Mile 216 Report
Newport, Nye Beach south
May 6, 2007
Mass stranding of by-the-wind sailors (Velella velella).
Report Details
Mass stranding of by-the-wind sailors (Velella velella). This event may be continuous with the 5/4/2007 stranding. The corpses appear fresh and recently stranded. They aren't just the remains of earlier wash-ups.
Conditions
Temperature: 54 F. Cloud Cover: Cloudy. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Wind Direction: W. Tide Level: 0.0 feet.
Dead Fish or Invertebrates
Unusual concentration. Massive stranding of by-the-wind sailors (Velella velella) in very dense broad bands parallel to the shoreline and roughly mid-beach relative to the current tide level. Though small (
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