Mile 214 Report
May 9, 2020
High tide surge appears to have cleaned the beach of debris, and took out at least two snowy plover nests that were high on the beach.
Report Details
High tide surge appears to have cleaned the beach of debris, and took out at least two snowy plover nests that were high on the beach. Small woody debris and some large logs were moved up to the high tide line.
Conditions
Temperature: 51 F. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Tide Level: -2.0 feet.
Human Activities
Number of people: 6. Surfing: 6. Other Activities: No other walkers, just the two of us. Surfers!. Surfers finding creative ways to get to the waves.
Notable Wildlife
Snowy Plover paired up, but at least two nests failed on South Beach due to Friday night's high tide surge.
Driftline Content
Small rocks, Shells, Wood pieces. High tide seemed to wipe the beach clean, very little debris, mostly small sticks and a few large logs.
Natural Changes
This winter didn't seem to remove beach sand at dunes as in years before. The sand slopes right near the top of the dunes in many places.
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The Oregon Coast Aquarium is recharging the NOAA MDMAP site within CoastWatch Mile 214.
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Unleashed dog chasing feeding shorebirds, and insufficient campaign to educate beach-goers to prevent this.
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