Report Details

This was a cloudy/rainy/windy day.  The waves have pulled out the sand exposing more of the heaping wood, especially to the south of the mile, and leaving a cliff up to 10 feet high between the sloping beach and the piles of debris.  Interestingly there was some black sand lightly deposited at the high water marks.  There were only four people, two collecting debris, and two just walking with a dog.  Even the shorebirds were elsewhere and only a few gulls, one hawk and one cormorant were circling.  No bird carcasses were found.  The beach was clean with no tracks or other damage.  As of March 15th, the beach will be closed to all traffic except walking on the wet sand to protect the nesting sites of the Western Snowy Plover.  That continues until Sept. 15.

Conditions

Temperature: 45 F. Cloud Cover: Rain. Wind Velocity: Strong. Wind Direction: NW.

Human Activities

Number of people: 4. Number of dogs: 1. Walking or running: 2. Other Activities: 2 Collecting debris.

Vehicles

Cars/trucks parking: 2.

Natural Changes

The foredune is building. There are still piles of large wood high on the beach, with more exposed now as the wind has removed some of the top sand. There is as much as a 10 foot drop where the sand has been pulled out in front of the debris.

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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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