Mile 292 Report
Twin Rocks, Heitmiller Creek
April 9, 2015
A couple of hours before high tide, between Saltair Creek and the Rockaway wayside.
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A couple of hours before high tide, between Saltair Creek and the Rockaway wayside. Clear sunny day. Millions of Velella velella. Also a lot of things on the beach that had been out at sea for quite awhile, covered with pellagic barnacles and algae.
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Dead seal just south of Heitmiller creek.
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A few Velella Velella on the wrack line.
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According to tide tables, tide should have been well under 6’, but tide seemed much higher and earlier than tide table.
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