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CoastWatch Mile 215 County Lincoln Description Yaquina Bay SP, North Jetty Yaquina River Boundaries N 44° 37.646', W 124° 3.954' to N 44° 36.792', W 124° 4.195' Google Maps Nearby Roads, Directions to/from, Google photos, Satellite image, Terrain overlay OPRD Map Otter Rock to Schooner Point (2), to Yaquina River Vehicles • Motor vehicle travel is prohibited from the Tillamook County-Lincoln County line (45° 02.6706', Mile 247), southerly to Yaquina Bay (44° 37.0374', Mile 215), except for the following locations within the corporate limits of Lincoln City: (A) A distance of 150 feet on each side of the westerly extension of North 35th Court; (B) A distance of 150 feet on each side of the westerly extension of North 15th Street. • 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 Mile 215 cliff face   9/7/07 Caves and erosion of cliff face, mile 215 near Hallmark Resort NewportNancy

16 REPORTS FOR MILE 215: R Bayer Aug 25, 2012 11:09 AM   There were more and a greater variety of shorebirds than usual. I was surprised to see the 2 Ruddy Turnstones, but had good long looks of them at close distance. Shorebird migration seems to be underway.   MORE  R Bayer May 5, 2012 9:37 AM   A fair amount of woody and vegetative debris on beach, but no large human-made objects. Continuing small (<20 mm) plastic particles are present in some high tide drift lines.   MORE    Pile of Fresh-Appearing Bull Kelp    Description: Western Gull attending Bull Kelp pile and pecking at food items in it. Underside of Bull Kelp Holdfast Showing Gooseneck Barnacles    Description: The gooseneck barnacles as well as some other invertebrates shows that this pile of bull kelp had been floating in the ocean for an extended period of time, even though the kelp looked fresh. Large Gooseneck Barnacles Attached to Bull Kelp Stipes    Description: Large gooseneck barnacle showing some of cirri "legs" that were extended. Many of these large barnacles were clearly still alive and moving their "legs" in and out. Although one of the stipes (stems) looks light brown as if it is decomposing, others were not badly decomposed. Beachbum Aug 28, 2011 9:00 AM   Just so you know, those signs are fairly common on the stretch from Yaquina Head to the North Jetty. They're "floaters" that have come from the Cobble Beach tidepool area at Yaquina Head Oustanding Natural Area. I usually take them back to BLM at the Interpretive Center.   MORE  R Bayer Aug 26, 2011 9:42 AM   The weather was not comfortable for people to be on the beach, so there were fewer than usual. On the North Jetty was a triangular bright yellow waxed cardboard sign that folds underneath with a rock on top of the fold to hold it in place in the wind that I did not see there during my walk of this beach on July 30. The sign was just to the north side of top of jetty between the 4 huge boulders across the top of the jetty and the metal gate to the east that is also across the road. The sign: "Wildlife Protection Area beyond this sign. Closed. All public entry prohibited." It had a BLM triangular logo. Sign 12 inches wide and 18 inches long (not including the slightly longer feet at the corners). Has oval "handle" at top. This sign looks exactly like signs I had seen put out by BLM staff at Cobble Beach at Yaquina Head Outstanding Natural Area. People coming up directly from the beach to the north might not see this sign if they come up west of the sign, but people walking along the top of the jetty from the east would see it. This sign is noteworthy because gulls, cormorants, and sometimes Brown Pelicans roost on the western end of the North Jetty, but beachwalkers and fishers, sometimes with dogs, regularly walk west of the 4 huge boulders; I have sometimes seen them disturb resting birds, so maybe the sign will discourage this. There were no people west of the sign during my walk today (August 26).   MORE  R Bayer Mar 25, 2011 9:53 AM   Fewer people and birds than usual. Numerous small (<20 mm) plastic particles intermittently along 1-2 high tide drift lines; hard to quantify number and concentration of small particles that included some "nurdles" (pre-production plastic pellets). Also some other larger plastic debris and man-made objects.   MORE  R Bayer Oct 16, 2010 9:36 AM   Much of the sand along the upper beach has gone since my Sept. 5, 2010 walk, apparently from wave erosion. Flotsam now occurred higher on the beach that it had since last spring. I saw less than 1 small plastic particle (<20 mm) per square foot along the lowest wrack line, so few, if any, small plastics do not appear to be washing now. However, the small plastic particles that appeared to have been buried by the sand this summer are again visible higher up on the beach. I had counts of 25, 20, and 49 small plastic particles (including "nurdles" [pre-production plastic pellets]) per square foot during three counts along a narrow concentration on the upper beach.   MORE  R Bayer Aug 6, 2010 10:31 AM   Along the driftline, there were very few plastic particles less than 20 mm long (<1 per square meter) and very few larger plastics, so few if any plastics have washed ashore recently. However, I was able to find an old patch with an area of about 10 square feet of small plastic particles high on the beach that had not been covered by wind-blown sand with a density for one plot of 143 particles less than 20 mm per square foot. Some of these particles were "nurdles" (preproduction plastic pellets). This area had damp sand. It appears that the particles high on the beach would not have been washed away by waves because waves have not gotten that high but they could have been buried by the wind-blown sand or blown landward with the winds.   MORE  R Bayer Jun 12, 2010 9:48 AM   In the drift line on wet sand closest to the water, I found only 0-3 small (20 mm or less) plastic particles per square foot, so few small particles appear to be currently being washed up. However, high up on the beach, there were still patches of many particles; I counted 175 small plastics per square foot in one sample. I picked up and removed a bag of large glass and plastic debris. One Corona Extra beer bottle had 2 large goose neck barnacles growing on the metal cap (shell lengths of 36 and 38 mm).   MORE  R Bayer Apr 11, 2010 2:55 PM   Lots of plastic particles less than 20 mm long in wrack line along the mid-beach as well as a fair amount of larger plastics as well as glass bottles, many of which had a cap. There were fewer people than I expected on a Sunday, but it was chilly.   MORE    Multitude of Small Plastic Particles along Wrack Line    Description: The light-colored items are large and small plastic items along the wrack line in the middle of the beach. Small plastics are 20 mm or less long. In many places along the beach, there are additional small plastic particles along a lower and a higher wrack line. Location: CoastWatch Mile 215 R Bayer Mar 7, 2010 12:00 AM   The 4 oystercatchers on the sand beach were a surprise. They may be resident on the North Jetty.   MORE  R Bayer Jan 9, 2010 3:10 PM   Four dead birds: 3 Northern Fulmars (each had colored ties on wing, combinations: red-white-yellow, red-white-red, purple-white-red), 1 Pigeon Guillemot (no ties). The one significant bit of litter: one wood pallet.    MORE  NewportNancy Sep 16, 2008 8:45 AM   It was a foggy, quiet day along Mile 215. Moderate sand hills (1-2 feet) have formed on the southern end of the beach near the north jetty, but the beach was flat further north. It was clear that all of the people I saw accessed the beach from one of the hotels at or past the northern end of the mile (Shilo, Hallmark, etc.). The water that pools at the base of the bluffs was spilling out, creek-like, onto the beach - I don't remember that before. The beach was remarkably free of human debris. Lots of crab molts, a few dead birds as mentioned, and, interestingly, one dead fish (see photo). One thing to note: I think you're not supposed to set fire to driftwood that can't be moved (i.e., really big pieces) and there were lots of burn marks on such driftwood left from previous bonfires.   MORE    Pooling or "creeking" of water that runs off or through the cliffs    Fish carcass    NewportNancy Jan 11, 2008 9:00 AM   Access via Yaquina Bay State Park was a small challenge today, as the path at the bottom of the southern staircase was flooded (the seasonal/weather-dependent "pond" behind the dunes had expanded quite a bit!). Access was possible via the northern staircase. I noted no campfires this time, probably because of the recent poor weather. Lots of rivulets of water were coming off the cliffs, due to recent heavy rains. The rivulets did not seem to be causing any new erosion, but did contribute to some interesting sand formations down on the beach. Some rocks were exposed that I don't remember having been exposed before. The most notable trend was a good number(probably 8)of dead Western grebes on the beach, and one dead small shorebird. No sign of the "bag of bones" Terry Morse spotted recently - maybe I just missed it?   MORE    Tree stump, Mile 215    Dead shorebird, Mile 215    Wood debris - Mile 215    Location: southern end, Yaquina Bay State Park NewportNancy Sep 7, 2007 11:00 AM   Beautiful day, not much activity post-summer tourist season, few interesting birds but not many people.   MORE    Mile 215 cliff face    Description: Caves and erosion of cliff face, mile 215 near Hallmark Resort Location: northern end of mile 215, in front of Hallmark Resort Water at cliff base - mile 215    Description: There is always water at the base of the cliff here in the residential/hotel stretch of the beach. Groundwater? Septic? Both? Location: northern half of mile 215 NewportNancy Mar 16, 2007 3:30 PM   This was our very first observation of Mile 215. It was a gorgeous day all day, clear, warm, and still, but by the time we got down to the beach the coastal fog had rolled in and the temperature had dropped. It was an extremely quiet day in terms of human (or animal!) activity - only a few people walking dogs on the beach, although there was a beautiful sand castle on the beach so someone had been digging in the sand earlier. There were more cars in the parking lot than people on the beach, so probably many of them were visiting the lighthouse. As mentioned in the report, we saw a raft of grebes in the Bay, and one dead one on the beach, but not much other animal activity except for a squirrel running around the dunes. We did see one empty egg case. One homeless camp was observed at the base of the cliff within State Park limits. The inland edge of much of this mile is vegetated cliff with no indication of erosion, but within the Park boundary there is a spot at the northern end of the road within the park where erosion is occurring. We forgot to bring the camera, so no images this time around. We will also learn a bit more about what to look for as we do this more and more!   MORE  dpurcell Feb 1, 2007 1:00 PM   [No summary notes included - cwe]   MORE