Report Details

Wind and waves have moved sand up against the foredunes again. Dunes that were 8 - 10 ft. tall now appear 2 - 4 ft. No disturbance of top vegetation. There was one whole jellyfish; it looked 1/4 inch thick and clear and about 5 inches in diameter. Haven’t seen them previously.

Conditions

Cloud Cover: Sunny. Wind Velocity: Moderate. Wind Direction: N.

Human Activities

Number of people: 4. Walking or running: 3. Other Activities: Driving ATM.

Concerns

Disturbances: Shorebirds moving in response to humans/dogs

Vehicles

Cars/trucks parking: 8. Cars/trucks on beach, allowed: 5.

Driftline Content

Animal casings (e.g., crab, shrimp molt), Animal casings (e.g., crab, shrimp molt), Shells. Lots of jellies, mostly pieces in intertidal zone.

Share this post

All Mile 153 Reports

Showing 8 of 40 reports

Mile 153

Oregon Dunes NRA, west of Threemile Lake

May 22, 2019

Mild day on the beach, amazing amount of log debris near the dunes.

bebdhm

Mile 153

Oregon Dunes NRA, west of Threemile Lake

March 23, 2019

A very quiet beautiful spring day on the beach!

bebdhm

Mile 153

Oregon Dunes NRA, west of Threemile Lake

July 14, 2018

Very foggy start to the walk, by the time we left the beach it was clear at 10:49am.

bebdhm

Mile 153

Oregon Dunes NRA, west of Threemile Lake

May 2, 2018

A beautiful sunny, windy day for a walk on the beach. Disturbing to see that an ATV had driven from past the north of our mile down to the bottom 1/4 of our mile in the Plover Nesting Protection zone.

bebdhm

Mile 153

Oregon Dunes NRA, west of Threemile Lake

May 14, 2017

Quiet day on the beach.

bebdhm

Mile 153

Oregon Dunes NRA, west of Threemile Lake

March 18, 2017

bebdhm

Mile 153

Oregon Dunes NRA, west of Threemile Lake

August 3, 2016

Lovely day for beach walk!

bebdhm

Mile 153

Oregon Dunes NRA, west of Threemile Lake

June 25, 2016

Beautiful sunny windy day at the beach.

bebdhm