Mile 246 Report
Cliffs north of Roads End Beach
April 17, 2021
Dense fog burned off with increasing warm sunshine.
Report Details
Dense fog burned off with increasing warm sunshine. There was a SOLVE beach clean up event at Roads End, but that didn't seem to be the driving factor for the large number of people visiting mile 246. Mile 246 did contain more manmade debris in the wrack line than is typical. Small plastics were in abundance as were bottle caps, several small straws and a few pieces of rope. With the exceptionally low tide it was easy to scramble over rocks around the north bluff to access the small cove that's typically only visible from the god's thumb hike.
Conditions
Temperature: 52 F. Cloud Cover: Foggy. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Tide Level: 0.3 feet.
Activities
Number of people: 95. Number of dogs: 14. Walking or running: 45. Playing in sand: 3. Sitting: 5. Tidepooling: 26.
Other Activities: 4 harvesting shellfish.
Concerns
Shellfish or invertebrate collection
Apparent violations: No apparent violations. Mussels were exposed and abundant..Beached Birds
Total dead birds: 1. too decayed to identify
Dead Fish or Invertebrates
long, skinny fish with large, pointed teeth, see picture
Wrackline Content
Small rocks, Seaweeds and seagrass, Shells, Wood pieces, Marine debris, Plastic debri (plastic, styrofoam, etc. washing in from the sea), Styrofoam, Ocean-based debris (from fishing boats, ship trash, etc.).
Facing west from God's Thumb cove, rocky outcropping visible as well as multitudes of tumbled rocks on the shore
Tree that clings to the top of the north cliff just south of the God's Thumb cove
Long, thin dead fish with pointed teeth (possibly a Lancetfish), appearing to have been bitten in half
Mussels in God's Thumb cove exposed by low tide
Long, thin dead fish with pointed teeth (possibly a Lancetfish), appearing to have been bitten in half
Wrack line plastics
God's Thumb cove facing NW with rocky protrusions visible
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Mile 246
Cliffs north of Roads End Beach
The tide was somewhat high and there were a large concentration of small rocks that people were sorting through.
Gianna S
Mile 246
Cliffs north of Roads End Beach
A busy Saturday on the beach with a lot of people and dogs mostly walking.
David Carroll
Mile 246
Cliffs north of Roads End Beach
High sand load on shore - many rocks that are usually visible are buried.
David Carroll
Mile 246
Cliffs north of Roads End Beach
A large number of gulls and large number of sea stars, most just north of mile 246.
Donald Dour
Mile 246
Cliffs north of Roads End Beach
Sand cover retreating, exposing more bedrock and gravel.
David Carroll