Mile 220 Report
Yaquina Head north, Schooner Creek south
September 20, 2014
A spectacular day brought many people to the beach.
Report Details
A spectacular day brought many people to the beach. It looked more like California than Oregon. There is remarkably little litter or trash although there seems to be a disturbing trend of people picking up after their dogs, but leaving the droppings in the plastic bag on the beach or at the parking areas.
Conditions
Temperature: 72 F. Cloud Cover: Sunny. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Wind Direction: S. Tide Level: 2.5 feet.
Human Activities
Number of people: 54. Number of dogs: 9. Walking or running: 29. Playing in surf: 4. Playing in sand: 7. Sitting: 8. Photography: 1. Tidepooling: 5. Other Activities: guitar playing-1. Last day of summer with beautiful weather, people were escaping valley heat and reveling in the perfect coastal weather!
Concerns
Vehicles
Notable Wildlife
Still several dozen sea stars at south end of beach in rocky intertidal area of north side Yaquina Head. No obvious signs of sea star wasting disease.
Dead Fish or Invertebrates
Unusual concentration. Many bundles of dead mussels washed in over last week. All shells are empty which is unusual if ripped off rocks by waves. The bottom two feet of the long rocks esxposed at low tide have dead and empty mussel shells too, but they are smaller. Hope this is a normal occurrance.
Driftline Content
Seaweeds and seagrass, Animal casings (e.g., crab, shrimp molt), Small rocks. Remarkably clean beach for last few weeks!
Natural Changes
Visible retreat of solid bluff. Slow but steady, erosion
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Yaquina Head north, Schooner Creek south
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Yaquina Head north, Schooner Creek south
A large amount of debris, 7 large wood/foam panels and lots of pieces of all sizes of foam.
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Mile 220
Yaquina Head north, Schooner Creek south
Schooner South's cliffs/bluffs continue to erode.
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Yaquina Head north, Schooner Creek south
New sign up at the Schooner South beach access off 68th St warning of Contaminated waters.
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Yaquina Head north, Schooner Creek south
No clouds in the sky, what a day on 220!
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Mile 220
Yaquina Head north, Schooner Creek south
Started off chilly but the sun was shining and it was a gorgeous day on 220!
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Mile 220
Yaquina Head north, Schooner Creek south
Continued changes on 220 due to the rains, high tides and normal loss of sand in winter.
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Mile 220
Yaquina Head north, Schooner Creek south
Including photos of a black plastic pipe sticking out of Mile 220 bluff and odd milky fluid coming out of bluff and over rocks.
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