Mile 220 Report
Yaquina Head north, Schooner Creek south
May 16, 2022
A nice day to walk the beach.
Report Details
A nice day to walk the beach. With few winter storms, Starfish Beach (the old name on older maps) is full of sand.
Conditions
Temperature: 52 F. Cloud Cover: Cloudy. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Tide Level: -2.3 feet.
Human Activities
Number of people: 7. Number of dogs: 2. Walking or running: 6. Fishing: 1. The 2 cars were at the NW 68th Street parking lot.
Vehicles
Notable Wildlife
Although it is breeding season at the "islands" at Yaquina Head only about 50 birds were on beach
Driftline Content
Seaweeds and seagrass, Animal casings (e.g., crab, shrimp molt). Other than some kelp and a few dungeness molts the beach was clean sand. There was also almost no microplastics.
Natural Changes
Erosion happens, so probably all of the above BUT not documented with exact photos or measurements. In several places small rocks have eroded from the cliffwall onto the beach. And in photo notes I have included some of the length of the exposed pipes.
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Schooner South's cliffs/bluffs continue to erode.
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New sign up at the Schooner South beach access off 68th St warning of Contaminated waters.
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No clouds in the sky, what a day on 220!
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Continued changes on 220 due to the rains, high tides and normal loss of sand in winter.
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Including photos of a black plastic pipe sticking out of Mile 220 bluff and odd milky fluid coming out of bluff and over rocks.
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