Mile 245 Report
Roads End Beach, Wayside, Logan Creek
February 11, 2018
Clean, beautiful but bitterly cold the recent storms have cleaned the erosion at the base of the cliffs and deposited sand.
Report Details
Clean, beautiful but bitterly cold the recent storms have cleaned the erosion at the base of the cliffs and deposited sand.
Conditions
Temperature: 47 F. Cloud Cover: Partly Cloudy. Wind Velocity: Moderate. Wind Direction: N. Tide Level: 0.0 feet.
Human Activities
Number of people: 49. Number of dogs: 3. Walking or running: 48. Tire tracks on the beach all the way to the basalt outcropping
Vehicles
Cars/trucks parking: 36. RVs/Buses parking: 1.
Beached Birds
Total dead birds: 1. Seagull
Driftline Content
Small rocks, Seaweeds and seagrass, Wood pieces. Quite a large quantity fine, white material about 3 inches long with tiny projections along the length of each side...similar to centipede legs
Natural Changes
That time of year. Following the storms the beaches and base of the cliffs have been swept clean of almost all previous erosion and exposing a new layer of uplifted rock. Sand has moved into the area; near basalt rock at the end of this mile the rocks usually seen there are almost all buried.
lvoelker
CoastWatcher
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Roads End Beach, Wayside, Logan Creek
Beautiful warm day - not crowded.
Lisa Bizon-Carroll
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Roads End Beach, Wayside, Logan Creek
Lots of human activity and evidence of campfires and "building" with driftwood.
Lisa Bizon-Carroll
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Roads End Beach, Wayside, Logan Creek
Was a dreary day, but active with the low tide.
Lisa Bizon-Carroll
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Roads End Beach, Wayside, Logan Creek
Tourist season is upon us - observed later in the day, but leftovers visible.
Lisa Bizon-Carroll
Mile 245
Roads End Beach, Wayside, Logan Creek
After king tides and heavy surf, most of the usual driftwood was up nearer the bank along with minimal bull kelp.
Lisa Bizon-Carroll
Mile 245
Roads End Beach, Wayside, Logan Creek
The beach mile varied quite a bit - with the south (less traveled) section with darkened sands and clear of most debris while the north end, with more visitors, was covered in stones with more small debris (esp.
LisaBC
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Roads End Beach, Wayside, Logan Creek
Just wanted to say there have been a lot of brown pelicans this season, more than I've ever seen, and I'm wondering if they will stay for the winter?
TerryH
