Mile 120 Report
Sunset Bay, Qochyax Island
October 6, 2018
A lot of people have a good time on the beach.
Report Details
A lot of people have a good time on the beach...
Conditions
Temperature: 65 F.
Human Activities
Number of people: 50. Number of dogs: 3. Walking or running: 5. Playing in sand: 3. Sitting: 7. Photography: 1. Other Activities: Digging clams, lots of people in the sand going after clams, maybe 10 people, kids, very very low tide that day. Could see old growth trees unburied in the sand.. did not see any vehicles on the beach, but lots of "doughnut" tire tracks, which is unusual on this part of the beach. Up higher in the sand.
Notable Wildlife
usual sea gulls and crows
Driftline Content
Seaweeds and seagrass, Animal casings (e.g., crab, shrimp molt). a lot of broken "whips" kelp pieces all over the beach
ronnijenni22
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Sunset Bay, Qochyax Island
In addition to the 6 kayaks in the water, 5 other boats and 4 surfboards on cars in the (3) lots.
mgiles@wavecrestdiscoveries.com
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Very busy "day at the beach"--not surprising for Sunday of Labor Day Weekend; what did surprise me was the relatively low number of out-of-state license plates.
mgiles@wavecrestdiscoveries.com
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Sunset Bay, Qochyax Island
Sunset Bay was overwhelmed by visitors presumably drawn by the "High Surf" warnings on their weather apps or, I suspect, by awareness of the "King Tide" phenomenon.
alaingamerica
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Sunset Bay, Qochyax Island
A lot of people have a good time on the beach.
ronnijenni22
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Sunset Bay, Qochyax Island
This area appeared to me to have been somewhat laid to waste by high waves along with rain which flooded the parking lots and, of course, the beach.
JohnnyCN