Mile 195 - South San Marine Beach, Starr Creek - June 12, 2007

Report Details

Glorious sunny, calm day; many people out walking 804 Trail. Six dogs, on/off leash, well-attended to. Part of the old forest floor was revealed at low tide - Amazing! Several small-diameter stumps sticking up from what I thought was a rocky bed.

Conditions

Temperature: 55 F. Cloud Cover: Sunny. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Tide Level: 3.0 feet.

Human Activities

Number of people: 20. Number of dogs: 6. Walking or running: 14. Playing in surf: 4. Other Activities: 1 Bicycling, 1 Whale watching.

Vehicles

Cars/trucks parking: 3.

Driftline Content

Seaweeds and seagrass.

Man-made Modifications

New riprap or shoreline protection structures. Large amount of small rock, possible riprap, between Silver Surf Motel and Starr Creek

Actions & Comments

For the past year, there have always been a lot of rocks piled near the motel, but this time it seemed that there were many more, or more were revealed this time. A bicyclist asked me if there were always this many rocks here, then "warned" me that the beach had better be less rocky for an upcoming bike race!

oceanloonie

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Mile 195

South San Marine Beach, Starr Creek

June 30, 2024

This is my first walk and report since losing my canine companion, Westly, over a year ago. The only important observation in this report is tire tracks from illegal driving on the beach.

WetWabbit

Mile 195

South San Marine Beach, Starr Creek

January 11, 2024

Walking north oh Wayside Lodge I saw 15 or so dead Black Turnstone. That was the only species of bird that was dead. Lots of plastic bottles that I picked up.

Mary Beth Bonte