Report Details

Beautiful calm, sunny weather. Usual wildlife with no dead or injured animals, birds. Hanging tree is still in place held by only minimal roots. No new erosion visible. Very clean sand. People not disturbing seals or birds.

Conditions

Temperature: 45 F. Cloud Cover: Sunny. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Tide Level: -0.3 feet.

Human Activities

Number of people: 6. Number of dogs: 3. Walking or running: 4. Tidepooling: 2. Not much change from last report. Beach was extremely clean. No waste at all seen. Quite a few shells. 2 Cormorant seen. No new erosion. I counted 59 seals.

Vehicles

Cars/trucks parking: 3.

Notable Wildlife

59 seals, 2 cormorant, 20+ gulls. Usual seaweed and grasses

Driftline Content

Seaweeds and seagrass, Shells, Small rocks, Wood pieces.

Actions & Comments

None needed. No new problems

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