Mile 220 - Yaquina Head north, Schooner Creek south - February 14, 2018

Report Details

A nice beach walk. Good weather (50F, calm breeze, mostly sunny) added to neutral tide (0.0ft. at 5:50PM) plus more sand this winter than usual on the beach.

Conditions

Temperature: 50 F. Cloud Cover: Cloudy. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Wind Direction: NW. Tide Level: 0.6 feet.

Human Activities

Number of people: 3. Number of dogs: 1. Walking or running: 3. Three persons and dog headed north of my entrance at 56th and Meander, while I headed South toward cliff.

Vehicles

Cars/trucks parking: 2.

Notable Wildlife

I really was trying to head toward Cascade cliff--but noticed with low tide some of the rocks. Lots of barnacles, mussels, however I didn't see any Sea Stars.

Driftline Content

Shells. Saw one dead Dungeness Crab (about 5 inch across), otherwise the wrack line was fairly clean of debris. I did pick up some plastic but is was scattered along the beach.

New Development

Drainage pipes. Erosion continues along the coast (sandstone and siltstone) with drainage pipes at the equivalent of NW 61st and NW 62nd street. Also erosion continues on the pathway down toward the beach from 57th and Meander.

Natural Changes

Landslides/major boulder falls. Sandstone and siltstone continue to erode.