Mile 184 - N of Ocean Beach Picnic Area, S of Squaw Creek - February 9, 2021

Report Details

It was a great afternoon on Ocean Beach. Today saw a 9.5 ft. difference from high tide to low tide making this trip to the beach quite dramatic. The storms and high tides have exposed numerous rock fields and formations on the beach, more than I have observed since reporting on this beach. Lots of people rock hunting for agates, jasper and petrified wood. I observed one crab boat moving up and down the length of the beach. Also, the stairs from Oregon Homes have collapsed onto the beach. The waterfalls are all flowing and the resulting flows are carving up the sand on the way to the ocean. I noted several exposed large rock formations especially on the north end of the beach. Amazingly, there is very little driftwood left on the beach. A small pile is still located on the north end of the beach but nothing like I noted during the King Tides.

Conditions

Temperature: 48 F. Cloud Cover: Partly Cloudy. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Wind Direction: NW. Tide Level: 4.7 feet.

Human Activities

Number of people: 21. Number of dogs: 4. Walking or running: 2. Sitting: 2. Tidepooling: 2. A great day on Ocean Beach. The warm weather, light winds and sunshine brought lots of people to the beach to rock hunt.

Vehicles

Cars/trucks parking: 13.

Driftline Content

Small rocks, Shells. On this visit, I did not observe any plastics in the debris line.