Mile 262 Report
Cape Kiwanda State Park
May 6, 2017
Clean beach and very wide this time.
Report Details
Clean beach and very wide this time. No signs left saying where vehicles prohibited but no one was trying to drive up the dune. Two hang gliders sailing. Nice day and people enjoying the beach, most with their dogs.
Conditions
Temperature: 60 F. Cloud Cover: Partly Cloudy. Wind Velocity: Moderate. Wind Direction: N. Tide Level: 3.0 feet.
Human Activities
Number of people: 11. Number of dogs: 7. Walking or running: 6. Playing in surf: 3. Playing in sand: 2. Other Activities: 2 hang gliders.
Vehicles
Cars/trucks parking: 4. Cars/trucks on beach, allowed: 8.
Driftline Content
No real wrack line but some large areas of washed up Velella velella; one dead 9' long sea lion with no head and lots of big holes from predators feeding.
Natural Changes
Very wide, flat beach this time. At the base of the cape was a large area of uncovered barnacle-covered rocks that I've never seen uncovered before.
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Linda Fink
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