Mile 212 Report
Holiday Beach north, Moore Creek, Grant Creek
October 19, 2020
Sunny Low wind, Dead kelp crab, Mola,Sunfish.
Report Details
Sunny Low wind, Dead kelp crab, Mola,Sunfish. occasional Heron and shorebirds (long billed curlew)
Conditions
Temperature: 57 F. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Wind Direction: SW. Tide Level: 5.0 feet.
Human Activities
Number of people: 15. Number of dogs: 5. Walking or running: 2. Playing in surf: 3. Playing in sand: 8. Sitting: 8. Surfing: 5. Fishing: 1.
Concerns
Disturbances: Shorebirds moving in response to humans/dogs
Vehicles
Cars/trucks parking: 17.
Dead Fish or Invertebrates
immature Common Mola Ocean Sunfish
Driftline Content
Seaweeds and seagrass, Marine debris (plastic, styrofoam, etc. washing in from the sea), Ocean-based debris (from fishing boats, ship trash, etc.).
Natural Changes
Landslides/major boulder falls, Major cracks appearing in bluffs.
Blue Heron
Cliff Erosion 200ft South of Grant Creek
Cliff Erosion 200ft South of Grant Creek
Northern Kelp Crab Pugettia producta
long billed shorebird Common Curlew
Immature Ocean Sunfish (Mola Mola)
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.
PhilBSB
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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