Mile 261 Report
Haystack Rock, Cape Kiwanda
December 12, 2020
Today was just a check at low tide.
Report Details
Today was just a check at low tide. We will return tomorrow during king tide and write another for comparison
Conditions
Temperature: 42 F. Cloud Cover: Partly Cloudy. Wind Velocity: Moderate. Wind Direction: SE. Tide Level: 0.0 feet.
Activities
Number of people: 165. Number of dogs: 8. Walking or running: 36. Playing in sand: 30. Sitting: 19. Tidepooling: 45. Surfing: 22.
Other Activities: Biking (ebike) 1 Climbing on or walking beyond the fenced area 12. Very windy, tide was very low, no birds visible on shore.
Concerns
Climbing bluffs/seastacks
Wrackline Content
Seaweeds and seagrass, Wood pieces, Plastic debri (plastic, styrofoam, etc. washing in from the sea). 3 large logs in tide zone, many logs near cape above yesterday’s high tide. Expect king tides to move all these logs.
Natural Changes
Newly exposed roots/trees falling.
Actions & Comments
Tomorrow king tide will be interesting
beattieb
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Nice cloudy day, no wind and 53 degrees.
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Lots and lots of people for 10 am.
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63 degrees, sunny 7mph winds NW. Tide level : . Total Number of people: 331, dogs:12 Cars: 65 in parking lot, 5 on permitted area on beach 1 dory boat coming in from the surf no beached birds or mammals found Nice day at the beach, more people than I have encountered before at this beach. Since 15 January 25, I have not come a crossed a beached bird or mammal at Cape Kiwanda.
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Nice day at the beach, sand level from the surf zone to high zone slopped gradual along the mile, except at the south end (un even levels due to buried logs, etc).
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No beached birds or marine mammals found today. Tide was at 2ft.
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No beached birds or mammals found.
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One day after a King Tide Nice sunny day at the beach, 47 degrees and calm winds. Grass that was growing between the dunes and high zone completely gone. Normal human activities at the beach . No beached birds or mammals found.
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Nice, sunny 48 degrees 5 mph wind from the NE.
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