Report Details

Pleasant walk on the mile, very little litter, saw 5 whimbrels, pelicans fishing offshore (unusual # of birds). Walk ended in heavy rain, thunder & lightning.

Conditions

Temperature: 50 F. Cloud Cover: Cloudy. Wind Velocity: Moderate. Wind Direction: SW. Tide Level: 3.0 feet.

Human Activities

Number of people: 3. Number of dogs: 1. Walking or running: 3. Other Activities: talking on cellphone continuously (!). Saw about 5-7 more people just south of mile, walking onto beach from the state campground at Beverly Beach.

Concerns

Apparent violations: none noted.

Vehicles

Cars/trucks parking: 7.

Notable Wildlife

5 whimbrels, a few crows. 5-9 pelicans seen flying & fishing offshore. Unusual number of birds on beach (usually birdless).

Dead Fish or Invertebrates

Saw dead molecrabs, whole, in bits, mostly in driftline. Some small dead crabs too.

Driftline Content

Wood pieces. see above, dead molecrabs, dead juvenile crabs, very few plastic bits noted

Man-made Modifications

new planting of shorepines & probably some ground cover on slope running up to new bridge

Natural Changes

no new erosional features noted

Actions & Comments

When I was about 2/3s of the way back to my starting point (stairway down to beach), I began to hear thunder & it started to rain. The dog I was with is scared of thunder. By the time, I reached the stairs, it was raining hard, I'd seen some lightning and the thunder had moved closer. Stairway has many steps (90 or so). Still raining hard, thundering & lightning by the time I reached my car. Not much wind accompanied the thunder/lightning & heavy rain.Unusual finish to a walk on my mile.

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Mile 224

Beverly Beach north, Johnson Creek

July 5, 2024

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

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Mile 224

Beverly Beach north, Johnson Creek

March 16, 2024

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

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Beverly Beach north, Johnson Creek

July 22, 2023

Lovely day on the beach.

malachite

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Beverly Beach north, Johnson Creek

July 22, 2023

Very low tide this am, I have no idea what the exact tide level was so I didn't enter a number.

malachite

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Beverly Beach north, Johnson Creek

April 3, 2023

Pleasant if chilly walk on the beach.

malachite

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Beverly Beach north, Johnson Creek

March 11, 2023

Quite a dynamic winter on this mile, more erosion noted, and a moderate sized slide seen on the mile.

malachite

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Beverly Beach north, Johnson Creek

October 6, 2022

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.

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Beverly Beach north, Johnson Creek

September 11, 2021

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