Mile 293 Report
Rockaway Beach, State Wayside
August 22, 2012
A lot of people and dogs just having a good time on a nice day.
Report Details
A lot of people and dogs just having a good time on a nice day. Pretty good crowd for mid week. Beach is quite clean for all the activities in August. Lots of crab shells...some natural, some just dumped after someones meal. Also lots of diatoms, that brownish foam at the surf line...but that's a good thing for everything living in the ocean. Picked up previously noted debris.
Conditions
Temperature: 60 F. Cloud Cover: Sunny. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Wind Direction: N. Tide Level: 0.0 feet.
Activities
Number of people: 97. Number of dogs: 6. Walking or running: 30. Playing in surf: 5. Playing in sand: 30. Sitting: 25. Surfing: 2.
Other Activities: 3 kite, 2 bike.
Vehicles
Cars/trucks parking: 30.
Beached Birds
Total dead birds: 3. murre
Wrackline Content
Animal casings or molts. broken bucket,3 plastic bottles, 60' rope
stu and barb
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