Mile 307 - Cove Beach north, Arch Cape, Arch Cape Creek - September 15, 2023

Report Details

8 people and 2 dogs were walking on the beach. The beach was very clean. There were 50 pelicans on the beach. There was an unknown number of pelicans on Gull Rock. There were 12 sea stars on the large rocks south of Arch Cape. There were several boulders that slide away from the bank below Highway 101 at the south end of the Arch Cape tunnel. See pictures.

Conditions

Temperature: 50 F. Cloud Cover: Partly Cloudy. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Tide Level: -0.3 feet.

Human Activities

Number of people: 8. Number of dogs: 2. Walking or running: 8.

Vehicles

Cars/trucks parking: 1.

Driftline Content

Animal casings (e.g., crab, shrimp molt).

Natural Changes

Landslides/major boulder falls.

Report Images

Boulders on Cove Beach

Hillside below Highway 101

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Mile 307

Cove Beach north, Arch Cape, Arch Cape Creek

May 30, 2024

It was a very nice day.

Rick Hess

Mile 307

Cove Beach north, Arch Cape, Arch Cape Creek

March 14, 2024

The wrack line contained small (2-4") crab casings, clam shells and broken sand dollars. There was a small land slide near a house drain line - see picture. The sand level was low on the north end of mile 307 which leaves the rocks uncovered.

RICK HESS