Mile 1 Report
Winchuck River, Crissey Airport, California border
November 8, 2024
River mouth channel enters ocean directly without sandbar diversion. Clean beach, no litter.
Report Details
River mouth channel enters ocean directly without sandbar diversion. Clean beach, no litter.
Conditions
Cloud Cover: Sunny. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Tide Level: 6.0 feet.
Human Activities
Number of people: 38. Number of dogs: 11. Walking or running: 19. Sitting: 19. Surfing: 1.
Notable Wildlife
Beach area: Red-throated loon-1 (juvenile) in river mouth and caught a small fish, Brown pelican-1 (flying over surf), Raven-2, American crow-3. Behind beach: Wrentit-1, Golden-crowned kinglet-4, Ruby-crowned kinglet-1, Yellow-rumped warbler-1, White-crowned sparrow-2, Black-capped chickadee-1, Song sparrow-1.
New Development
State Park caution signs along trail to beach indicating work in progress but no impacts observed other than some minor brush removal near visitor center.
Natural Changes
River mouth channel flows straight to ocean. Last spring the river mouth channel turned south before entering the ocean (sand build-up?), Large driftwood scattered along beach.
In front of Visitor Center
North view
Driftwood structure
Beach walkers
South view
Report Images
Melissa McDowell
CoastWatcher
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Winchuck River, Crissey Airport, California border
River mouth channel enters ocean directly without sandbar diversion. Clean beach, no litter.
Melissa McDowell
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Winchuck River, Crissey Airport, California border
Clean beach.
Melissa McDowell
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Winchuck River, Crissey Airport, California border
45 People were enjoying the beach near the Visitor Center in the usual ways; walking, walking dogs (8), playing in the surf and shallows, beachcombing, sitting.
mmcdowell
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Winchuck River, Crissey Airport, California border
Human activity: 23 people, 6 dogs.
mmcdowell
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Winchuck River, Crissey Airport, California border
High tide reaching close to vegetation (composed of European beach grass) above the waveslope.
mmcdowell
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Winchuck River, Crissey Airport, California border
Most important observation was the dumped contruction material - mostly wood - at the end of a rough trail down the west side of dune.
jessejones
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Winchuck River, Crissey Airport, California border
Beach looks super clean; no litter except for one dog poo bag.
mmcdowell
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Winchuck River, Crissey Airport, California border
Crissey Field Visitor Center and Winchuck River access on north side of river are both opened today.
mmcdowell