Mile 214 Report
January 10, 2021
Sunshine on a weekend brought more visitors to south beach's mile 214 this past Saturday.
Report Details
Sunshine on a weekend brought more visitors to south beach's mile 214 this past Saturday. Many groups of people walking, playing in the sand, and surfing. The tide was really low so plenty of space for people to spead out at a safe distance. It looks like some of the recent storms have really carved the beach out from the dunes forming a cliff between the two. The path from the south jetty road also had numerous hazards where the path had fallen in and signs telling people to stay off the jetty.
Conditions
Temperature: 55 F. Cloud Cover: Cloudy. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Wind Direction: E. Tide Level: -0.3 feet.
Human Activities
Number of people: 125. Number of dogs: 19. Walking or running: 71. Playing in sand: 10. Sitting: 21. Surfing: 13. Other Activities: biking= 5. vehicles counted at the end of the jetty road, not the state park day use lot
Vehicles
Driftline Content
Small rocks, Shells, Wood pieces, Marine debris (plastic, styrofoam, etc. washing in from the sea), Ocean-based debris (from fishing boats, ship trash, etc.). lots of large wood washed up along with something that may be buried in the sand.. see photographs
Natural Changes
Erosion of vegetated foredune.
Actions & Comments
Recent wave action really carved out the beach leaving a 6+ foot sand cliff near the dunes in some places.
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Unleashed dog chasing feeding shorebirds, and insufficient campaign to educate beach-goers to prevent this.
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