Mile 243 Report
March 14, 2019
Report Details
Conditions
Temperature: 49 F. Cloud Cover: Partly Cloudy. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Wind Direction: NW. Tide Level: 3.0 feet.
Human Activities
Number of people: 92. Number of dogs: 23. Walking or running: 35. Playing in surf: 2. Playing in sand: 3. Sitting: 20. Tidepooling: 6. Surfing: 2. People count includes approximately 14 people sitting in the cars.
Vehicles
Driftline Content
Small rocks, Wood pieces. Very light, limited drift line but where it was, it was filled with small pieces of wood.
Man-made Modifications
Stream modification, New riprap or shoreline protection structures. Stream modification: Using this because of the obvious water/drainage caused by the Starfish Motel expansion. Small cat sitting on the edge of the bank and significant landslide down to the beach. Photos included. New shoreline protection: Large area newly covered with woven material, photos included, about 300 yards north of 15th Street auto access in Lincoln City. Additional disturbance at top of bank, closer to motel/condo, looks like preparation for more cloth to be dropped down the bank. Sand Removal: not sure about removal but new digging in the cave area just north of the Nordic. Cave is expanded, new piles of sand at top, tracks down to the beach. Photo included.
Natural Changes
Landslides/major boulder falls. See above, small landslide area at north end of Starfish Motel development.
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Balmy 40 degree quiet day after a week of freezing rain and significant ice with temps in the low 30's.
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For the first time, no dead birds or mammals seen, but many dead fish at the wrack line today.
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Again, short walk today but unusual concentration of dead fish, maybe 20-30 from NW 32nd to NW 26th Streets, Wecoma Beach.
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Four dead birds, one dead seal (reported to Oregon Marine Mammal Stranding Network).
PattyG
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The Morning After Labor Day weekend is a lovely time on the Oregon Coast.
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