February 25, 2023

Temperature: 37 F. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Tide Level: 0.8 feet.

Number of people: 11. Number of dogs: 5. Walking or running: 8. Playing in surf: 3. Most people were out for dog walks, about half and half between those on cove beach and arch cape.

I found one of the biggest mussels I have ever seen in the tide pools just north of the arch. Not much activity on the beach apart from a few small flocks of shore birds.

Small rocks, Shells, Wood pieces, Land-based debris (picnics, etc.), Styrofoam, Ocean-based debris (from fishing boats, ship trash, etc.). There is a tangle of what looks like black telephone wire at the north end of cove beach underneath the cliff. Few buoys, rope from fishing. Two pieces of trash from China (water bottle + tin can). The is also a very rusty propane tank washed up on the rocks on the far north end of cove beach.

Landslides/major boulder falls, Newly exposed roots/trees falling.

The errosion of the cliff's continues.  There is a small collection of trees that have been slipping down the hillside into the rocks for some time. They are continuing to slide further towards the ocean and somehow most of them remain upright. I could see / hear small rocks and dirt sluffing off the cliffs on the north end of cove beach. All of the sand on the north end of cove beach seems to have washed out. It is not currently possible to walk between cove beach / arch cape.