Mile 224 Report
Beverly Beach north, Johnson Creek
February 19, 2015
Beautiful day at the beach, cooler then the past few days have been.
Report Details
Beautiful day at the beach, cooler then the past few days have been. All dogs on beach under good control. I arrived at beach around 2:53 p.m., left the beach at 3:55 p.m. When I arrived, it was mostly sunny with clouds visible far offshore, one or two clouds overhead. When I left many more clouds had drifted in, some looking gray, and the sun was only occasionally visible."Garnet" sands much in evidence (garnets & other dark minerals visible). Walked barefoot for awhile, sand felt soft (clay sized particles?) underfoot rather then gritty & sandy. I don't know exactly what the tide level was, high tide today (at HMSC) was 12:18 p.m. & 9.8 feet, low tide at 6:40 p.m., -1.3. Tide was going out during my walk.
Human Activities
Number of people: 10. Number of dogs: 3. Walking or running: 7. Surfing: 1. Other Activities: One person sleeping. The man "rockhunting" was more likely cracking open rocks for fossils. There's a fossiliferous strata exposed in several locations on this mile.
Vehicles
Cars/trucks parking: 11. RVs/Buses parking: 1.
Notable Wildlife
None
Stranded Marine Mammals
2 carcasses of what looked like seals. Been dead for some time, bones visible, in one carcass several vertebrae were already separated from the rest of the carcass.
Dead Fish or Invertebrates
Just a few small crab shells/carapaces, might be leftover from molts.
Driftline Content
Animal casings (e.g., crab, shrimp molt), Marine debris (plastic, styrofoam, etc. washing in from the sea), Styrofoam, Wood pieces. Plastic bits, ranging in size from about 1/8" to 2.5", shapes from round to circular to flat oblong
Natural Changes
Visible retreat of solid bluff. small slides, ongoing bluff retreat
Actions & Comments
No action to take.
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Mile 224
Beverly Beach north, Johnson Creek
Sunny & warm day, with more people & dogs then I've seen in years on the beach, probably because of the heat wave in PDX, the Willamette Valley & so much of the US. In addition to walking the mile to do a Coastwatch report, I participated in a Surfrider day after the 4th beach trash pickup.
s hogg
Mile 224
Beverly Beach north, Johnson Creek
Low tide at Yaquina Bay was listed as 12:16 pm today, the north jetty & a headland, and probably about 8-10 miles separate YB from the beach at Otter Rock where my mile is located, I don't know how much those factors change (or not) the exact tide level when I stepped onto the beach this morning OR when I left, about noon. Overall a beautiful day on the beach, on my arrival there were probably 23 people (including surfers) on the beach, that number increased to the number I entered.
S hogg
Mile 224
Beverly Beach north, Johnson Creek
Very low tide this am, I have no idea what the exact tide level was so I didn't enter a number.
malachite
Mile 224
Beverly Beach north, Johnson Creek
Pleasant if chilly walk on the beach.
malachite
Mile 224
Beverly Beach north, Johnson Creek
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malachite
Mile 224
Beverly Beach north, Johnson Creek
Nice day for a walk on the beach, clean beach, saw 6 cyclists (one solo, I think the rest were more or less together), first time I've seen cyclists on this beach, have seen them off & on from the south jetty north to Lucky Gap access.
malachite
Mile 224
Beverly Beach north, Johnson Creek
Pretty day on the beach, I was on the beach when the tide was going out, my South Beach tide table indicates the low tide in SB was at 9:43 am & 1.
malachite
