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A pleasant day at South Cove, not many visitors. A stranded California Sea Lion, a call went out to the Stranded Marine Mammal Network. Saw a Mottled Sea Star, Evasterias troschelii, and may do a Sea Star Survey, even though I saw no Sea Stars suffering Wasting Disease. I aslo saw no Nurdles. I did however see two deer. Theywere on the beach for a bit, then traipsed over the cliffs. Saw a dead crab and gumboot chiton. Saw 3 people fishing, one was using WD40 and stated the rainbows in the water attracted fish. This is a myth, BTW, and no good reason to pollute the water, but it is not illegal. WD40 does what it can to disabuse people of this notion. It seems to me there is less drift wood at the South Cove than usual.

Conditions

Temperature: 46 F. Tide Level: 1.8 feet.

Human Activities

Number of people: 5. Fishing: 3. Other Activities: Us two doing the survey. 3 people fishing, at least one was spraying his lure with WD40, stating the rainbows in the water helped to attract fish. After I got home I looked into this and found it is a myth. Doing so just pollutes the water for no good reason. Doing so is not illegal, however, and the pollution is thought to be minimal.

Vehicles

Cars/trucks parking: 3.

Notable Wildlife

A sickly looking Sea Lion, a Mottled Sea Star and two deer. I have never seen deer on this mile in all my years of making reports.

Stranded Marine Mammals

Total stranded mammals: 1. California Sea Lion appeared thin and sickly. It would lift it's head to look at us, but could not muster enough to move away from us. We never came closer than 5 yards from it. I did call the Stranded Marine Mammal Network and texted pictures to them .Not sure what, if anything, they will do.

Dead Fish or Invertebrates

Saw a definitely dead crab and gumboot chiton

Driftline Content

Seaweeds and seagrass, Wood pieces.

Natural Changes

Saw a deer traipsing across the cliffs, knocking loose some dirt and small rocks.

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Mile 116

January 20, 2024

I was the only person fool enough to the visit South Cove today.

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Mile 116

August 6, 2023

A pleasantly mild day made for a good tidepool walk.

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Mile 116

May 7, 2023

There was one dead California Sea Lion low on the beach.

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Mile 116

December 3, 2022

I returned to Mile 116 for a Sea Star Observation Survey.

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Mile 116

November 20, 2022

The weather had very light cloud cover, but I logged it as Sunny.

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Mile 116

July 16, 2022

A minus tide occurs this Summer weekend and Parks had a sign encouraging the public to explore the tidepools.

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Mile 116

May 1, 2022

I came for the minus tide since the weather would be dry.

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Mile 116

January 9, 2022

After a week of heavy rain, it was a lovely sunny January day at the South Cove.

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