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Beautiful day on the beach; I walked close to the shore on an outgoing tide. I noticed a few dead birds, and lots of uprooted seaweed strewn along the northern half of my mile. On my way back to my mile's starting point a whale breached a few hundred feet off the shore! Wow!

Conditions

Temperature: 63 F. Cloud Cover: Cloudy. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Tide Level: 0.1 feet.

Human Activities

Number of people: 9. Sitting: 6.

Notable Wildlife

A few shore birds and a large flock pelicans flew by...on my way back to my mile's starting point a whale breached a few hundred feet off the shore! Wow!

Beached Birds

Total dead birds: 4. Unknown species, didn't see any leg bands

Driftline Content

Lots and lots of clumps of uprooted seaweed. See pic.

Man-made Modifications

New riprap or shoreline protection structures. One repair being worked on from above the shoreline and another being repaired from the shoreline.

Report Images

Beginning of mile 237 looking north.
Not sure if this bird is in distress or nesting?
One of a few dead birds I saw today...
Pelicans!
One of multiple clumps of seaweed.
End of mile 237 looking south.

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Mile 237

Gleneden Beach north, golf course

August 19, 2025

Beautiful day on the beach; I walked close to the shore on an outgoing tide.

Barry

Mile 237

Gleneden Beach north, golf course

July 4, 2025

Beautiful morning for a mile walk! Nothing of any note-- I included a few pics of the revetment project going on just north of my mile that is ongoing.

Barry

Mile 237

Gleneden Beach north, golf course

May 23, 2025

A beautiful day to be out on the beach, so why not report a mile or so?

Barry

Mile 237

Gleneden Beach north, golf course

April 4, 2025

Beautiful morning for a mile walk! If all of the revetment projects in process proceed with OPRD's approval there could be a total of 18 properties with construction/riprap taking place by June.

Barry

Mile 237

Gleneden Beach north, golf course

March 7, 2025

It was a beautiful day for a mile report walk.

Barry

Mile 237

Gleneden Beach north, golf course

January 11, 2025

I couldn't do my mile because of the tide and accompanying intrusion due to relentless rip-rapping revetments.

Barry mile 237

Mile 237

Gleneden Beach north, golf course

October 20, 2024

Wonderful morning to do this mile! I returned at high tide (7.

237 watcher

decorative elemnt for a coastwatch report.

Mile 237

Gleneden Beach north, golf course

May 25, 2024

Beautiful 'low-tide' walk of my mile today.

237watcher