Mile 311 Report
Jockey Cap, Silver Pt, S Cannon Beach, Tolovana Beach
February 9, 2021
Beautiful low tide left a very wide and clean beach on a bright and cold afternoon.
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Beautiful low tide left a very wide and clean beach on a bright and cold afternoon. Not a lot of wildlife observed unfortunately. I saw one sea star with obvious wasting disease and will report it to MARINe's Sea Star Observation Log. Photo attached.
Conditions
Temperature: 46 F. Tide Level: 0.7 feet.
Human Activities
Number of people: 12. Number of dogs: 3. Walking or running: 11. Sitting: 1. Campfire at the north end of the mile, attended.
Driftline Content
Wood pieces.
Natural Changes
Scouring from king tides left a pretty awesome bolder field.
Jockey Cap
From bedrock in front of Jockey Cap looking north at Haystack Rock
Ochre sea star with obvious wasting disease.
Shadow of Jockey Cap with two people and dog
Drainpipe/culvert and waterfall. Notice water not coming out of pipe but beside it.
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