Mile 182 Report
Roosevelt Beach, Ponsler SW, China Creek, Big Creek
May 22, 2020
People with several dogs walking and rock hounding around China creek and Big creek.
Report Details
People with several dogs walking and rock hounding around China creek and Big creek.Lots of dead baby crabs in the wrack line. Much less or hardly any trash or plastic seen today. Continued erosion of sand dunes an d cliff walls on Muriel Ponsler.
Conditions
Temperature: 60 F. Cloud Cover: Cloudy. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Wind Direction: SW. Tide Level: 0.5 feet.
Human Activities
Number of people: 11. Number of dogs: 4. Walking or running: 7. People social distancing from each other.People looking for rocks in China creek and Big creek
Vehicles
Driftline Content
Seaweeds and seagrass, Shells, Animal casings (e.g., crab, shrimp molt). Baby crabs, sand fleas, 1 big log on Muriel Ponsler, medium gravel
Natural Changes
Visible retreat of solid bluff.
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Mile 182
Roosevelt Beach, Ponsler SW, China Creek, Big Creek
The wrack line contained feathers, rocks, pieces of shells, a piece of rope, a piece of foam and a piece of a float. There is evidence of waves under cutting the bushes on the dune, retreat of the dunes and wave over topping.
Mary James
Mile 182
Roosevelt Beach, Ponsler SW, China Creek, Big Creek
Tide six feet with a few sneaker waves.
Heron/James
Mile 182
Roosevelt Beach, Ponsler SW, China Creek, Big Creek
The entry way to Muriel Ponsler has been enhanced by a load of gravel that was placed in the entry way ditch. There were a lot of sand filling in the beach which is usual in the summer.
James/Heron
Mile 182
Roosevelt Beach, Ponsler SW, China Creek, Big Creek
A lot of people on the beach today backpacking, rock hounding, playing and picnicking on the beach. There was one large piece of fiberglass on the beach.
James/Heron
Mile 182
Roosevelt Beach, Ponsler SW, China Creek, Big Creek
The entry way to Carl Washburn heading towards China Creek was very slippery with mud and by the wind sailor jellyfish.
Mary James
Mile 182
Roosevelt Beach, Ponsler SW, China Creek, Big Creek
A lot of rocks on the beach.
Mary James
Mile 182
Roosevelt Beach, Ponsler SW, China Creek, Big Creek
21 people on the beach today. Continued erosion off the bottom of the cliffs.
Mary James
Mile 182
Roosevelt Beach, Ponsler SW, China Creek, Big Creek
As I entered the beach and walked toward China creek I saw a dead common murre in the wrack line.
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