Mile 263 Report
Cape Kiwanda State Park north end
March 18, 2024
Beautiful, warm, sunny day with lots of people (for this beach) enjoying it.
Report Details
Beautiful, warm, sunny day with lots of people (for this beach) enjoying it. (Except for the guys trying to dig out their stuck truck.)
Conditions
Temperature: 70 F. Cloud Cover: Sunny. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Tide Level: 3.5 feet.
Human Activities
Number of people: 20. Number of dogs: 4. Sitting: 20. Other Activities: 5 hang gliders. One truck stuck in sand with 2 people trying to dig out the tires and another trying to pull it out, all unsuccessfully while I was there
Vehicles
Cars/trucks on beach, allowed: 8.
Notable Wildlife
lots of gulls a pair of Black Oystercatchers
Driftline Content
Seaweeds and seagrass, Shells. lots of seagull scat from the hundreds of seagulls
Natural Changes
Major cracks appearing in bluffs, Erosion of vegetated foredune, Evidence of wave overtopping.
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Linda Fink
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Mile 263
Cape Kiwanda State Park north end
Beautiful, warm, sunny day with lots of people (for this beach) enjoying it.
Linda Fink
Mile 263
Cape Kiwanda State Park north end
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Mile 263
Cape Kiwanda State Park north end
Nothing out of the ordinary for a sunny weekday afternoon.
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Mile 263
Cape Kiwanda State Park north end
Over the past year (reports intended each time) we have walked and observed this and miles to north and south many times.
connierbruce
Mile 263
Cape Kiwanda State Park north end
December report: joyriders driving up bluffs.
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