Mile 181 Report
Carl G. Washburne SP, Blowout Creek
December 5, 2020
It seems a perfect storm of covid, high tides, floating logs, and restrictions on facilities has kept people from visiting mile 181 recently.
Report Details
It seems a perfect storm of covid, high tides, floating logs, and restrictions on facilities has kept people from visiting mile 181 recently. There's still a lot of sand near the walk up to the parking lot, but a steeper slope toward the ocean. The water comes all the way up unpredictably at medium tide. Fewer people usually means less human related issues like trash, fires, parties.
Conditions
Temperature: 50 F. Cloud Cover: Sunny. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Wind Direction: NE. Tide Level: 3.1 feet.
Human Activities
Number of people: 4. Number of dogs: 2. Walking or running: 4. Limited opening of bathrooms and campground area remains closed which means fewer people come to mile 181. The high tides and large waves also limit beach access and water covers the whole beach even before high tide.
Concerns
Disturbances: Shorebirds moving in response to humans/dogs
Vehicles
Cars/trucks parking: 7.
Notable Wildlife
Seagulls, crab.
Dead Fish or Invertebrates
no
Driftline Content
Small rocks, Animal casings (e.g., crab, shrimp molt), Wood pieces. Ground wood, foam.
New Development
no
Man-made Modifications
none
Actions & Comments
Rolling logs are a risk. Saw tracks from a log.
Walkup for 181
Logs at mile 181
Blowout Creek area
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Carl G. Washburne SP, Blowout Creek
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.
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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.
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