Report Details

Walking south from the Coquille River was an against-the-wind encounter this morning. No one was out apart from some gulls and a Sanderling or two. The usual types of litter (Styrofoam and plastic bottles) were there. Small stones generally lined this half-mile stretch. No people were parked or on the beach at all until the last leg of my walk: 5 humans, 1 dog, 11 vehicles mostly occupied. Logs are accumulating close to the jetty, and further south the reverse is occurring as the higher tides remove both logs and accumulated sand generally on the beach closest to Madison Avenue.

Conditions

Temperature: 50 F. Cloud Cover: Cloudy. Wind Velocity: Moderate. Wind Direction: S. Tide Level: 3.4 feet.

Human Activities

Number of people: 5. Number of dogs: 1. Walking or running: 4. No vehicles or people/dogs when I started walking, but they were all there at the end.

Vehicles

Cars/trucks parking: 11.

Notable Wildlife

Not much today apart from some gulls and a Sanderling or two.

Driftline Content

Ocean-based debris (from fishing boats, ship trash, etc.), Small rocks, Styrofoam, Wood pieces. plastic bottles

Natural Changes

Visible retreat of solid bluff.

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Another dead fur seal washed up a few weeks after one did on the southern half of Mile 102, this time further north of Coquille Point.

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A fur seal pup washed up in the high-tide line a few yards north of the 8th St.

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Mile 102

Coquille River, South Jetty, Lighthouse

June 19, 2022

A calm, overcast morning of 55 drew 8 folks and 4 dogs to the beach at 7 a.

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Mile 102

Coquille River, South Jetty, Lighthouse

March 19, 2022

A chilly NW wind didn't deter 9 folks -- 5 rock hunting, the others walking -- from hitting the South Jetty beach on an overcast morning with a low tide of 0.

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Mile 102

Coquille River, South Jetty, Lighthouse

September 25, 2021

The northern half of this mile was engulfed by thick fog, but still attracted two other beach goers searching for agates.

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