Mile 234 - Lincoln Beach - February 24, 2012 | Oregon Shores Conservation Coalition

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We walked the beach after a storm that had 25 - 28 foot waves and 58 mile per hour gusts. The storm surge pushed so much sand onto the beach that it covered the stumps that we'd reported in January, and filled riprap boulders with debris. The stairway to the beach from one hotel was almost obscured from view except for the top 4 or 5 steps.We understand that the tsunami debris is due to arrive on our shores in the spring of 2013. With our finds of the hydrogen peroxide bottle and other plastic bottles of household chemicals with Asian character/lettering, we wonder - how will we know what is tsunami related debris?

Conditions

Temperature: 40 F. Cloud Cover: Cloudy. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Wind Direction: N. Tide Level: 1.2 feet.

Human Activities

Number of people: 24. Number of dogs: 1. Walking or running: 14. Playing in surf: 4. Sitting: 2.

Concerns

Litter

Vehicles

Cars/trucks parking: 1.

Notable Wildlife

Covey of sandpipers, some crows.

Beached Birds

Three dead birds and many large parts of bird remnants.

Stranded Marine Mammals

Total stranded mammals: 3.

Driftline Content

Seaweeds and seagrass, Animal casings (e.g., crab, shrimp molt), Land-based debris (picnics, etc.), Ocean-based debris (from fishing boats, ship trash, etc.), Styrofoam. Industrial chemical container of H2O2, household debris w/ lettering in Japanese/Chinese characters, nylon rope, electric drill

Natural Changes

Evidence of wave overtopping. Large amounts of sand pushed into riprap boulders and into dune areas. Buried previously exposed stumps.

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Mile 234

Lincoln Beach

August 24, 2024

This was a very nice walk on a very nice day.

Pam & Jon Hadlich

decorative elemnt for a coastwatch report.

Mile 234

Lincoln Beach

May 20, 2024

A baby harbor seal was at the north base of Fishing Rock, along the tide line. There have been many many pelicans active this area lately, we recently saw and estimated 60-100 combined with gulls feasting on some type of fish in water on whole length of beach. This morning there were few pelicans but many swallows diving on the beach.

Barbara Joslin

Mile 234

Lincoln Beach

April 11, 2024

Fishing Rock shows significant signs of erosion and natural area disturbance, a great deal of evidence of off-trail usage and climbing on sides which has resulted in increased erosion and death of underbrush. Sparse sea bird presence but heavy wrack line velella velella wash up. No current presence of mammals or seabird carcasses, although there was heavy amount of carcasses this winter especially after storms. Evidence of erosion of slopes adjacent to the beach, especially in proximity to new riprap placement, but also in other areas as well. Light plastic and debris today

beejos8

Mile 234

Lincoln Beach

October 1, 2023

Some unattended digging dogs seemed troubling, and one thing to note was a lack of birds.

Your Song My Song

Mile 234

Lincoln Beach

March 4, 2021

A large concrete retaining wall collapsed last weekend (~Feb 27) endangering the stability of one home with others also vulnerable to further erosion.

dwhite