Mile 218 Report
Agate Beach, State Wayside, Little Creek
August 30, 2025
As part of an annual Coast Watch Volunteer Celebration, seven participants walked Mile 218 together on a busy and beautiful day on the beach.
Report Details
As part of an annual Coast Watch Volunteer Celebration, seven participants walked Mile 218 together on a busy and beautiful day on the beach. Five participants completed a Nurdle Report (https://nurdlepatrol.org/home), and found 68 nurdles in 2 minutes. Notable observations included diverse jellyfish and seaweed in the wrack line, a dead, headless harbor seal, many beachgoers doing a variety of activities, and more.
Conditions
Temperature: 60 F. Cloud Cover: Partly Cloudy. Wind Velocity: Moderate. Tide Level: 5 feet.
Human Activities
Number of people: 201. Number of dogs: 14. Walking or running: 201. Sitting: 201. Surfing: 9. Other Activities: Using metal detectors on sand.
Beached Birds
Total dead birds: 1. common murre
Stranded Marine Mammals
Total stranded mammals: 1. harbor seal -dead-south end of mile.
Dead Fish or Invertebrates
Unusual concentration. jellyfish, diverse species, including Lion's Mane, moon jelly, and more.
Driftline Content
Large amounts and diverse seaweed species found in wrack line. Five participants completed a Nurdle Report (https://nurdlepatrol.org/home), and found 68 nurdles in 2 minutes.
Jelly observations
Piece of a lion's mane jelly with card for scale
Dead Common Murre with card for scale
Dead harbor seal with card for scale
Nurdles collected
People metal detecting
Report Images
Coast Watch Volunteer Celebration
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Mile 218
Agate Beach, State Wayside, Little Creek
As part of an annual Coast Watch Volunteer Celebration, seven participants walked Mile 218 together on a busy and beautiful day on the beach.
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Mile 218
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We saw snowy plover dad and babies.
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The tide was going out and the beach started to get more human traffic.
siletzbiology
Mile 218
Agate Beach, State Wayside, Little Creek
We had a few people ask us what we were doing.
siletzbiology
Mile 218
Agate Beach, State Wayside, Little Creek
*** Watch Note *** This is my first documentation of Mile 218 (Agate Beach) and I will use today's report as a baseline for reporting future changes.
Darlynd
Mile 218
Agate Beach, State Wayside, Little Creek
I first attempted this survey on June 17.
dderickson
