Mile 224 Report
February 7, 2021
by malachite
Other Mile 224 Reports (47)
2022
October 6, 2022 - malachite
Nice day for a walk on the beach, clean beach, saw 6 cyclists (one solo, I think the rest were more or less together), first time I've seen cyclists on this beach, have seen them off & on from...
2021
September 11, 2021 - malachite
Pretty day on the beach, I was on the beach when the tide was going out, my South Beach tide table indicates the low tide in SB was at 9:43 am & 1.43'. The water line was pretty far out, alot...
2019
May 31, 2019 - malachite
Very pleasant day & time for a walk on the beach, very few people. Most of the people I saw were walking/sitting near the long stairway down to the beach at the north end of the mile. Saw 5...
2018
August 30, 2018 - malachite
Foggy, still day at the beach, at high tide. Other people on the beach were mostly surfers. There was one loose dog that seemed to be one of the dogs that surfers bring and then just leave to do...
May 19, 2018 - malachite
A pretty nice day on the beach. Many people for a cloudy & cool day, concentrated at the north end of the mile. At least half, maybe 2/3s of the people present were surfers plus a few companions...
2017
2016
December 5, 2016 - Leo Poole
Coast Watch - L. Poole Mile Number Date 9/1610/210/410/810/1710/2711/111/911/1111/1511/1812/5Average ObservationsMP 223224 Total People and Dogs25/322/06/021/31/...
August 14, 2016 - Leo Poole
The following is an average of activities observed during 9 visits from 8/13 to 9/13/2016:See attached photo of summary.Observations of significance from 8/13 thru 9/13:Pelicans observed - 8/13, 8/14...
April 26, 2016 - malachite
Pleasant day on the beach. Of the 3 dogs, 2 not under good control. One dog ran over & tried to play w/my dog (who was interested in retrieving, not playing), the other dog chased whimbrels, no...
March 7, 2016 - malachite
Beautiful day on the beach, very few people. Clean beach except for a few pieces of styrofoam, a few small pieces of fishing gear, and the now standard hundreds of thousands of plastic bits in the...
January 31, 2016 - malachite
Nice day on the beach, able to toss the ball for my dog to retrieve w/out interference from out of control off lead dogs (dog has has its ball stolen by loose dogs on multiple occasions). Saw only...
2015
September 29, 2015 - malachite
Two pleasant walks on two separate days 09/29/15 and 10/01/15. The tide was pretty far out on 09/29, so I took photos of rock erosion/collapse near the outlook (see below). On 10/01/15, it was...
September 13, 2015 - malachite
All dogs but one under reasonable control. As I walked south, I walked in the same direction as 4 other people, 2 of them, a couple, had 3 greyhounds with them, all off-lead. As I glanced at them,...
May 30, 2015 - malachite
On the beach between 3:15pm and about 4:15 pm. Tide height is approximate, high tide that day at the HMSC dock was 6.1' at 11:26am, and low tide of 2.4' at 4:47pm. More people on the beach then I'...
April 9, 2015 - malachite
Nice day on the beach except for an annoying chocolate lab who decided it was far more fun to follow me & my dog then stay w/his people. See Comments. I wish people would obedience train their...
February 19, 2015 - malachite
Beautiful day at the beach, cooler then the past few days have been. All dogs on beach under good control. I arrived at beach around 2:53 p.m., left the beach at 3:55 p.m. When I arrived, it was...
2014
August 26, 2014 - malachite
Nice day on the beach, quite warm despite the stiff breeze. I estimated tide height: according to my tide table, high tide this afternoon at the HMSC dock at Yaquina Bay was 7.6' at 1:54 p.m. so...
June 28, 2014 - malachite
Nice day at the beach, cool, overcast, little to no wind. Met some surfers coming up from beach (4-5) as I was going down long stairway. Tide coming in, fairly high. High tide at Yaquina Bay...
February 21, 2014 - malachite
Nice day on Mile 224. Quiet, only one dog seen, dog appeared to be under control. A few surfers, mostly people walking or standing on the beach. Garnet "sands" very visible. Beach fairly clean,...
2013
September 24, 2013 - malachite
Walk of mile several days after a low-level storm on Sunday (today is Tuesday). Human litter almost absent from beach (except for a few pieces of the driftwood) although there were some of the...
May 6, 2013 - malachite
Most notable sighting was of the many live and dead winged carpenter ants which might've been the reason for the unusual number of crows & gulls I saw on the beach today. Usually I see very few...
March 23, 2013 - malachite
This dispatch is a follow up to my most recent mile report. I reported what I thought might be tsunami debris/invasive species attached to woody debris.I received a response from Chris Havel and...
March 15, 2013 - malachite
Found some possible invasive species--bivalve or shellfish.I did not find it easy to report this finding. When I got home (around 5pm) I did an online search for a tsunami debris site, first one I...
2012
December 21, 2012 - malachite
Sun was out for awhile, then cloudy. Warmer then yesterday, very little wind. Inca & I had the beach to ourselves--an increasingly rare event. Very enjoyable.Noted increased truck traffic,...
July 21, 2012 - malachite
Water was way out today; quite a bit of the ocean floor (or an area normally underwater) exposed. I was on the mile from 8:40 a.m. to 9:55 a.m.; the number of people on the beach changed during...
April 1, 2012 - malachite
Actual time on beach was from 3:55pm to close to 5pm and I don't know the exact tide height, low tide for the Marine Science Center dock was listed as 0.9 at 2:55pm. Looked like there was some storm...
2011
September 24, 2011 - malachite
Very warm day at the beach, not much wind. While it was sunny, there were mare's tail clouds and a fog bank offshore. There was some ground fog further south and it was foggy this morning north of...
March 6, 2011 - malachite
Pleasant day at the beach. More people on beach (mostly walking, 2 surfers) when I left then when I arrived & for the first part of my walk, possibly because the tide was going out. No new...
2010
November 25, 2010 - malachite
A nice day for a walk, cloudy but not raining, cold, or very windy. I saw more people on the beach than I expected to. No fires, mostly just people & quite a few children, walking on or playing...
September 25, 2010 - malachite
Foggy day at the beach. I arrived about 45 minutes or so after high tide but there was alot of surf, a pretty high energy system. As a result, the waves were reaching much further up the beach then...
June 17, 2010 - malachite
Lovely day on the beach. Only one noisy small plane flew overhead, I (& everyone else on the beach) was spared the intrusion & noise assault of a low flying helicopter overflight.Quite a few...
February 7, 2010 - malachite
Beautiful day on the beach. I'm going to try to upload some photos. Some new small slides. Definitely a higher energy beach today--as I walked south towards Beverly Beach, I saw garnet/...
2009
October 2, 2009 - malachite
Lovely sunny day at the beach. More people walking, playing, surfing than I expected. Absence of colored plastic bits from driftline noted, as is significant or noticeable erosion of top strata of...
August 7, 2009 - malachite
A very large number of people at this beach. I think many are attracted by the surfing lessons, I have no idea who's offering them. The parking lot closest to the beach steps was almost full,...
June 4, 2009 - malachite
Pleasant walk on the mile, very little litter, saw 5 whimbrels, pelicans fishing offshore (unusual # of birds). Walk ended in heavy rain, thunder & lightning.
2008
November 19, 2008 - malachite
Clean beach at fairly low tide on a cloudy day. Beach very sparsely populated, just a few surfers & one other walker besides myself. Just the way I like it!
August 8, 2008 - malachite
Very crowded beach at southern end of mile-where there is beach access from Beverly Beach state park/campground. Significantly less populated at north end. Lots of autos/RVs parked in parking areas...
May 7, 2008 - malachite
Significant exposure of the beach not long after low tide, unusual number of short lengths of lumber (used) in the driftline, some shorebirds seen on the beach--unusual sight on this mile.
March 5, 2008 - malachite
Main reason to file this report is to document my sight of a bald eagle. It's not the first time I've seen one on this mile, I believe I saw one at least once before during January/February (forgot...
March 4, 2008 - malachite
Beautiful sunny day. Because my walk started at 4:25pm, very near low tide (0.1), I was able to see rock outcrops exposed on the beach that are often submerged. Some ongoing gradual erosion,...
January 25, 2008 - malachite
Beautiful, sunny & warm day on the beach. An unusually large number of colored plastic bits seen in the driftline(s). Many small slides seen, no new major slides. Brief discussion of concern...
2007
November 21, 2007 - malachite
Beach is developing "winter" (higher energy) profile--noted the exposure of the ancient tree trunk/roots about 1/2 way through mile. Noted passage of one of "scenic ride" helicopters--this one out...
September 21, 2007 - acwasner
Absolutely beautiful afternoon. Surf was high (low tide) and surfers were certainly enjoying it. Where there had previously been debris, many tiny pieces of plastic, there were new gently sloped...
August 30, 2007 - malachite
Pretty low tide today. Beach was exceptionally beautiful (even for this beach) looking from about 1/4 of the way down the stairway access, looking south. When I first got down to the beach, a fog...
July 1, 2007 - malachite
It took years but now Oregon beaches have something in common with beaches in Queens (NYC)--trash heads leave shopping carts there.
April 23, 2007 - malachite
From southernmost end of my mile I could see all the equipment's that been brought in to redo the bridge at Beverly Beach state park. Not a great time to be staying at that campground. Beach was...