Mile 194 - Yachats, Adobe Inn, Smelt Sands Wayside - April 13, 2022

Report Details

A welcome calm, partly sunny hour on Mile 194 amid what has been several days of hail, high winds and rain. Observed a group of 5 black oystercatchers and 2 additional single ones; a small feeding flock of surfscoters, one sea lion rolling around in the waves approximately 50yards out in front of Smelt Sands, 2 single killdeer about 0.5miles apart, plenty of gulls, and 2 cormorants. See photos below for the status of the rock wall border at Smelt Sands. Only a small bag of litter collected including more styrofoam, a length of marine rope/line, cardboard beer packaging, one hard plastic piece of debris about 6" long, but no plastic water bottles! Yay!

Conditions

Temperature: 50 F. Cloud Cover: Partly Cloudy. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Wind Direction: W. Tide Level: 0.7 feet.

Human Activities

Number of people: 43. Number of dogs: 9. Walking or running: 30. Sitting: 7. Photography: 2.

Vehicles

Cars/trucks parking: 3.

Driftline Content

Small rocks, Seaweeds and seagrass, Shells, Animal casings (e.g., crab, shrimp molt), Wood pieces, Styrofoam, Ocean-based debris (from fishing boats, ship trash, etc.).