Mile 293 Report
Rockaway Beach, State Wayside
May 24, 2018
A pretty clean beach!
Report Details
A pretty clean beach! Litter patrol generated about 1/2 of a kitchen bag...mostly glass and plastic bottles, flip flops & clothing, assorted plastic and paper goods...all less than usually found. Nothing significant or of concern.
Conditions
Temperature: 60 F. Cloud Cover: Cloudy. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Wind Direction: N. Tide Level: 5.0 feet.
Human Activities
Number of people: 46. Number of dogs: 5. Walking or running: 46. About half of the people had just arrived on the train from Garibaldi.
Vehicles
Cars/trucks parking: 6.
Driftline Content
Small rocks, Seaweeds and seagrass, Shells, Animal casings (e.g., crab, shrimp molt). A lot of dried up Velella velella.
stu and barb
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