Mile 301 - Neahkahnie Beach north, Oswald West SP - September 20, 2021

Report Details

Sunny, warm day at mile 301 on Monday. Relatively little debris on the sand, with some driftwood high up on the boulders. One enormous stump is still up on high-tide line. We have been observing this stump and taking coordinates since 12/31/2020; it has moved 300 meters southeast in 2021, about 7 meters since 8/7/21. Driftline content: eel grass, small rocks, a few broken sand dollars, and remnants of jellies - I believe a few Aequorea victoria (water jelly) and many, perhaps hundreds, of dime-sized Sea Gooseberry (comb jelly) on the sand. Some boulders nearest the surf have a light coverage of barnacles and seaweed. Five gulls rested on boulders around the halfway mark. Six pelicans observed flying south around Neahkahnie. One disarticulated Dungeness crab being eaten by a seagull on the shore, and about a dozen other gulls hanging out on the sand along the southern quarter-mile. Minimal signs of trash including one plastic bottle cap and a plastic trash bag. In the hour I was observing mile 301, 17 people and 6 dogs (5 off-leash) were viewed walking in the area.

Conditions

Temperature: 67 F. Cloud Cover: Sunny.

Human Activities

Number of people: 17. Number of dogs: 6. Walking or running: 15. Sitting: 2.

Concerns

Apparent violations: none.

Vehicles

Cars/trucks parking: 6. RVs/Buses parking: 1.

Dead Fish or Invertebrates

remnants of jellies - I believe a few Aequorea victoria (water jelly) and many dozens, possibly hundreds, of dime-sized Sea Gooseberry (comb jelly) on the sand

Driftline Content

Small rocks, Seaweeds and seagrass, Shells, Wood pieces.

Report Images

Boulders and driftwood, Neahkahnie

Large stump that has moved south 300 meters since 12/31/2020

Beachcombers and tidepools, Neahkahnie

Report Images

kbrookscopony

CoastWatcher

All Mile 301 Reports

Date

Showing 8 of 45 reports

Mile 301

Neahkahnie Beach north, Oswald West SP

August 22, 2024

North Coast Land Conservancy's marine program led a registered BioBlitz outing at Cape Falcon Marine Reserve on Thursday August 22nd from 8-10 am.

Angela Whitlock

decorative elemnt for a coastwatch report.

Mile 301

Neahkahnie Beach north, Oswald West SP

May 30, 2024

Reporting this dispatch because today the Beach Ranger Brian Dodge was able to retrieve the veal crate that I first reported on February 6, 2024! There was a deceased harbor porpoise / dolphin near the tide line and Brian Dodge was able to retrieve that, too. This is also an area where large amounts of debris wash up and "sticks" on the rocks.

Michelle Schwegmann

Mile 301

Neahkahnie Beach north, Oswald West SP

May 26, 2024

The goal of this survey was to conduct our first NOAA Marine Debris survey after our CoastWatch training last month.

sultanym

Mile 301

Neahkahnie Beach north, Oswald West SP

February 6, 2024

The tide was quite low so I walked up on the rocks at the northern most end of Neahkahnie Beach. This area is always full of large marine debris from fishing boats and whatever washes in.

Michelle Schwegmann