Mile 182 Report
Roosevelt Beach, Ponsler SW, China Creek, Big Creek
November 15, 2021
China creek and Big creek with large amounts of water in them due to recent rainfall.
Report Details
China creek and Big creek with large amounts of water in them due to recent rainfall. There are numerous pieces of jellyfish everywhere due to recent ruff seas. There continues to be undercutting of the dune on Muriel Ponsler.I will attach photos.
Conditions
Temperature: 60 F. Cloud Cover: Cloudy. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Wind Direction: SW. Tide Level: 4.0 feet.
Activities
Number of people: 17. Number of dogs: 6. Walking or running: 10. Sitting: 3.
Vehicles
Cars/trucks parking: 11.
Notable Wildlife
100 sea gulls in Bigg Creek.
Dead Fish or Invertebrates
Unusual concentration. Pieces of dead jellyfish everywhere in the rack line
Wrackline Content
Seaweeds and seagrass, Styrofoam.
Natural Changes
Visible retreat of solid bluff. Both creeks have large amount of water due to much rainfall. Big creek had a wave in it!
Piece of dune washed out Muriel Ponsler
Piece of jellyfish in wrack line
Retreating dune Muriel Ponsler below the picnic area
Many resting gulls in Big Creek.
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23 people walking, rock hounding on the beaches.
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Numerous people walking the beaches of Roosevelt and Muriel Ponsler.
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A dead Humback whales tale near big creek.
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This was a minus tide leaving pools of water on the beach.
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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
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Roosevelt Beach, Ponsler SW, China Creek, Big Creek
Tide six feet with a few sneaker waves.
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