Mile 206 - Seal Rock Wayside south, Elephant Rock, Hill Creek - August 2, 2014

Report Details

Lots of people out at Seal Rock state park. Very clean beach. The sea star population is much lower than it was but almost all of the sea stars I did find were healthy looking.

Conditions

Temperature: 60 F. Cloud Cover: Foggy. Wind Velocity: Moderate. Wind Direction: N. Tide Level: 1.6 feet.

Human Activities

Number of people: 60. Number of dogs: 4. Playing in sand: 5. Sitting: 5. Photography: 2. Tidepooling: 50.

Vehicles

Cars/trucks parking: 45.

Notable Wildlife

7 seals on an off shore rock, lots of gulls, cormorants, one black oyster catcher. SOME LIVE AND HEALTHY LOOKING SEA STARS!

Dead Fish or Invertebrates

noticed some sick sea stars in the middle of the mile, those at the south end looked healthy. Not many on the north end.

Driftline Content

Seaweeds and seagrass.

Actions & Comments

Back in June, I noticed what looked like a total removal of mussels and barnacles on the lower half of some of the rocks on the very north end of the mile. I took pictures at that time and sent them to the shellfish person with ODFW but never heard back. Today it didn't look like any more had been removed. I will include pictures.