Mile 310 - Arcadia Beach N, Wayside, Lion Rock, Humbug Point - September 28, 2008

Report Details

The weather was fabulous leading to very heavy crowds this Sunday afternoon. Day use parking lot(Arcadia wayside)exceeded capacity. Surf was flat. The north side of mile 310 gets a lot of day use throughout the summer but the mile was quite clean of human trash (beach clean up the prior weekend undoubtedly helped in that regard). Mile was also clean of ocean borne debris except for an unusually high number of recently washed in jellyfish mid mile. Sand continued to be redeposited (est 2 - 3 ft since last report in June). Overall - no immediate concerns.

Conditions

Temperature: 70 F. Cloud Cover: Sunny. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Wind Direction: N. Tide Level: 4.5 feet.

Human Activities

Number of people: 110. Number of dogs: 20. Playing in surf: 4. very crowded day along mile 310 - day use parking lot was jammed

Concerns

Litter

Apparent violations: Some litter but not bad given the crowd.

Vehicles

Cars/trucks parking: 47.

Beached Birds

Total dead birds: 7. 4 murre (none very recent)2 cormorant - one recent1 gull

Dead Fish or Invertebrates

Unusual concentration. Significant jellyfish wash up from mid mile to south mile on very recent tide

Driftline Content

Seaweeds and seagrass, Animal casings (e.g., crab, shrimp molt), Animal casings (e.g., crab, shrimp molt), Shells, Small rocks, Wood pieces. overall a pretty clean driftline

Man-made Modifications

none observed

Natural Changes

none observed

Actions & Comments

sand level continued to rise since last report in June - est another 2ft - 3ft