Mile 181 - Carl G. Washburne SP, Blowout Creek - April 7, 2022

Report Details

Mile 181 is evolving on a natural path with very little human caused changes. I walked right past the stairs to the day use parking area because it's camouflaged well. Logs, driftwood, and clean sand are common. The fluorescent painted signs that mark the miles are the only clue that there's a trail to the car. I found that people keep the beach clean and today was no exception.

Conditions

Temperature: 65 F. Cloud Cover: Sunny. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Wind Direction: NW. Tide Level: 0.5 feet.

Human Activities

Number of people: 21. Number of dogs: 4. Walking or running: 15. Playing in surf: 2. Sitting: 2. The warm weather brought lots of people to the shore at mile 181 today. It never seems crowded here as everyone is spread out as they walk the sand instead of grouping together. People stop if there's a log to sit on or interesting rocks to see.

Vehicles

Cars/trucks parking: 17.

Notable Wildlife

Seagulls, crabs.

Driftline Content

Small rocks, Shells, Animal casings (e.g., crab, shrimp molt). Feathers

New Development

Carl Washburn Day Use steps slightly obstructed with driftwood and logs.

Natural Changes

Erosion of vegetated foredune. Seasonal shifting sand.

Actions & Comments

A beautiful sunny day brought lots of cars to the parking lot at the Carl Washburne State Park Beach. The beach was less populated near the parking lot due to people walking to explore other places. I saw a couple pick up a paper cup, the only litter I could spot. The tide was coming up to the vegetated dune at night and smoothing out everything making for a wide flat expanse of sand. I couldn't actually find a difinite regular tide line with debris.

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Carl Washburne Beach

Looking south east at Blowout Creek

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Mile 181

Carl G. Washburne SP, Blowout Creek

June 14, 2024

I noticed 7 cars in the parking area in the Carl Washburne day use location. The high tides were coming all the way up the beach. The beach was clean with no litter observed. The sand was very flat with no sand dunes. The waves were about 3-5 feet I noticed a lack of kelp and seagrass on the beach.

Gordon Pollock

Mile 181

Carl G. Washburne SP, Blowout Creek

March 15, 2024

During a minus tide I noticed the sand was soaked with puddles and with wet logs scattered everywhere. There were places where hundreds of Velella jellyfish were observed on the sand.

Gordon Pollock