Mile 299 Report
South end Manzanita Beach
May 19, 2021
Surprisingly few people on the beach given that Memorial Day weekend is almost here.
Report Details
Surprisingly few people on the beach given that Memorial Day weekend is almost here. Intrepid boogie boarders were braving the ocean's cold temperatures as a lone sand fortress stood guard. Soft foredunes are forming in the wake of the significant dune erosion from repeated severe winter storms and sand has swept up the access trails obscuring the trail posts from the beach.
Conditions
Temperature: 58 F. Cloud Cover: Cloudy. Wind Velocity: Moderate. Wind Direction: S. Tide Level: 1.0 feet.
Human Activities
Number of people: 13. Number of dogs: 5. Walking or running: 9. Playing in surf: 4.
Driftline Content
Seaweeds and seagrass.
Young boogie boarders plunge into the chilly waters of spring.
Only 1 sand fort to be seen below the looming visage of Neahkahnie Mountain.
Some of the huge volume of sand that went out to sea as beach cliffs fell away in the unusually violent storms of the past winter is returning in the form of softly curving dunes.
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