Mile 208 Report
Ona Beach, south of Beaver Creek
April 28, 2020
The cliff erosion is significant.
Report Details
The cliff erosion is significant. One in particular is almost up to the house.
Conditions
Temperature: 56 F. Cloud Cover: Foggy. Tide Level: -0.1 feet.
Human Activities
Number of people: 13. Number of dogs: 3. Walking or running: 9. Playing in sand: 3. Fishing: 1. everyone was observing social distancing with those not related
Vehicles
Cars/trucks parking: 12.
Driftline Content
Seaweeds and seagrass, Shells, Animal casings (e.g., crab, shrimp molt).
New Development
Steps down bluff. not sure how new this access is as I haven't been on 208 for almost a year
Natural Changes
Landslides/major boulder falls, Erosion of vegetated foredune, Visible retreat of solid bluff.
Actions & Comments
The erosion as shown in the photos is likely from this year's storms. Could be from 2018 as I did not walk 208 that year, but I think the debris is more recent.
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The cliff erosion is significant.
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Photos show how high the surf got.
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Not much happening on this beach except human invasive use (driving on beach)
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Ona beach is now buried in sand - come winter this will be pulled off again.
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Most notable is the extent to which large chuncks of the cliff have worked loose.
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First beach visit after the major storm surges.
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