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Classic mid-week summer day with lots of people enjoying the beach. Unusual concentration of mussels on the beach for about 150 yards around NW 24th Street. Also, unusual number of small clumps of kelp along drift line and spread on beach.

Conditions

Temperature: 64 F. Cloud Cover: Partly Cloudy. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Tide Level: 4.8 feet.

Activities

Number of people: 138. Number of dogs: 9. Walking or running: 99. Playing in surf: 24. Playing in sand: 4. Sitting: 10. Photography: 1. Tidepooling: 10. Surfing: 6.

Vehicles

Cars/trucks on beach, allowed: 12.

Beached Birds

Total dead birds: 2. See photo of one. Other was too decomposed to be of value.

Dead Fish or Invertebrates

Unusual concentration. Unusual concentration of beached mussels and barnacles spread about 150 yards along drift line and surf line near Nordic Inn, 24th Street. Photos below. One dead critter, unidentified but photo attached.

Wrackline Content

Seaweeds and seagrass, Animal casings or molts. More kelp cluster than usual.

New Development

Bluff development. Chaise added above Nordic Inn Caves, photo attached.

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