Mile 311 Report
Jockey Cap, Silver Pt, S Cannon Beach, Tolovana Beach
May 22, 2021
Definitely a beach to visit for low tide!
Report Details
Definitely a beach to visit for low tide! We walked up and down our mile and fell in love. So many cool tide pools, tons of awesome rocks, great collection of driftwood.*Bonus scavenger hunt item: find the heavy piece of metal from Portland
Conditions
Temperature: 60 F. Cloud Cover: Sunny. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Tide Level: -0.9 feet.
Human Activities
Number of people: 30. Number of dogs: 15. Walking or running: 20. Playing in sand: 5. Sitting: 10. Photography: 1. Tidepooling: 10. Other Activities: 3 cyclists, a few bird watchers with binoculars.. It was quite a mellow beach day. Everyone was behaving themselves.
Notable Wildlife
There were many nesting seagulls on jockey cap and silver point, and a crow drinking water from Clayton Creek. A couple crabs in the tide pools, many sea anemones, and several happy starfish in the Silver Point cave.
Driftline Content
Seaweeds and seagrass, Animal casings (e.g., crab, shrimp molt).
Actions & Comments
This bit of beach is so lovely! I brought a bag to clean up trash and only found a few items. It was so nice.
Cellophane worm casings
Hugging Dungeness crabs and an ochre sea star
Cool rock striations. The are many great outcrops on this beach. You can really see time.
Cool piece of (VERY HEAVY) metal that seems to say "Portland Oregon"
Blue mussels covered with barnacles and a marine snail, (orange striped dogwinkle)
Beautiful anemones and sea stars living their best life
MORE anemones and sea stars!
Silver Point cave at low tide
Happy sea star
SO MANY CASINGS!
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