Mile 246 - Cliffs north of Roads End Beach - April 17, 2021

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.

Human 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

Driftline Content

Small rocks, Seaweeds and seagrass, Shells, Wood pieces, Land-based debris (picnics, etc.), Marine debris (plastic, styrofoam, etc. washing in from the sea), Styrofoam, Ocean-based debris (from fishing boats, ship trash, etc.).