March 19, 2017

Temperature: 48 F. Cloud Cover: Sunny. Wind Velocity: Moderate. Wind Direction: N. Tide Level: 4.5 feet.

Number of people: 29. Number of dogs: 7. Walking or running: 18. Playing in surf: 2. Fishing: 1. Other Activities: 1 child on bicycle. Many more people were on beach than I have seen before. Beach has greatly changed since I began walking it in August, 2016. It is gently sloping from cliff to ocean; mud and standing water have disappeared.

I observed a seal lion carcass on March 6, the last time I walked the beach before the date of this report. I have observed three sea lion carcasses since I began walking mile 211 last August.

Not fish, but small finger-sized white/translucent dead marine animals.

Small rocks, Seaweeds and seagrass, Shells, Animal casings (e.g., crab, shrimp molt), Wood pieces, Land-based debris (picnics, etc.). Many small plastic pieces, but not sure they qualify as "pellets". The oddest thing in the driftline is a picnic table with attached benches, partly buried in the sand and partially covered in gooseneck barnacles. I observed the same table (I believe) on March 6, but the table had moved 40 feet closer to cliffs by 3/19, still upright and partially buried in sand.

Landslides/major boulder falls. Large field of small rocks and stones appeared since 3/06. Large sections of rock have appeared which were formerly covered by sand. Large boulder-sized rocks have fallen from cliffs in several places.