Mile 243 Report
July 13, 2012
by rick and janet
Other Mile 243 Reports (45)
2021
July 27, 2021 - garretta
Calm people, high sand canceled out low tide for tide pooling, moderately windy summer Tuesday with marine layer that lifted about 11:00 to clear skys.
April 14, 2021 - garretta
Mid-week calm, quiet day without disturbances or concerns.
February 2, 2021 - garretta
Photos show new, significant erosion with a drop in the sand/grass bank of more than 6 feet in places; logs that were tossed around with comparison photo from 2019 of same location; rock bed revealed...
January 8, 2021 - garretta
After very high tides, before King Tides, lovely sunny Friday. Sand level is down signficantly but clear evidence of sneaker waves.
2020
November 2, 2020 - garretta
Bad time for Jellies. Starting at the NW 34th access, #42, for about 200 yards north, hundreds and hundreds of jelly fish on the beach. 200 or more 10"-18" and hundreds of smaller and pieces. Most...
October 5, 2020 - garretta
Bright, sunny Monday with normal activity. Sand level is receeding somewhat based on rocks at NW 26th.
August 5, 2020 - garretta
Mid week of very busy summer-Covid19-week on the beach with lots of groups of 8-10 people, multi-generational, 40-50 cars at NW 15th.
June 9, 2020 - garretta
Misty, overcast cloudy day, light wind mid week but noted singificant increase in people and dogs on the beach. Lincoln City is supposed to be in Coronavirus Phase 1 with only essential travel but...
February 11, 2020 - garretta
Bright, sunny Tuesday right after King Tides. Beach was scoured clean, logs rearranged and a few new ones deposited. Velella Velella were uniform in size, 3"-3.5", clear, and fairly fresh. Some...
2019
December 30, 2019 - garretta
Holiday week with groups of people and way too many dogs running off leash. Beach scoured by King and high tides previous few days.
October 7, 2019 - garretta
Lovely, quiet October Monday morning. Recently there have been an increase in dead birds on the beach. Representative photo attached.
August 7, 2019 - garretta
Overcast, slightly cooler than the rest of the week, typical summer people doing typical summer things. No drama, no crisis. High sand even at low tide limited tidepools and created bank near...
July 12, 2019 - garretta
Classic mid-week summer day with lots of people enjoying the beach. Unusual concentration of mussels on the beach for about 150 yards around NW 24th Street. Also, unusual number of small clumps of...
June 12, 2019 - garretta
Barefoot on the beach day with brilliant sun, clear sky and temps that felt warmer than weather app reported. Quiet waves, people casually enjoying the beach without drama or conflict.
April 8, 2019 - garretta
Quiet Monday after busy Spring Breaks for Oregon and Washigton. Cloudy with threats of light rain.
April 8, 2019 - oregonmarinenaturalist
January 7, 2019 - garretta
Resident logs show significant movement from recent high tides: King Tides but even more high tides January 4 and 5 which were higher than King Tides. Also, numerous new logs washed up to cliffs and...
2018
December 27, 2018 - garretta
Holiday week and bright, sunny, calm day translated to lots of people on the beach. Majority in family groups with one large, 20+ group. Driftline had significant plant matter, appeared to maybe be...
2017
December 29, 2017 - oregonmarinenaturalist
October 23, 2017 - Volunteer Trainer
Guided walk to document changes occuring after a storm surge. The previous week included strong waves, high surf, and over 3 inches of downpouring rain.
July 5, 2017 - oregonmarinenaturalist
There was a large amount of post July 4th garbage on this beach. Including, but not limited to: bottles, cans, LOTS of firework debris, candy wrappers, plastic disposable silverware, foam pieces,...
2016
November 6, 2016 - sciencedave
Pretty good crowd at the beach that day. Bull kelp and surf worm castings in the wrack line. Gulls mostly grounded.
September 26, 2016 - sciencedave
Gulls the only live wildlife observed,along with six beached birds. Remains of campfire also present.
April 25, 2016 - sciencedave
Velella vellella in early- larval and young hydroids. 47 people on the beach, vehicles on the beach-allowed
February 24, 2016 - sciencedave
Erosion of vegetated foredune, strong smell of decay from unidentified source, squid egg cases in driftline.
January 21, 2016 - sciencedave
beautiful warm morning...got done before the rain came...
2015
December 16, 2015 - Volunteer Trainer
Report submitted by ScienceDave.1 dead tagged bird- leg band # 09771, 1 untagged dead bird. Cellophane worm casings in drifline along with plastic and rope collected approximately 10 lbs of debris.
2014
December 21, 2014 - HARTLA
Interesting changes from King Tides at 11 a.m. More dead gulls than usual, more logs and human debris as well. Sea foam was amazing and left good marks for where the tides had taken it.
September 11, 2014 - HARTLA
Very warm day for Mile 243, 81 degrees air. Piles of empty mussel shells were puzzling (see photo)Otherwise, beaches were clean and litter free.One vehicle stuck in loose sand in permitted area was...
June 17, 2014 - HARTLA
Primary focus on this date was sea star population and wasting. I'm not often on beach at low tide, but saw many sea stars 06/04/14 at 0.4 that appeared healthy. This visit 6/17/14 showed more...
February 2, 2014 - rainydaywalker
January 17, 2014 - rainydaywalker
2013
December 17, 2013 - HARTLA
Nice, quiet day on clean beaches. Sand deeper at 15th St access than I've ever seen, but new signs are posted to keep drivers alerted to changes.
October 1, 2013 - HARTLA
17 people on beach, 3 walking dogs, 2 families playing in surf, 3 cars at each of 3 access points. Three cars were at each access point.Many gulls were on the beach, one badly decayed.Many changes on...
September 17, 2013 - HARTLA
22 people on the beach on a sunny day seemed relatively inactive: 8 sitting in cars, 1 fishing, 2 with dogs, others just walking the beach. Maybe it was too close to lunch time to be very busy....
March 18, 2013 - HARTLA
Pleasant day on Mile 243 with 15 people enjoying walking beach with another person and/or dog. One fishing while dog was playing nearby. Tidal pool area was busy as tide receded. Sand at SW 15th...
2009
March 28, 2009 - rick and janet
Human activities: many people, just strolling and frolicking, nothing unusualShoreline Wildlife: Driftline very high and scarce. Only one partial bird remains observedPhysical Changes: The cave...
2007
July 11, 2007 - rainydaywalker
I have been following the behaviors along the rocks at ebb tides this month, as large mussels have appeared onshore and in the grasses. Many of the mussels were still alive. My findings show that...
June 20, 2007 - [email protected]
We compared last years photos of the new beach grass clumps that had been planted at the base of the cliff area about half way down our mile. The beach grass is filling in nicely. Major Bluff Erosion...
March 21, 2007 - rick and janet
Tide was out, and beach was relatively clean. A new home is being built on 26th St. bluff.