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CoastWatch Mile 199 County Lincoln Description Beachside SP, Waconda Beach, Little Creek Boundaries N 44° 23.774', W 124° 5.285' to N 44° 22.93', W 124° 5.432' Google Maps Nearby Roads, Directions to/from, Google photos, Satellite image, Terrain overlay OPRD Map Seal Rock to Alsea River (2), to Starr Creek (1) Vehicles • Motor vehicle travel is prohibited from Yaquina Bay (44° 37.0374', Mile 215), southerly to the Lincoln County-Lane County line (44° 16.5774', Mile 190). Weather Current Weather Conditions at nearby stations (may take a minute or two on a dialup connection) Tides The NOAA Tide Predictions site may be found here. Click on the station nearest to your location to see predicted tides in graphical and tabular formats. Photo Dead Puffin   2/16/13 Someone brought a dead puffin to the top of the Wakonda beach Rd access near where the beach cleanup bags are hung. seagazer

7 REPORTS FOR MILE 199: seagazer Feb 16, 2013 3:45 PM   It has been a couple years since I have made a report on this mile. I have not been on the beach much. Today's visit was not complete but I hope that soon I can get back to making full reports. This is not our primary residence. Changes noticed since my last report are basically a cleaner beach with sand rebuilt at the top of the beach to ease access on and off the beach. Also, frontage bluffs of some of the houses has slipped down onto the beach. No properties appear to be threatened at this time.   MORE    Dead Puffin    Description: Someone brought a dead puffin to the top of the Wakonda beach Rd access near where the beach cleanup bags are hung. Location: Pacific Coast Highway milepost #159 salp    Description: complete salp found at high water line. Location: Due west of Pacific Coast Highway marker #159 seagazer Jan 1, 2010 12:00 PM   We wanted to see what effect high tide driven by storms was doing to the beach and adjacent embankment. Due to how high the water was coming up, we could not get onto the beach to walk our mile so we settled for pictures from above. I took a couple from the beach edge and no sooner did I turn around and climb back up, a wave covered the spot I was standing on. They say to not turn your back on the ocean don't they? The photos posted here show that many of the logs and debris that were deposited on the beach last year and were subsequently buried are now being exposed again and moved around in the surf. One can see that the waves are digging down at least a couple of feet of the sand that was previously deposited that buried so much of the "log bomb" that went off (landed) on Dec 31, 2008. I filed a report a month ago which looked quite different from todays.   MORE    Beach erosion    Description: The waves are scouring down the surface of the beach Location: Across from Wakonda Beach Rd. - 101 mile 159 Beach erosion    Description: Looking south Location: Across from Wakonda Beach Rd. 101 mile 159 Exposure of buried wood, depth of beach erosion    Description: Beach scouring - erosion Location: Across from Wakonda Beach Rd. 101 mile 159 seagazer Nov 28, 2009 1:15 PM   We walked from the northern edge of Beachside State Park to Little Creek which we did not cross. Considering how nice the weather is today for a late November, there were not a lot of people/dogs on the beach considering the popularity of Beachside State Park. I was unable to tell whether the people were from the park, rental units or local residents. There was very little evidence of shellfish, crabs, jellyfish or the like on the beach. Three seagulls, possibly male, were found two of which seemed to be intact so may have been dead prior to landfall but one was just a pile of fresh feathers which means it may have been a predator attack. A large seal was found on the beach that is now being partially buried and bones are becoming evident. Despite the recent heavy storms, beach erosion appears to be only to isolated areas. Definitely less than my last report last December 31st. The major deposit of logs and other debris has been reduced to the larger pieces being pushed up to the top of the high tide line.   MORE    Looking south one year later.    Description: This is looking south from the same location as the pictures taken last December 30th and 31st of Wakonda Beach before and after the mass log landing. Location: Mile marker 159 - 44.23 15.4N 124.05 20.30W Looking north one year later.    Description: This is looking north from the same location as the pictures taken last December 30th and 31st of Wakonda Beach before and after the mass log landing. Location: Mile marker 159 - 44.23 15.4N 124.05 20.30W Dead seal    Description: A dead seal washed ashore on or before 11/25 but now has washed up to the high-tide line near the embankment and is partially buried in the sand. Location: 44 23.08N 124 05 20.36W Dead seagull    Description: One of three dead sea gulls found on the mile. Location: 44 23.09N 124 05 21W Bank erosion    Description: Some parts of the embankment that seem to be well established have been sloughing off. Location: near 44 23N 124 05W Bank erosion    Description: Increased sloughing of the embankment exposing fill material Location: near 44 23 15N 124 05 20W seagazer Dec 31, 2008 10:00 AM   What we noticed was a small number of both humans and groups of birds who were mostly overflying the beach with few landing. We saw one group (40) of what looked like sanderlings (guess) running the beach as the waves retreated. Mixed within the wood debris were a few shells, small stones a brown jellyfish and some kelp pieces. There continues to be beach erosion which started in earnest last December (07) that is exposing previously unseen rip-rap and some boulders have fallen.   MORE    Clean beach 12/30/08    Description: This picture was taken looking north the day before 'the big log landing'. Night was falling so the camera tried to compensate for light so this is a rough image. Location: N 44.23.16 W 124.05.21 Date: Dec 30, 2008 4:30 PM Clean beach 12/30/08    Description: This picture was taken looking south from Wakonda Beach access. Location: N 44.23.16 W 124.05.21 Date: Dec 30, 2008 4:30 PM Mass log landing    Description: This picture was taken looking north from the Wakonda Beach access road. Location: N 44.23.16 W 124.05.21 Mass log landing    Description: This picture was taken looking south from the Wakonda Beach access road. Location: N 44.23.16 W 124.05.21 Sanderlings?    Description: A group of sanderlings feeding along the beach Location: N 44.23.16 W 124.05.21 Dislodged rip-rap adjacent to Little Creek.    Description: It appears that some of the rock rip-rap has fallen into a drainage ditch from a pipe which has been scoured out and enlarged by the high surf. Many shells are evident in the bottom. Were these previously deposited years ago subsequently covered with sand and now uncovered again? Location: N 44.23.21 W 124.05.17 speelyei Dec 30, 2008 1:00 PM   Due to constraints, I had to do my mile at almost high tide. I saw 5 people including two small children, 2 dogs, and a lot of accumulated flotsam and jetsam. Some domestic plastic and glass bottles, many with Japanese manufacturers names on them. I found two dead birds and an unidentifiable carcass at the very start of my mile. Compared to the usual windswept appearance of this stretch of beach, there was a lot to look at. 2 weeks ago there were a lot of jellies washed up, evenly spaced at 1 every 3 or 4 feet in the tide line. Today, I only saw one jelly, very few crab shells, and lots and lots of kelp. The high tides and rough weather has knocked down a set of stairs, and has caused some predictable erosion along the mile, but nothing remarkable.   MORE    unidentified carcass    Description: approx 30" x 18", no visible appendages, but I didn't poke around much, either. Location: extreme N end of mile 199 beach debris    Description: accumulation on tide line. Compare with pictures from earlier reports. Location: Mile 199 dead birds    Description: Dead birds on mile 199, also at N end of mile Location: Mile 199 speelyei Oct 19, 2008 10:00 AM   This morning was calm, clear, and clean, with very little beach activity of any kind. The beach was clean. I saw 3 dungeness crab shells, 40 Western Gulls, a single piece of bull kelp, and a very light accumulation of shells, small rocks, rounded bits of wood, a single Ochre sea star (deceased), many pacific mole crab carcasses, a light but continuous collection of sea lettuce, and some broken sand dollars, all marking the high tide line.   MORE  speelyei Mar 10, 2008 12:00 AM   Quiet, uneventful morning on this windswept stretch of beach.   MORE    Mile 199    Description: This is at the big stump looking North. this photo gives a good representation of what most of this mile looks like. rip rap on mi 199    Description: Rip rap erosion control on Mile 199 Drainage pipes on Mile 199    stairs on mile 199