Mile 168 Report
March 21, 2008
by Goldendog
Other Mile 168 Reports (32)
2022
March 8, 2022 - GasiorowskiM
A jeep with two occupants was driving on the beach. No other people were visible. Two dying dungeness crabs were stranded. The dunes at parking areas 3 and 4 are quite high (100' or so). The descent...
2015
December 18, 2015 - PhotoJim
South Jetty Siuslaw mile 168. 3 people walking, one dog. 3 vehicles seen on mile 168. 3 seagulls seen. one dead bird. In water off parking lot #6 saw surf scoters and common loons. 4 to 5 foot step...
November 25, 2015 - PhotoJim
Fairly high tide, lots of plastic, wrack line had a lot of bull kelp.
August 15, 2015 - PhotoJim
Casual trails from parking lot and top of beach access trails developing. Clean beach. Groups of birds in area. 2 bird carcasses. Areas of seafoam along water's edge.
August 5, 2015 - PhotoJim
Sunny, great day, very clean beach. Kelp and moon jellies in wrack line. Lots of shell pieces along waters edge.
April 30, 2015 - PhotoJim
Partial tour of Southern part of 168. Sunny, mostly calm and peaceful. Several lines of Velella Velella on shore line. Medium amount of people debris, one larger box of furniture.Yellow plants on...
February 15, 2015 - PhotoJim
A lot less trash in the south section. A fair of amount of drift wood that is mostly covered by sand, see attached photo. The skid, picture attached is about 1/4 mile south of the parking lot 3...
February 14, 2015 - PhotoJim
Due to large amount of trash in North section, only covered north 1/2 on Saturday. Returned to cover South section on Sunday. Separate report for Sunday.
January 11, 2015 - PhotoJim
Overcast and light rain. Very peaceful, except at South end of mile where you could hear the OHV vechicles. Wrack line full of wood and logs, a good bit of human debris. Also found 19 dead birds, per...
2012
June 16, 2012 - bwholler
The only other people on the beach were two joggers. Sand at the front of the foredune is mostly softly rounded, with only slight evidence of north summer wind causing sculpting of the sand to the...
2011
December 21, 2011 - bwholler
Beautiful sunny, but cold, day. No humans in sight. Two crows on the beach and a few gulls overhead. Surf moderate. Heavy frost remains in the shaded patches of the dunes and beach. Wood pieces and...
September 14, 2011 - bwholler
Sharp dune contours much softer, more rounded, in keeping with beginning return of some winds from the south in addition to winds continuing still from the north also. Very few birds. Few rocks and...
2010
March 31, 2010 - bwholler
Quiet day at the beach. Lots of wood, plastic, and glass. The large, old tree stump with a notch for a logger's platform has moved slightly northward along the beach and is nearly at the northern...
March 13, 2010 - bwholler
The sharp sand "cliff" at high tide line has disappeared in most places and sand is more evenly distributed from foredune to water. Not many birds today, only a few gulls. Lots of plastic debris,...
2009
December 22, 2009 - bwholler
A calendar picture perfect day on the beach! Blue sky, with beautiful white, grey, and black clouds. Many lines of surf, 6 or 7, with lots of fluffy white foam. Two other people walking, enjoying...
September 9, 2009 - bwholler
Beautiful day, T-shirt, crop pants, and sandals. Central Oregon coast fall weather at its best! Gentle breeze from the southwest, surf relatively calm and smooth, with incoming tide. Unusual...
June 9, 2009 - bwholler
Only two other people on the beach today, visiting from Washington. Overcast, but only very light wind, comfortable temperature, a good day to be on the beach. Three small airplanes flew by, going...
February 26, 2009 - bwholler
Large amount of foam at waterline and blowing gently along the beach. Sand has been taken away from base of the foredune by winter surf action. Lots of driftwood, tree branches, and small pieces of...
2008
December 11, 2008 - bwholler
Only people on the beach today were walking with their dogs. Summer sand deposition is still covering the driftwood logs near the foredune, no good places to sit. Lots of jellies and dead "sand...
September 19, 2008 - bwholler
Sand at foredune in a fall pattern, rounded, not showing signs of strong north or south winds. More sea palm kelp on the beach than usual. Unusually large number of dead common murres, probably...
June 15, 2008 - bwholler
Nice day, sunny, windy but not bone-chilling. The shipwrecked "Bella" is still visible although sand has partially covered her again. The dry sand at the base of the foredune is being reshaped to...
March 21, 2008 - bwholler
Both steepness and sharpness of storm erosion of the foredune has lessened. The shipwrecked "Bella" is still visible although sand has been gradually re-covering it. Very little bird activity today...
January 28, 2008 - Goldendog
It was a typical, beautiful January day on south jetty beach.
January 23, 2008 - oldMGguy
First visit to Mile 168. Access from the Siuslaw River South Jetty Road, parking lot #3, and a short hike up and over the foredune. Dramatic seasonal sand erosion all along the base of the foredune...
January 14, 2008 - DLouis
Dune from #2 to #3 parking lot now washing away becoming a verticle bluff facing ocean, very steep in some places.
2007
December 16, 2007 - bwholler
Nice day, some sun, not too much wind. Broken pieces of large shells, small pieces of wood on beach, very few rocks. Some new driftwood high on the beach, and older pieces have been moved around by...
September 20, 2007 - bwholler
Beach appears in late summer pattern of sand at the foredune showing evidence of wind from the north. Most people on beach are local, one couple visiting from CA. Except for the couple from CA and...
March 24, 2007 - DLouis
Being Oregon Beach Clean up Day there were many people with SOLV bags picking up trash. Also a group of Boy Scouts from Eugene were doing the same.
January 10, 2007 - DLouis
Approximately 100-foot area of greenish foam and lots of purple Vetch in bloom.
January 1, 2007 - [email protected]
It was a beautiful day, clean beach, no problems.
2006
December 5, 2006 - DLouis
Large amount of Ball kelp, huge piles, rest scattered along shoreline. Unusually larg waves, breaking far out, many dead birds.