Mile 211 Report
Lost Creek Wayside north, Holiday Beach south
September 23, 2008
My usual beach access trail at LawrenSea OceansideMotel is now blocked by fence & locked gate.
Report Details
My usual beach access trail at LawrenSea OceansideMotel is now blocked by fence & locked gate. Iused alternate beach access trail located about 1/4 mile south of Motel. Beach was very clean (last Sat was SOLV beach cleanup day). The beach was flat and sandy with no cobble or basalt or rooted cypress tree trunks visible as in past reports. Quite a bit of bluff erosion was noted, but this is normal for this beach mile.
Conditions
Temperature: 66 F. Cloud Cover: Sunny. Wind Velocity: Moderate. Wind Direction: N. Tide Level: -4.0 feet.
Human Activities
Number of people: 6. Number of dogs: 1. Walking or running: 6.
Vehicles
Cars/trucks parking: 3.
Notable Wildlife
Soaring eagle near Thiel Creek
Beached Birds
Total dead birds: 1. Western Gull
Driftline Content
Small rocks.
Natural Changes
Visible retreat of solid bluff.
Gibsjerry
CoastWatcher
All Mile 211 Reports
Mile 211
Lost Creek Wayside north, Holiday Beach south
Erosion in the face of the embankment continues, including new large boulder falls.
Chad101
Mile 211
Lost Creek Wayside north, Holiday Beach south
Relatively large number of people (for mile 211) were enjoying the beach on a sunny, inviting day.
Chad101
Mile 211
Lost Creek Wayside north, Holiday Beach south
Fairly big crowd for mile 211 on a foggy June 21, most of the people as usual near the beach access at Lost Creek Wayside.
Chad101
Mile 211
Lost Creek Wayside north, Holiday Beach south
My last previous report was at the end of 2019, but the changes over the last year are typical of Mile 211, including rockslides or boulder falls, rockfields covering parts of the beach, and a new drainage pipe.
Chad101
Mile 211
Lost Creek Wayside north, Holiday Beach south
More than 10 previously unobserved drainage pipes in places with already existing pipes.
Chad101
Mile 211
Lost Creek Wayside north, Holiday Beach south
I tried to pick up and carry back to trash collection area all plastic pieces I found larger than 1 square inch, but for every piece I picked up there were at least 100 smaller pieces, a great increase over the amount of plastic just a few years ago.
Chad101
Mile 211
Lost Creek Wayside north, Holiday Beach south
The contour of the beach has changed again so that there are numerous patches of standing water at the base of the embankment.
Chad101
Mile 211
Lost Creek Wayside north, Holiday Beach south
Most of the people were within 100 yards of the Lost Creek beach access.
Chad101