , 1956 



This was an extra cruise not planned as part of the 

 regular schedule (Fig. 92). Twenty cards were released at 

 each of three stations, at the proposed terminals of the 

 sludge and effluent outfalls, and one to the south, seven 

 miles west of Redondo. Only one card was returned. It was 

 released at the sludge outfall and picked up near Lunada Bay, 

 Palos Verdes, sixteen days later. The travel time of this 

 isolated card cannot be considered significant because the 

 area is one of high cliffs and rocky shores, and recoveries 

 even in the summer time are likely to be infrequent or 

 delayed. Its direction of travel, together with the poor 

 returns from all three stations, seems to indicate a dominant 

 southerly flow from the portion of the bay in which the 

 stations were located. 

 Cruise of February 22 , 1956 



As on certain other cruises, the bay was divided into 

 two areas determined by significant differences in direction 

 of flow (Fig. 93). 



From the southern portion of the bay (Area I, Fig. 94), 

 a few recoveries were made at Malaga Cove. However, one card 

 rounded the Palos Verdes Hills and was recovered at Torrey 

 Pines, eighty miles to the south. No cards were recovered 

 from three stations of the seven, and the percentage of 



