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Reports from OSU researchers.. earliest ever start date for upwelling and evidence of great productivity offshore. large schools of bait fish, with large pod of dolphins and killer whales in the area. Also sighting of sea birds from Antarctic which is very rare. Productivity may impact our beaches with sea foam. Sand is returning and starting to cover extensive cobble bed that attracted rock hounds. Wreaths from fleet of flowers has washed in on my mile in great numbers. Disintegration has started and will soon be gone.

Conditions

Temperature: 60 F. Cloud Cover: Sunny. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Wind Direction: NW. Tide Level: 3.0 feet.

Vehicles

Cars/trucks parking: 1.

Driftline Content

bouquets from fleet of flowers (no plastics) washed up in largenumbers, is now disintegrating. 2 plastic water bottles

Natural Changes

Landslides/major boulder falls. approx 50 - 80 foot cliff has torn apart from main cliff by surfland parking lot has not toppled onto the beach yet

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Henderson Creek, South Beach SP south

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Sunny day except in an area of the Southshore neighborhood, where fog kept it cool.

Julia/Paul

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Henderson Creek, South Beach SP south

April 24, 2024

This time I concentrated on the area south of Henderson Creek where there is more activity. Photo submitted, & will be the last one. Beach was quite clean and probably because of the beach clean-up activities the previous Saturday.

Julia/Paul

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Henderson Creek, South Beach SP south

October 31, 2023

Lovely sunny day with little wind.

PaulJulia

decorative elemnt for a coastwatch report.

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Henderson Creek, South Beach SP south

May 10, 2023

A pleasant day on the beach at very low tide which exposed one large tidal pool which hadn't seen before.

PaulJulia

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Henderson Creek, South Beach SP south

July 6, 2022

PaulJulia

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Henderson Creek, South Beach SP south

January 23, 2022

Beach access previously had been closed for reconstruction.

PaulJulia

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Henderson Creek, South Beach SP south

March 2, 2021

We usually access the beach via an entry at Surfland which hasn't been easy in the past.

PaulJulia

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Henderson Creek, South Beach SP south

January 14, 2021

Morning after severe king tides along South Beach, OR.

hancherclan