Mile 245 Report
March 20, 2019
Quiet, beautiful day.
Report Details
Quiet, beautiful day. The low tide did not seem to match the online posting for time nor degree as it was considerably low and the tide turned before the posted 7:26 PM (?) low tide. The beach seems wind swept clean, almost no flotsam or jetsam aside from woody debris. The usual suspects... erosion near the basalt outcropping at the north end of the beach brought down a large chunk of the cliff and with it three trees.
Conditions
Temperature: 61 F. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Wind Direction: N. Tide Level: -0.6 feet.
Human Activities
Number of people: 78. Number of dogs: 9. Walking or running: 43. Photography: 3. Tidepooling: 24. Fishing: 1.
Vehicles
Driftline Content
Small rocks, Wood pieces.
Natural Changes
Landslides/major boulder falls, Newly exposed roots/trees falling, Erosion of vegetated foredune.
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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
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
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Just wanted to say there have been a lot of brown pelicans this season, more than I've ever seen, and I'm wondering if they will stay for the winter?
TerryH
Mile 245
Beach was cleaner than observered previously - paper and plastic most prevalent however.
LisaBC