Mile 245 - Roads End Beach, Wayside, Logan Creek - February 11, 2018

Report Details

Clean, beautiful but bitterly cold the recent storms have cleaned the erosion at the base of the cliffs and deposited sand.

Conditions

Temperature: 47 F. Cloud Cover: Partly Cloudy. Wind Velocity: Moderate. Wind Direction: N. Tide Level: 0.0 feet.

Human Activities

Number of people: 49. Number of dogs: 3. Walking or running: 48. Tire tracks on the beach all the way to the basalt outcropping

Vehicles

Cars/trucks parking: 36. RVs/Buses parking: 1.

Beached Birds

Total dead birds: 1. Seagull

Driftline Content

Small rocks, Seaweeds and seagrass, Wood pieces. Quite a large quantity fine, white material about 3 inches long with tiny projections along the length of each side...similar to centipede legs

Natural Changes

That time of year. Following the storms the beaches and base of the cliffs have been swept clean of almost all previous erosion and exposing a new layer of uplifted rock. Sand has moved into the area; near basalt rock at the end of this mile the rocks usually seen there are almost all buried.

lvoelker

CoastWatcher

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Mile 245

Roads End Beach, Wayside, Logan Creek

March 26, 2024

Tourist season is upon us - observed later in the day, but leftovers visible.

Lisa Bizon-Carroll

Mile 245

Roads End Beach, Wayside, Logan Creek

January 23, 2024

After king tides and heavy surf, most of the usual driftwood was up nearer the bank along with minimal bull kelp.

Lisa Bizon-Carroll

Mile 245

Roads End Beach, Wayside, Logan Creek

November 18, 2023

The beach mile varied quite a bit - with the south (less traveled) section with darkened sands and clear of most debris while the north end, with more visitors, was covered in stones with more small debris (esp.

LisaBC