Mile 313 - Tolovana Park north, Haystack Rock - October 24, 2009

Report Details

beautiful day. we would have liked to see the beach closed to dogs until the episode with incapacitated birds due to the algae bloom had been officially declared over. as it turned out, at least our stretch seemed to have been patrolled, and the birds had been picked up.

Conditions

Temperature: 56 F. Cloud Cover: Sunny. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Tide Level: 4.5 feet.

Human Activities

Number of people: 171. Number of dogs: 16. Walking or running: 137. Playing in sand: 12. Sitting: 8. Photography: 11. Surfing: 3. people enjoying the break from the rain

Vehicles

Cars/trucks parking: 63. RVs/Buses parking: 9.

Driftline Content

Seaweeds and seagrass, Marine debris (plastic, styrofoam, etc. washing in from the sea), Styrofoam.

Actions & Comments

to our relief,there were no dead or struggling birds anywhere. good thing, because many of the dogs were off the leash