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I was on the mile from 5:40 am to about 8 am. There were two cars and three people enjoying the beach near Cummins Creek. I was fortunate enough to see an octopus, a pair of oystercatchers, a river otter, and several apparently reproductive pile worms (Nereis or something like it) on the beach. The main thing of interest in the sea wrack was an abundance of drift Postelsia. I didn't notice any recent man-made or natural changes.

Conditions

Cloud Cover: Foggy. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Tide Level: -2.7 feet.

Human Activities

Number of people: 3. Walking or running: 2. Tidepooling: 1. Other Activities: One person was casually looking around the rocks at intertidal life (not really tidepooling, but that's how I recorded it). The other two, just a brief foray down to the beach, standing around with no clear intent (they weren't really walking, but that's how I recorded it).. The parking lot at Gwynn Creek was empty when I arrived at 5:40 am; the parking lot at Cummins Creek had two cars in it besides mine when I arrived there at 6:40 am. There were three people on the beach over on the Cummins Creek side. One was looking at intertidal life on the rocks and the other two were together. The pair made a brief trip down to the beach where they weren't doing much of anything except looking around.

Concerns

Apparent violations: none.

Vehicles

Cars/trucks parking: 2.

Notable Wildlife

I saw an octopus (photo attached) in a sand-filled pool over on the Gwynn Creek side. That was a treat. There were a pair of oystercatchers over on the rocks and on the sand just south of Cummins Creek. And I surprised a river otter at the farthest south point I could make along the beach, which is shy of the southern point of the mile. One other interesting thing I saw was quite a few pile worms (Nereis or something like it) on the beach. Some of them were in high color with swollen bodies (photo attached), suggesting something to do with reproduction was going on.

Beached Birds

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Stranded Marine Mammals

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Dead Fish or Invertebrates

Didn't notice any dead fish or invertebrates except a starfish stranded, upside down on the sand

Driftline Content

Seaweeds and seagrass, Animal casings (e.g., crab, shrimp molt). Lots of drift Postelsia, Dungeness crab molts, and one Pistaster stranded upside down on the sand. I wasn't keeping careful track of sea wrack

New Development

I didn't notice any new development

Man-made Modifications

I didn't notice any man-made modifications

Natural Changes

There is erosion along parts of the mile, but I didn't notice changes

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Small octopus
Cummins Creek, June 25, 2021
Nereis (or something like it), June 25, 2021

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Mile 189

Gwynn Cr, Neptune SP / North access, Cummins Cr

May 24, 2023

All in all a beautiful low tide day with very little debris on the beach.

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Mile 189

Gwynn Cr, Neptune SP / North access, Cummins Cr

July 17, 2022

Beautiful mostly sunny morning with wide open sandy beach due to minus tide.

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Mile 189

Gwynn Cr, Neptune SP / North access, Cummins Cr

January 14, 2022

Quiet, calm day with minimal human activity, and little changes to beach or litter.

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Mile 189

Gwynn Cr, Neptune SP / North access, Cummins Cr

June 25, 2021

I was on the mile from 5:40 am to about 8 am.

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Mile 189

Gwynn Cr, Neptune SP / North access, Cummins Cr

June 14, 2021

Graffiti covered up.

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Mile 189

Gwynn Cr, Neptune SP / North access, Cummins Cr

February 9, 2021

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Mile 189

Gwynn Cr, Neptune SP / North access, Cummins Cr

July 29, 2020

Very busy with people and dogs, but beach still clean and no major problems.

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Mile 189

Gwynn Cr, Neptune SP / North access, Cummins Cr

March 16, 2020

Someone/organization has painted over the grafitti that had been sprayed all over the retaining wall under the freeway at the Gwynn Creek culvert (just north of the north Neptune Beach parking lot).

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