Report Details

Drizzly but mild day; light breeze at about 8 mph. Very few people out, no dogs, but there were dog tracks. Very sparse wrack; debris in the high zone was mostly lumber, plastic bottles, and chunks of styrofoam. All the drift logs seem to have been pushed up very high, hugging the bluffs. There was a recently fallen/beached tree on the beach, but did not appear to have fallen locally: a fir which I couldn't identify with my PNW coast field guide -- needles like a Douglas fir, but bark like a Subalpine fir...made no sense. The most significant change this month is that a lot of the sand has retreated, and the rocks and rock formations are appearing again (see photos).

Conditions

Temperature: 50 F. Cloud Cover: Rain. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Wind Direction: SW. Tide Level: 0.5 feet.

Human Activities

Number of people: 5. Walking or running: 2. Surfing: 1.

Concerns

Apparent violations: none.

Vehicles

Cars/trucks parking: 2.

Notable Wildlife

just a few Western gulls, and one Great Blue Heron at the surfline.

Beached Birds

Total dead birds: 4. 3 Northern Fulmars, and 1 Western Grebe

Driftline Content

Small rocks. surf grass

Natural Changes

Sand is retreating, more rock exposed.

Report Images

Report Images

Share this post

All Mile 222 Reports

Showing 8 of 64 reports

decorative elemnt for a coastwatch report.

Mile 222

Moolack Beach N, Coal Creek, S of Wade Creek

July 2, 2023

A windy day without much to report; just the usual off-leash dogs (no shorebirds present to potentially be flushed) and trash.

FlaningamM

Mile 222

Moolack Beach N, Coal Creek, S of Wade Creek

April 2, 2023

Typical Oregon day, I saw hail, high wind, sun, and calm in the

FlaningamM

Mile 222

Moolack Beach N, Coal Creek, S of Wade Creek

February 11, 2023

Gorgeous but cold and windy day.

FlaningamM

Mile 222

Moolack Beach N, Coal Creek, S of Wade Creek

October 15, 2022

Peaceful, unsettlingly warm (for time of year) morning.

FlaningamM

decorative elemnt for a coastwatch report.

Mile 222

Moolack Beach N, Coal Creek, S of Wade Creek

September 25, 2022

Relatively high amount of people, mainly dogwalkers, out early for a pleasant Sunday morning trip to the beach.

FlaningamM

decorative elemnt for a coastwatch report.

Mile 222

Moolack Beach N, Coal Creek, S of Wade Creek

July 17, 2022

Very little water in Wade Creek.

222Tender

decorative elemnt for a coastwatch report.

Mile 222

Moolack Beach N, Coal Creek, S of Wade Creek

July 10, 2022

The beach fire close to vegetation, and somewhat close to access point was the main unusual concern to report, otherwise just the usual concern of trash.

FlaningamM

Mile 222

Moolack Beach N, Coal Creek, S of Wade Creek

May 30, 2022

Notable highlights: relatively small landslide at the mile's middle parking lot; large piece of shipping debris; large tree debris (unusual to see large natural or unnatural debris at this mile; the usual trash (though as usual, less than seen at miles 223 and 224 to the north); a bald eagle and barn swallows!

FlaningamM