Mile 129 - Horsfall Beach on North Spit, directly west of Jordan Cove - December 24, 2016

Report Details

(Viewed 12/24/2016; Report filed 12/30/2016.) The storms have brought in a larger than usual amount of trash, logs/wood debris, styrofoam, bottles - plastic and glass, some floats, some sort of plastic pallet. Mile 130 is relatively cleaner than this 129. I'm thinking I'll organize my friends for my own beach cleanup for my mile next week sometime - maybe a promise of cioppino . . .There has been some significant erosion of the foredune cliffs - see pix. I was there at 11:00 AM. I'm guessing that I was there at an outgoing tide level of 6.6, and you can see from the photo that the water was washing right up against the base of the foredune cliff, even then.

Conditions

Temperature: 45 F. Cloud Cover: Partly Cloudy. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Wind Direction: E. Tide Level: 4.9 feet.

Human Activities

Number of people: 1. Number of dogs: 1. Walking or running: 1.

Vehicles

Cars/trucks parking: 2. RVs/Buses parking: 1.

Beached Birds

Total dead birds: 1. Unknown bird carcass

Driftline Content

Seaweeds and seagrass, Wood pieces, Marine debris (plastic, styrofoam, etc. washing in from the sea), Styrofoam, Ocean-based debris (from fishing boats, ship trash, etc.).

Natural Changes

Landslides/major boulder falls, Newly exposed roots/trees falling, Erosion of vegetated foredune, Evidence of wave overtopping. Please see photos.