Mile 187 - Neptune SP, Bob Creek, Gwynn Knoll - June 15, 2018

Report Details

A beautiful day with a very low tide. There were certainly more photographers out this day than on other occasions. Upon returning to the parking lot from my walk the lot was at max capacity for cars.

Conditions

Temperature: 55 F. Cloud Cover: Partly Cloudy. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Tide Level: -1.5 feet.

Human Activities

Number of people: 6. Photography: 3. Tidepooling: 1. One person who was exploring the tide pools was smoking and while it was outdoors, I noticed two other individuals make faces when they came near him and smelled the smoke.

Vehicles

Cars/trucks parking: 4.

Beached Birds

Total dead birds: 1.

Driftline Content

Small rocks, Seaweeds and seagrass, Shells, Animal casings (e.g., crab, shrimp molt), Wood pieces. There was surprisingly little human debris in the driftline area. There was more kelp and algae than I've noticed on previous visits, both in quantity and in diversity of types.

Natural Changes

The initial area closest to the parking lot was made up of larger rocks and stones and created rolling hillls of these stones, which I saw one person slide down a little bit when he lost his footing.