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What a beautiful, mild, sunny December afternoon! The dunes are flattening out, and piles of bull kelp dot the beach. I was surprised not to see any pyrosomes, which have been making the news lately by their unusual appearance on the northwest coast. I have seen them on Agate beach previously, as well as other beaches, but today they were absent, and it looked like the high King tide had cleared the beach of most of the wrack. As expected, many people were out enjoying what my husband used to call a "bonus" day. I stayed to enjoy a beautiful sunset.

Conditions

Temperature: 50 F. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Wind Direction: W. Tide Level: 7.0 feet.

Human Activities

Number of people: 26. Number of dogs: 6. Walking or running: 19. Playing in sand: 2. Sitting: 2. Surfing: 1. Other Activities: Bicycling -- 2.

Vehicles

Cars/trucks parking: 9.

Notable Wildlife

Notable ABSENCE of pyrosomes, which have been filling up most of the local beaches the past couple of weeks. I saw hundreds on Ona Beach just a few days prior, and wonder if the high King tide could have swept them off this beach on this day?

Beached Birds

Total dead birds: 1. Western grebe

Stranded Marine Mammals

Total stranded mammals: 1. California sea lion carcass about 1/4 mile south of north end, partly decomposed and scavenged.

Driftline Content

Small rocks, Seaweeds and seagrass, Shells, Animal casings (e.g., crab, shrimp molt), Wood pieces, Marine debris (plastic, styrofoam, etc. washing in from the sea). hydroids and octopus eggs

Natural Changes

Creek is high and wide

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Mile 218

Agate Beach, State Wayside, Little Creek

June 23, 2023

*** 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

June 22, 2019

I first attempted this survey on June 17.

dderickson

Mile 218

Agate Beach, State Wayside, Little Creek

March 16, 2019

The beach is flat, i.

dderickson

Mile 218

Agate Beach, State Wayside, Little Creek

December 6, 2018

Very few people on the beach; most of them arrived just prior to sunset (which was beautiful).

dderickson

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Mile 218

Agate Beach, State Wayside, Little Creek

November 12, 2018

Beautiful clear afternoon with no problems noticed.

Peacecoaster

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Mile 218

Agate Beach, State Wayside, Little Creek

September 11, 2018

Most of the people were at the north end of the beach.

dderickson

Mile 218

Agate Beach, State Wayside, Little Creek

June 21, 2018

A lot of people on the beach this evening -- hard to keep count!

dderickson

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Mile 218

Agate Beach, State Wayside, Little Creek

April 29, 2018

Better late than never -- I missed reporting in March!

dderickson