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A lightly travelled beach today with less than 20 people and 5 dogs.  Lots of debris left at the high tide line mostly due to the recent King Tides.  Besides the logs,  tree branches and other wooden debris, found lots of plastic rope, chunks of styrofoam, and plastic bottles that were obviously at sea for many months or years.  Gathered 1 1/2 garbage bags of trash, including a personal best 3 tooth brushes...go figure!  Noted some minor sand and vegitation erosion along the bank.

Conditions

Temperature: 50 F. Cloud Cover: Partly Cloudy. Tide Level: 3.5 feet.

Human Activities

Number of people: 19. Number of dogs: 5. Walking or running: 18. Sitting: 1.

Vehicles

Cars/trucks parking: 5.

Notable Wildlife

20-30 seagulls gathered near the wayside

Driftline Content

Small rocks, Shells, Animal casings (e.g., crab, shrimp molt), Wood pieces, Land-based debris (picnics, etc.), Marine debris (plastic, styrofoam, etc. washing in from the sea), Styrofoam, Ocean-based debris (from fishing boats, ship trash, etc.).

Natural Changes

Erosion of vegetated foredune, Evidence of wave overtopping.

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Mile 293

May 3, 2023

Extremely clean beach.

Mary and Zio

Mile 293

April 2, 2023

Large bale of styrofoam found.

Mary and Zio

Mile 293

January 1, 2023

Overall the beach looked pretty good for post king tides and fireworks.

Mary and Zio

Mile 293

October 22, 2022

Mary and Zio

Mile 293

September 7, 2022

For the day after a holiday weekend the beach was exceptionally clean.

Mary and Zio

Mile 293

February 6, 2022

A warm February day.

Mary and Zio

Mile 293

December 31, 2021

A relatively calm day before the first King tide of 2022.

Mary and Zio

Mile 293

September 14, 2021

Observed approx.

stu and barb