Mile 49 Report
Graveyard Point, Port, Harbor, Battle Rock
September 21, 2010
On this edge-of-autumn afternoon the sea was calm, the beach quite clean with few footprints.
Report Details
On this edge-of-autumn afternoon the sea was calm, the beach quite clean with few footprints.Business-as-usual was going on at the dock (fishing boats returning for the night)and people who work at the dock were doing their jobs.
Conditions
Temperature: 70 F. Cloud Cover: Sunny. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Wind Direction: S. Tide Level: 2.0 feet.
Human Activities
Number of people: 12. Number of dogs: 3. Walking or running: 1. Other Activities: 11 working on dock or visiting restaurant there. Beaches were mostly empty; the majority of people I saw were on the dock or on boats being hoisted to the trailers on the dock.
Vehicles
Cars/trucks parking: 32.
Notable Wildlife
birds, mostly gullsWhales were spouting off shore.Lots of piles of kelp on the beach
Driftline Content
Seaweeds and seagrass, Shells, Small rocks, Wood pieces. Small pieces of broken plastic
Tichenor
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A quiet, sunny day on the beach.
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