Mile 298 - Nehalem Beach, Nehalem Bay SP 2 - January 12, 2013

Report Details

Had 7 members of the NKN Natural Resource/Envir club & 2 adults observing the beach and removing litter. Collected 6 SOLV size plastic bags of litter. Mostly plastic bottles, styrofoam, and a inflatable camping matress. Debris looked like it was local not much tsunami debris collected.

Conditions

Temperature: 33 F. Cloud Cover: Sunny. Wind Velocity: Moderate. Wind Direction: NE. Tide Level: 6.2 feet.

Human Activities

Number of people: 2. Walking or running: 2.

Concerns

Apparent violations: none.

Vehicles

Cars/trucks parking: 1.

Beached Birds

Total dead birds: 1. western greebe

Stranded Marine Mammals

none

Dead Fish or Invertebrates

none

nkn pete

CoastWatcher

All Mile 298 Reports

Date

Showing 8 of 21 reports

Mile 298

Nehalem Beach, Nehalem Bay SP 2

March 31, 2023

It was very windy and rainy with just one person observed walking in the distance towards the southern end of the mile.

ReichM

Mile 298

Nehalem Beach, Nehalem Bay SP 2

July 12, 2022

Very little human-made debris on beach.

LeboC

Mile 298

Nehalem Beach, Nehalem Bay SP 2

February 4, 2022

The beach was empty.

LeboC

Mile 298

Nehalem Beach, Nehalem Bay SP 2

July 21, 2019

From the entrance to the beach from the state park, walking north, I saw about 40 people, eight dogs, three horses, lots of washed up upside-down crabs, and several small beached jellyfish.

Sue R.