Mile 222 Report
Moolack Beach N, Coal Creek, S of Wade Creek
January 8, 2022
This is my first CoastWatch report, and I hadn't seen the standard report form prior to my visit to mile 222, so I expect this report to be lacking compared to future ones.
Report Details
This is my first CoastWatch report, and I hadn't seen the standard report form prior to my visit to mile 222, so I expect this report to be lacking compared to future ones. I only walked the northern 1/2 mile, as the relatively high tide made it not safe to walk a narrowed beach/rock area. Generally speaking, the beach is fairly drastically different than 3 months ago, as there is much more exposed rock, and Wade Creek is larger and shifted south about 10-20 feet. No marine life seen, including no gulls, and no tide pool life. Moderate amount of trash, most noticeably styrofoam and plastic bottles (16 of the latter); found a couple interesting examples of man-made debris: boat rope/floats based out of the central California valley, and a plastic water bottle from China, bottled in 2018.
Conditions
Temperature: 39 F. Tide Level: 4.5 feet.
Human Activities
Number of people: 2.
Vehicles
Cars/trucks parking: 1.
Driftline Content
Small rocks, Seaweeds and seagrass, Wood pieces, Land-based debris (picnics, etc.), Styrofoam, Ocean-based debris (from fishing boats, ship trash, etc.).
Wade Creek
Looking north from about 1/3 mile south of Wade Creek
Looking North not quite 1/2 mile south of Wade Creek
Looking south from almost 1/2 mile south of Wade Creek
Debris from Asia
Debris from central California valley
Report Images
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