Mile 116 Report
Seven Devils cliffs, Cape Arago South Cove
August 6, 2023
A pleasantly mild day made for a good tidepool walk.
Report Details
A pleasantly mild day made for a good tidepool walk. A group of around 30 with plenty of young kids attended. Two very kind and knowledgable rangers led the walk, with people's safety formost in mind. Saw a great many ochre sea stars and crabs of several varieties. Saw two great blue herons fishing next to a great white egret. A pallet that has been washed up in the cove for some time is beginning to break apart. Trash seemed light today. A tree along the approach trail had been burned.
Conditions
Temperature: 64 F. Cloud Cover: Cloudy. Tide Level: 0.5 feet.
Human Activities
Number of people: 40. Number of dogs: 4. Walking or running: 4. Playing in sand: 2. Sitting: 2. Tidepooling: 31. Fishing: 1. Parks was leading a well attended Tidepool exploration with two excellent rangers.
Vehicles
Cars/trucks parking: 13.
Driftline Content
Wood pieces, Land-based debris (picnics, etc.).
New Development
Steps down bluff. driftwood steps were made at the bottom of the trail. They will not persist through the winter.
Not the beach, but still a change to note, a tree was partially burned.
Every summer, some industrious souls build various structures out of driftwood
A hermit crab is caught making a trail through the wet sand.
Parks let a tidepool walk of around 30 people.
The cute little waterfall has dried up for the summer
A very orange sea star growing back (I hope) it's fifth arm
The first time I closely observed a crab so hairy! I think this is a pygmy rock crab
Some time back it struck me that this stuff is patterned like a 60s shag carpet. Could it be an effect of sun drying?
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Seven Devils cliffs, Cape Arago South Cove
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Seven Devils cliffs, Cape Arago South Cove
I was the only person fool enough to the visit South Cove today.
Elaine Cramer
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Seven Devils cliffs, Cape Arago South Cove
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Seven Devils cliffs, Cape Arago South Cove
There was one dead California Sea Lion low on the beach.
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Mile 116
Seven Devils cliffs, Cape Arago South Cove
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Seven Devils cliffs, Cape Arago South Cove
The weather had very light cloud cover, but I logged it as Sunny.
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