Report Details

Other than the questionable pickup cruising the beach, and the dead sea lion, it seemed to be people enjoying a pretty nice day on a pretty nice clean beach

Conditions

Temperature: 60 F. Cloud Cover: Sunny. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Wind Direction: NW. Tide Level: 4.0 feet.

Human Activities

Number of people: 32. Walking or running: 10. Playing in surf: 4. Playing in sand: 7. Sitting: 3. Other Activities: 9, football & kiting. A mint-green pickup, with extended bed, drove up the beach from the south and went beyond this mile. He exited the beach at Laurel Street. Couldn't see official plates or sign, but I suspect it may have been on a job. One driver, male.

Concerns

Climbing bluffs/seastacks, Fire

Disturbances: Shorebirds moving in response to humans/dogs

Vehicles

Cars/trucks parking: 3. Cars/trucks on beach, prohibited: 1.

Stranded Marine Mammals

Total stranded mammals: 1. Sea lion, dead, about 6' long, disintegrating.

Driftline Content

Very little debris

Natural Changes

Major cracks appearing in bluffs.

Actions & Comments

Called in a report on the dead sea lion.

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Mile 236

Gleneden Beach, State Wayside

January 20, 2023

Beautiful day.

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Mile 236

Gleneden Beach, State Wayside

February 26, 2022

After a spate of sunny weather, we finally have rain, or at least drizzle.

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Mile 236

Gleneden Beach, State Wayside

December 15, 2021

A relatively dry afternoon; maybe three people besides me.

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Mile 236

Gleneden Beach, State Wayside

January 21, 2021

As I don't live here, there's a lot that I miss.

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Mile 236

Gleneden Beach, State Wayside

November 22, 2020

It has been a while since I've been able to cover my mile.

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Mile 236

Gleneden Beach, State Wayside

February 2, 2020

Storm damage for this mile seems mostly at Laurel/Sijota; Morris Excavation has built a roadbed parallel to the bluff for equipment access; some erosion at World Mark, north of state park.

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Mile 236

Gleneden Beach, State Wayside

January 15, 2019

Remarkably little debris - anticipating a different story after the King tides!

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Mile 236

Gleneden Beach, State Wayside

October 19, 2018

Gorgeous afternoon, bracing wind, an unobscured sun as it nears the horizon

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