Mile 243 Report
Wecoma Beach, Lincoln City
March 9, 2026
Responding to the webinar last week about velella velella, they must have heard their calling because hight concentration of them at least from NW 15th past NW 34th, Lincoln City.
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Responding to the webinar last week about velella velella, they must have heard their calling because hight concentration of them at least from NW 15th past NW 34th, Lincoln City. Clearly, they have come in on a number of high tides because there are well defined lines of deposits. This is only a dispatch, not a full mile report.
Conditions
Temperature: 48 F. Cloud Cover: Partly Cloudy. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Tide Level: 2.5 feet.
Dead Fish or Invertebrates
High concentration of beached velella velella from NW 15th St through NW34th and beyond. This is just a dispatch, not a whole report but did not see the dispatch option. Photos attached.
Wrackline Content
Animal casings or molts.
Velella Velella on Wecoma Beach looking South from NW 30th.
Velella Velella on Wecoma Beach looking North from NW 30th.
Velella Velella on Wecoma Beach detail, NW 30th.
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