Report Details

Very windy day, with some strong gusts -- I watched a crow get blown backward as it tried to take off. I got sand in my eye (in spite of sunglasses over vision glasses) so I didn't venture too much into the drier areas. The dunes are developing, and most of the driftwood in the high zone is sand-covered. I was hoping to spot some of the "recently publicized" pyrosomes, but no luck; there was not much material of any kind in the recent wrack.(Just realized as I was filing this that my mile number is the same as the new apartment I moved into last month!)  :-)

Conditions

Temperature: 63 F. Cloud Cover: Cloudy. Wind Velocity: Moderate. Wind Direction: NW. Tide Level: 2.0 feet.

Human Activities

Number of people: 49. Number of dogs: 10. Walking or running: 39. Playing in surf: 1. Playing in sand: 4. Sitting: 2. Surfing: 3. My counts are ball park -- I may have recounted some and missed others. Most, but not all, of the people were on the south end of the mile near the wayside.

Vehicles

Cars/trucks parking: 12.

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).

Natural Changes

Dunes are building up. Little Creek has decreased in width from last visit, averaging 10-20' across, meandering through tide flats.

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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

decorative elemnt for a coastwatch report.

Mile 218

Agate Beach, State Wayside, Little Creek

November 12, 2018

Beautiful clear afternoon with no problems noticed.

Peacecoaster

decorative elemnt for a coastwatch report.

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

decorative elemnt for a coastwatch report.

Mile 218

Agate Beach, State Wayside, Little Creek

April 29, 2018

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

dderickson