Mile 181 - Carl G. Washburne SP, Blowout Creek - July 1, 2012

Report Details

Unusually flat sea. Found a piece of foam with broken copper pipe and plastic pipe...perhaps from a boat, but was clean, nothing clinging to it...Picked up a full grocery bag full of pieces of foam...only 2 bottles...

Conditions

Cloud Cover: Cloudy. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Wind Direction: NW. Tide Level: 2.0 feet.

Human Activities

Number of people: 20. Number of dogs: 3. Walking or running: 5. Playing in sand: 4. Sitting: 3. Photography: 2. 1 family that ended their day by walking back across creek to Murial Ponsler5 that appeared to come from Hobbit There were 5 cars there when we drove past and 3 when we departed; some left and others arrived during our walkI seemed to be the only one picking up garbage

Vehicles

Cars/trucks parking: 5.

Beached Birds

a first

Driftline Content

Animal casings (e.g., crab, shrimp molt), Marine debris (plastic, styrofoam, etc. washing in from the sea), Small rocks, Styrofoam. There was more styrofoam than usual but was breaking up from a 2' long 8" diameter float

Natural Changes

Newly exposed roots/trees falling.

McKimens

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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

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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