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What a sunny, relatively warm and no wind day it turned out to be.  Terrain and conditions much different from Jan. 3rd ( a King Tide day). Able to walk the entire beach. A little bit of human debris (small pieces styrofoam and only at by the South Jetty part of the beach ) but really a VERY clean beach. Wood debris, pretty clear, except for the large pieces that tend to stay, a few wood creations due to human activity, make shift benches and a castle type structure, built out of the debris.   No beached birds (dead) or marine mammals along the entire mile observed.  Only observed 6 gull feathers spread out on the entire mile. Pretty clean beach. Human activity consisted of 17 people (7 walking,6 surfers and 4 people fishing ( only counting those on the the beach side of the jetty) 5 dogs. A flock of appx 30 sanderlings on the south access point of south beach and a flock of about the same on  the north access point....both at the surf line. No gulls or other birds in the air, no sign of marine mammals.

Conditions

Temperature: 49 F. Tide Level: 9.2 feet.

Human Activities

Number of people: 17. Number of dogs: 5. Walking or running: 7. Surfing: 6. Fishing: 4. Access Point South Jetty

Vehicles

Cars/trucks parking: 23.

Driftline Content

Animal casings (e.g., crab, shrimp molt), Styrofoam.

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Wood Debris furthest north of mile
Wood debris North starting point
Surfer walking up North access point of South Jetty
Middle of the mile
Middle of the mile
Log showing Southern point of the South Beach mile
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February 4, 2023

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South Beach SP, South Jetty Yaquina River

December 31, 2022

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