Mile 123 - Bastendorff Beach east half, South Jetty Coos Bay - 08/05/2025

Report Details

Beautiful, sunny and warm evening to walk a mile together for the Surf & Sun Walk & Run fundraiser and awareness campaign! Our walk started at the south jetty and none of us have visited this mile previously so it was a great experience at a new site! About halfway through the walk, there was a cool "white sand" patch about 25m long. A unique find for us was a beached juvenile bird, potentially a cormorant based on size and color, that looked like it died shortly after hatching. There was a lot of seaweed pieces, including eelgrass, bull kelp, and rockweed washed up in the wrack line. We collected marine debris along the walk and found some interesting items - including an earplug, fish-shaped fishing lure, and these interesting small, green "jelly balls" that had the consistency of fake salmon egg tackle. Grateful for the lovely company and this beautiful day.

Conditions

Temperature: 72 F. Cloud Cover: Sunny. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Tide Level: 4.83 feet.

Human Activities

Number of people: 24. Number of dogs: 3. Walking or running: 17. Sitting: 7. Other Activities: Lots of people swimming.

Notable Wildlife

3 crows 1 seagull

Beached Birds

Total dead birds: 2. One of the birds was a really young juvenile - potentially a cormorant? The other was highly degraded.

Driftline Content

Lots of jelly and ctenophore pieces, "dead mans fingers," eelgrass, bull kelp pieces, rockweed. The wrack line content seemed to change dramatically half way. In the northern section, mostly broken shells and small seaweed piece. In the southern section, mostly larger seaweed and debris.