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I have been able to walk my mile about 7 times in January/February, thanks to minus low tides and mild weather. What I have seen is a great deal of erosion from one end of my mile to the other, much of it old riprap walls that have come apart, but north of Sijota near the junction of Miles 236 and 237 a massive land slide has put one house in major jeaopardy and affected at least two others. Devil’s Lake Rock began to build a road at the Sijota Street access January 29, and they continue to work on rebuilding the base of that cliff. I’ve been watching a public access via metal staircase on my Mile, and noted in January that the base of the stair was a jumble of large boulders, probably riprap collapsed from nearby walls. The staircase seemed unusable. But today the sand was flat and clean to the base of the stairs, and a couple came down with their dog to confirm it was not only usable, but quite stable. They have lived here 11 years, and said that the community repairs the stairs from time to time, that those boulders are still there, but that a high tide brought enough sand in to cover them. That would be, by my calculation, three to four feet of sand. I’m impressed. It was the debunking of a long-held belief that winter tides take sand away and summer brings it in. This was the day after the Tsunami alert. No evidence of any change in terms of debris (none) or sand shift. This beach has been so clean, it is remarkable that anyone could find a souvenir. January exposed agate beds, but even those have now been covered over.

Conditions

Temperature: 50 F. Cloud Cover: Sunny. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Wind Direction: W. Tide Level: -0.8 feet.

Human Activities

Number of people: 20. Number of dogs: 4. Walking or running: 5. Sitting: 4. Photography: 3. slow moving, enjoying the surprise sunshine and clean beaches; mostly adults

Concerns

Apparent violations: none.

Vehicles

Cars/trucks parking: 8.

Notable Wildlife

gulls

Driftline Content

Small rocks.

Man-made Modifications

New riprap or shoreline protection structures. serious bluff erosion north of Sijota Street access

Natural Changes

Landslides/major boulder falls, Major cracks appearing in bluffs, Newly exposed roots/trees falling, Erosion of vegetated foredune, Visible retreat of solid bluff.

Actions & Comments

Devil's Lake Rock has been contracted to build a riprap base at the foot of the landslide, and build up the wall. This is probably 100' high, however. And access from above seems rather precarious.

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Mile 236

January 20, 2023

Beautiful day.

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Mile 236

February 26, 2022

After a spate of sunny weather, we finally have rain, or at least drizzle.

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Mile 236

December 15, 2021

A relatively dry afternoon; maybe three people besides me.

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Mile 236

January 21, 2021

As I don't live here, there's a lot that I miss.

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Mile 236

November 22, 2020

It has been a while since I've been able to cover my mile.

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Mile 236

February 2, 2020

Storm damage for this mile seems mostly at Laurel/Sijota; Morris Excavation has built a roadbed parallel to the bluff for equipment access; some erosion at World Mark, north of state park.

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Mile 236

January 15, 2019

Remarkably little debris - anticipating a different story after the King tides!

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Mile 236

October 19, 2018

Gorgeous afternoon, bracing wind, an unobscured sun as it nears the horizon

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