Mile 111 Report
Merchants Beach north end
January 16, 2008
High surf is doing a good job with erosion and moving driftwood around this year.
Report Details
High surf is doing a good job with erosion and moving driftwood around this year. Retreat of bluff with newly exposed roots and trees falling. Erosion of vegetated foredune and wave overtopping. Low human impact (3). Five dogs.
Conditions
Temperature: 50 F. Cloud Cover: Partly Cloudy. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Wind Direction: SW.
Human Activities
Number of people: 3. Number of dogs: 5.
Vehicles
Natural Changes
Erosion of vegetated foredune, Newly exposed roots/trees falling, Evidence of wave overtopping, Visible retreat of solid bluff.
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