Mile 305 Report
Oswald West SP, Cape Falcon N
June 17, 2011
Significant amount of finely-chopped kelp and sea vegetation, as though someone ran it through some gigantic Salad Shooter!
Report Details
Significant amount of finely-chopped kelp and sea vegetation, as though someone ran it through some gigantic Salad Shooter! Very little trash -- the ocean has made a fairly clean sweep. More than 20 crab pot buoys tangled together, with hundreds of feet of rope, all in one lump. Cut off all of the buoys and dragged them to cliff base -- hope to haul them out soon. Cut off all the ODFW tags and will return those -- they like to have them. NO crab pots attached. I have a few larger bits of drift, including a fire extinguisher, up above the high tide lines -- hope to get them out if at all possible. One bald eagle, four adult seals. (Oh, and I'll try to get the rope out, too, if I can.) Continued landslides and scree descending from the old cuts used to make the quarry road a few decades ago. Nice day, uneventful, pleasant.
Conditions
Temperature: 50 F. Cloud Cover: Sunny. Wind Velocity: Moderate. Wind Direction: NW. Tide Level: -1.6 feet.
Human Activities
As usual, none except for mine.
Notable Wildlife
Four adult seals, good healthy sizes.
Driftline Content
Seaweeds and seagrass, Ocean-based debris (from fishing boats, ship trash, etc.).
Natural Changes
Landslides/major boulder falls.
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