Mile 220 - Yaquina Head north, Schooner Creek south - March 6, 2018

Report Details

The beach was clean of debris except for some scattered items coming in from the water. There were significant plastic pieces in the driftline along the sandy areas of the beach. Lots of rocks exposed today. There has been a great deal of erosion over the past year. There are places where recent slides have occured with debris and rocks at the bottom of the bluff. It was a beautiful March day with a nice low tide so there were more people on the beach than we normally see.

Conditions

Temperature: 48 F. Tide Level: 1.2 feet.

Human Activities

Number of people: 11. Number of dogs: 6. Walking or running: 11.

Vehicles

Cars/trucks parking: 5.

Driftline Content

Small rocks, Seaweeds and seagrass, Animal casings (e.g., crab, shrimp molt), Wood pieces, Marine debris (plastic, styrofoam, etc. washing in from the sea), Ocean-based debris (from fishing boats, ship trash, etc.).

Natural Changes

Major cracks appearing in bluffs, Newly exposed roots/trees falling, Erosion of vegetated foredune, Visible retreat of solid bluff.