Mile 218 - Agate Beach, State Wayside, Little Creek - June 21, 2018

Report Details

A lot of people on the beach this evening -- hard to keep count! Along the tide line were large numbers of small dead mole crabs, and one pyrosome (that I saw), plus scattered beached/bleached Velella velella among the sparse drift. An unusual fine (to me) were whelk egg cases (see photo). Dunes are building up. The water level in the creek seems low: some spots just 10'-12' wide, and no deeper than just above the ankle. The "resident"(?) great blue heron made an appearance, as usual. Mostly cloudy, but the clouds did break up toward the end of my time on the beach.

Conditions

Temperature: 60 F. Cloud Cover: Cloudy. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Wind Direction: NW. Tide Level: 4.0 feet.

Human Activities

Number of people: 59. Number of dogs: 8. Walking or running: 30. Playing in surf: 10. Sitting: 14. Photography: 1. Surfing: 4.

Vehicles

Cars/trucks parking: 15.

Driftline Content

Small rocks, Seaweeds and seagrass, Shells, Animal casings (e.g., crab, shrimp molt), Wood pieces. The types of seaweeds were wireweed sargassum, feather boa kelp, eelgrass, rockweed, and kelp. There was also a cluster of whelk egg cases.