Report Details

This was a pleasant day with clouds and little wind.  The beach is very wide and clean.  The wood is still covered except high by the dunes.  And the grass is growing back on the large area that was bulldozed north of the jetty.  Two people and two dogs were observed along with a few gulls and shorebirds but no bird carcasses.  Most notable was the large number of relatively fresh jellies at the high water line along the whole mile.  A group of deer had come down on the beach at the south end and there was a truck track the whole way.  Otherwise there were no disturbances man-made or natural in this area. 

Conditions

Temperature: 52 F. Cloud Cover: Cloudy. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Wind Direction: W.

Human Activities

Number of people: 2. Number of dogs: 2. Walking or running: 2. One truck track all down this mile

Vehicles

Cars/trucks parking: 5.

Dead Fish or Invertebrates

Unusual concentration. Large number of relatively fresh jellies at the high tide line down this whole mile

Man-made Modifications

Dune modification/removal. The grass is growing back on the area bulldozed north of the jetty

Report Images

Report Images

Share this post

All Mile 297 Reports

Showing 8 of 62 reports

Mile 297

Nehalem Beach, Nehalem Bay SP

October 22, 2023

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

Platypus Custard

decorative elemnt for a coastwatch report.

Mile 297

Nehalem Beach, Nehalem Bay SP

September 4, 2023

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

NehalemBay

decorative elemnt for a coastwatch report.

Mile 297

Nehalem Beach, Nehalem Bay SP

June 6, 2023

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

NehalemBay

decorative elemnt for a coastwatch report.

Mile 297

Nehalem Beach, Nehalem Bay SP

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.

NehalemBay

decorative elemnt for a coastwatch report.

Mile 297

Nehalem Beach, Nehalem Bay SP

December 15, 2022

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

NehalemBay

decorative elemnt for a coastwatch report.

Mile 297

Nehalem Beach, Nehalem Bay SP

September 6, 2022

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

NehalemBay

decorative elemnt for a coastwatch report.

Mile 297

Nehalem Beach, Nehalem Bay SP

June 15, 2022

This was a nice day with clouds and little wind.

NehalemBay

decorative elemnt for a coastwatch report.

Mile 297

Nehalem Beach, Nehalem Bay SP

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.

NehalemBay