Mile 225 - Otter Rock, Devils Punch Bowl SP - November 23, 2008

Report Details

Gorgeous day with clean hardpacked beach. Very calm at the marine gardens. Water reflected like mirrored pools.

Conditions

Temperature: 60 F. Cloud Cover: Sunny. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Wind Direction: NE. Tide Level: 0.8 feet.

Human Activities

Number of people: 12. Number of dogs: 3. Walking or running: 3. Photography: 2. Tidepooling: 6. Other Activities: collecting buoys. Several people taking pictures of seals at a safe distance, no disturbance

Vehicles

Cars/trucks parking: 6.

Notable Wildlife

Blue Heron, gulls,many seals,sea urchins,ochre sea stars

Dead Fish or Invertebrates

large sea slug, dead,pale tan without any markings, 8"long

Driftline Content

Seaweeds and seagrass, Ocean-based debris (from fishing boats, ship trash, etc.), Shells, Small rocks.

Natural Changes

did not seem to be much worsened

Actions & Comments

Very calm, bright sunny and warm. Definitely did notfeel like late November. A lot of people were quietly watching about 40 seals. All the dry sand seemed to be moved away and beach was hard packed wet and very clean.I saw small amt of plastic debris and 3 buoys washed up at the far northern end of mile, just under Cape Foulweather. Someone found a yellow hard hat and placed it up high like a cairn.