Mile 243 Report
Wecoma Beach, Lincoln City
July 12, 2019
Classic mid-week summer day with lots of people enjoying the beach.
Report Details
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.
Human 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.
Driftline Content
Seaweeds and seagrass, Animal casings (e.g., crab, shrimp molt). More kelp cluster than usual.
New Development
Bluff development. Chaise added above Nordic Inn Caves, photo attached.
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