Mile 288 - Bayocean Peninsula, Kincheloe Point - June 12, 2010

Report Details

It was a warm, yet very windy day on mile 288. The parking lot was packed with vehicles but almost no one was on the beach. Most people rode bicycles or walked along the Bay side of Bayocean Spit. Many had dogs and some were camping or carrying camping gear.The shoreline along the beach was almost devoid of anything but sand. There were few rocks, small pieces of wood, shells, or anything in particular. The high tide line had the usual debris: plastic and glass bottles, some floats, miscellaneous human detritus. There was a bit more than usual, possibly because the high winds were blowing off the top layers of sand, possibly exposing debris that had been buried.It's interesting to see how the shore changes with the seasons. Now in the spring of 2010, as mentioned there are few natural objects besides sand. In the past there have been periods with many shells, sand crabs, small rocks or small wood pieces and so forth. Right now the beach is being scoured and cleaned by the wind.

Conditions

Temperature: 65 F. Cloud Cover: Sunny. Wind Velocity: Strong. Wind Direction: NW. Tide Level: 3.0 feet.

Human Activities

Number of people: 1. Other Activities: Walking with bicycle. The only person was moving into the wind and had to walk his bicycle because the wind was too strong. I saw a number of bicyclists and walkers on the Bay side of Bayocean Spit, but virtually no one on the ocean side. Yet there were more cars and vehicles in the parking lot than I'd ever seen before. Where do they go?

Vehicles

Cars/trucks parking: 34. RVs/Buses parking: 2.

Notable Wildlife

Along my mile I saw the usual Gulls (mostly Western) but there was a first, a Forster's Tern. At the north end of Bayocean Spit, in mile 289, there were hundreds of Gulls and dozens of Brown Pelicans milling over the water near shore.

Driftline Content

Land-based debris (picnics, etc.).

YaakovM

CoastWatcher

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Mile 288

Bayocean Peninsula, Kincheloe Point

November 10, 2024

Mile 288 showed no signs of man-made disturbance, and no one was on-site during my monitoring. I was glad to see a flock of plovers flying in the foredune again!

KMS

Mile 288

Bayocean Peninsula, Kincheloe Point

March 14, 2024

It was an incredibly busy day for Mile 288 the day before the snowy plover nesting season began! I was glad to see DOGAMI and OPRD on-site, and appreciated OPRD's willingness to haul the debris I collected back to their dumpsters. It was also exciting to see so many plovers in the wet sand.

Karen Schank