Report Details

The beach is now long, flat and very clean.  The driftline had nothing in it, although the previous high tide line showed more mole crab carcasses than usual.  The large amount of wood that was thrown up in previous years has sand over much of it and has added to the formation of a new front dune.  This mile is part of the snowy plover protected zone with the improved signage this year appearing to be more effective at keeping people, dogs and horses off the upper beach.  There were only 4 people on horses on the wet sand, almost no birds, and no carcasses.  Only 2 cars and one RV were in the parking lot for the park.

Conditions

Temperature: 50 F. Cloud Cover: Cloudy.

Human Activities

Number of people: 4. Other Activities: Riding horses.

Vehicles

Cars/trucks parking: 2. RVs/Buses parking: 1.

Natural Changes

Building of foredune

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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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