Mile 287 - Bayocean Peninsula north of Bayocean site 2 - September 23, 2017

Report Details

A lovely fall day for the SOLVE beach clean-up. We did not see any other volunteers picking up debris during our visit, but others had been on BayOcean spit recently and left stacks of full trash bags above the high tide line. As a result, we didn't find as much debris as we have in previous clean-ups and only added a couple more bags to existing piles. When we left, the beach looked very clean and pristine. There were considerably more shells of pacific sand crabs in the driftline than we've noted in past visits. Otherwise, all looked well on mile 287.

Conditions

Temperature: 62 F. Cloud Cover: Partly Cloudy. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Wind Direction: S. Tide Level: 4.0 feet.

Human Activities

Number of people: 14. Number of dogs: 4. Walking or running: 14. Other Activities: Note: 1 of the 14 people was an infant being carried in a front pack.. 2 pickups were parked next to the bay by hunters in camouflage dress who had hunting dogs with them.

Vehicles

Cars/trucks parking: 20.

Beached Birds

Total dead birds: 7. 3 cormorants, 3 common murres, 1 gull, 1 unknown (carcass too scavenged to tell)

Dead Fish or Invertebrates

Unusual concentration. Hundreds of dead pacific sand crab shells were noted in the drift line.

Driftline Content

Small rocks, Seaweeds and seagrass, Shells, Animal casings (e.g., crab, shrimp molt), Wood pieces, Land-based debris (picnics, etc.), Ocean-based debris (from fishing boats, ship trash, etc.).

C Nelson

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Mile 287

Bayocean Peninsula north of Bayocean site 2

March 17, 2024

The cloudy marine layer that was present when we first arrived eventually burned off, providing us with a pleasant but breezy sunny afternoon for our visit. 1) We encountered an intact hull of a fiberglass boat on the mid-section of the mile; photos and location information was provided to the State Park Ranger so it could be retrieved from the beach. 2) There had been a massive influx of velella velella (by-the-wind sailors) washed ashore several days before our visit. 3) Given the number of folks in the parking area when we arrived, we had expected to see more folks on mile 287 but encountered just a typical number of visitors. 4) There was more detritus on the beach than we've seen in recent previous visits.

C NELSON