Report Details

The beach is very flat now with almost none of the large wood close to the dunes visable.  This is a king tide day and the water left kelp wrack high on the beach while there is no wrack on the low water line.  Nine people and two dogs were seen walking in the somewhat blustery sunny weather.  Clouds were approaching for evening rain.  No bird carcasses were found, and no disturbances of the beach. Only one small flock of shorebirds was seen. A sign indicated there was just spraying of herbacide to remove invasive grasses before european beach grass would be reintroduced in the dune area at the south end of this mile. 

Conditions

Temperature: 45 F. Cloud Cover: Sunny. Wind Velocity: Moderate. Wind Direction: SE.

Human Activities

Number of people: 9. Number of dogs: 2. Walking or running: 9.

Vehicles

Cars/trucks parking: 11.

Driftline Content

Seaweeds and seagrass. Kelp in the high king tide line.

Man-made Modifications

Beachgrass planting or removal. A sign is up indicating there is planting of beach grass at the south end of this mile.

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Mile 297

October 22, 2023

The sky was mostly cloudy with some patches of fog and noticeable blobs of sea foam on wet sand.

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September 4, 2023

A nice warm partly cloudy day with a large group enjoying the picnic area by the parking lot.

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June 6, 2023

It was a blustery sunny day with 3 horse back riders and one walker on the beach.

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March 18, 2023

A nice bright day with a large group of birders from 30 cars looking for Snowy Plovers when I started but only 13 people walking or sitting on the beach on my way back.

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December 15, 2022

This was a sunny, cold, blustery day with 8 people and 2 dogs walking or biking(1) on the extensive beach.

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September 6, 2022

This was a sunny calm day with few people on the beach.

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June 15, 2022

This was a nice day with clouds and little wind.

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March 8, 2022

This was a nice cloudy day with only 4 cars in the parking lot and four people on the beach, one with a dog.

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