Mile 246 - Cliffs north of Roads End Beach - 07/01/2025 | Oregon Shores Conservation Coalition

Report Details

A large number of gulls and large number of sea stars, most just north of mile 246. We are only able to go around the edge to the " secret beach" when the tide is at lowest during late June and July.

Conditions

Temperature: 59 F. Cloud Cover: Partly Cloudy. Wind Velocity: Strong. Tide Level: -3.5 feet.

Human Activities

Number of people: 45. Number of dogs: 12. Walking or running: 15. Sitting: 20. Other Activities: 1 wind surfer. typical beach activity walking, families with young children, sand castles, Frisbee. Some folks looking for agates, other rocks. ,

Concerns

Apparent violations: no concerns or violations.

Notable Wildlife

We walked from our home to Road's End parking lot (mile 245). At this time it was cloudy and very windy. There was large number of gulls standing still on sand near waters edge - at least 25 or 30 birds. As we walked north towards our mile 246, no wildlife until we reached the end of the mile where there was 3 sea stars 1 orange, 2 purple as well as 1 seal popping his head up just off water edge. By the time we got to the end, weather switched to partial could/ some sun, wind died down. It was very low tide and we were able to go around the edge to "the secret beach" There were several large clusters of mussels, with 5 to 9 sea stars on mussels and on the basalt rock. We have been able to go around the edge only in late June thru early Aug at low tide.

Dead Fish or Invertebrates

nothing

New Development

no new development

Natural Changes

no real changes except the tree I take photos of ( looking eastward) is almost dead. When we are walking and completing a report , I take 4 photos, looking each direction.