Mile 218 Report
Agate Beach, State Wayside, Little Creek
August 17, 2008
Quite a heavy marine layer and fog rolling in along with lightning and thunder rumblings.
Report Details
Quite a heavy marine layer and fog rolling in along with lightning and thunder rumblings. The air was so charged that our hair was full of static and scalp was buzzing. Probably was a sign we should not be on the beach.We were taking part along with about 15 others in a scavenger hunt lead by Skye Moody. Everyone collected lots of ocean and human debris-plastic, rope, flotsam, a syringe, broken glass, clothes, a piece of fish jawbone with 4 teeth in it, landscape cloth, rusted cans and so on. Not so much flotsam but the mile got a good clean up by the group. Lots of fun.
Conditions
Temperature: 63 F. Cloud Cover: Cloudy. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Tide Level: 0.0 feet.
Human Activities
Number of people: 40. Number of dogs: 3. Walking or running: 20. Playing in sand: 6. Other Activities: Wedding on the beach.
Concerns
Litter
Disturbances: Shorebirds moving in response to humans/dogs
Vehicles
Beached Birds
Total dead birds: 2.
Dead Fish or Invertebrates
full skeleton sea lion (clean bones)among the dunes towards the creeklooks like it was brought in on the last storm surge or was uncovered by shifting dunes.
Driftline Content
Animal casings (e.g., crab, shrimp molt), Animal casings (e.g., crab, shrimp molt), Land-based debris (picnics, etc.), Ocean-based debris (from fishing boats, ship trash, etc.), Marine debris (plastic, styrofoam, etc. washing in from the sea), Styrofoam. see comments
Natural Changes
Too foggy to see much of anything that day
Actions & Comments
Summer dune formation in full swing. Drifts up to at least 5 feet. The wave energy buoy convoy was in place for over a week. Haven't seen as many whales migrating north this season. Did see a mother and a calf. The calf was having a great time jumping and fluking. At first I thought it was a pod of dolphin. Side note: 8/23/08 just a bit south of Moolack Beach access a dead but fully intact shark about 2 feet long at the water line. Not good on identification and didn't have my camera with me. Quite an impressive specimen.
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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
Mile 218
Agate Beach, State Wayside, Little Creek
Very few people on the beach; most of them arrived just prior to sunset (which was beautiful).
dderickson
Mile 218
Agate Beach, State Wayside, Little Creek
Beautiful clear afternoon with no problems noticed.
Peacecoaster
Mile 218
Agate Beach, State Wayside, Little Creek
Most of the people were at the north end of the beach.
dderickson
Mile 218
Agate Beach, State Wayside, Little Creek
A lot of people on the beach this evening -- hard to keep count!
dderickson
Mile 218
Agate Beach, State Wayside, Little Creek
Better late than never -- I missed reporting in March!
dderickson