Mile 212 Report
Holiday Beach north, Moore Creek, Grant Creek
August 12, 2020
Report Details
Conditions
Temperature: 60 F. Cloud Cover: Partly Cloudy. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Wind Direction: NW. Tide Level: 1.4 feet.
Human Activities
Number of people: 31. Number of dogs: 8. Walking or running: 10. Playing in surf: 6. Playing in sand: 5. Sitting: 4. Surfing: 6.
Concerns
Disturbances: Shorebirds moving in response to humans/dogs
Vehicles
Cars/trucks parking: 53. RVs/Buses parking: 4.
Driftline Content
Seaweeds and seagrass, Animal casings (e.g., crab, shrimp molt). 1 Face Mask blue paper
Natural Changes
Landslides/major boulder falls.
Report Images
dougdawson
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Holiday Beach north, Moore Creek, Grant Creek
Biggest feature is the along-shore trough near the shore where base material is currently exposed.
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Holiday Beach north, Moore Creek, Grant Creek
A new house is being built just south of Grant Creek near an unstable portion of the bluff (picture attached). A new railing installed along a section of riprap (picture attached). A large rock field is exposed along this section (picture attached). Several small slide/slough areas apparent associated with the rains earlier in the month.
Phil Barbour
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Holiday Beach north, Moore Creek, Grant Creek
A few small slumps and sloughs in the past few months.
PhilBSB
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Holiday Beach north, Moore Creek, Grant Creek
New sections of beach cliff slides
dougdawson
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Holiday Beach north, Moore Creek, Grant Creek
Two locations with various degrees of erosion.
PhilBSB
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Holiday Beach north, Moore Creek, Grant Creek
A few new drainage pipes and a new cement walkway onto the beach at the south end of the Surfland development.
PhilBSB
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Holiday Beach north, Moore Creek, Grant Creek
Huge Sand erosion centered around South Beach Day use area.
dougdawson