Report Details

There was a fair amount of trash including fishing line, rope, food trash, plastic, and empty small liquor bottles. These were located both on the rocks and the sand. There was remnants of a fire that was too close to big pieces of driftwood. There were lots of surfers and people standing around. There were a few different kinds of shorebirds including those listed in this report. Overall, there was no big concerns other than the trash. I picked up some fishing line and rope and disposed of it. 

Conditions

Temperature: 56 F. Cloud Cover: Rain. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Tide Level: 6.5 feet.

Human Activities

Number of people: 28. Walking or running: 10. Playing in sand: 2. Sitting: 2. Surfing: 14. Lots of surfers out today.

Concerns

Fire, Litter

Apparent violations: Fire pit was too close to drift wood areas. There was litter in rocks and sand along the mile of coastline..

Notable Wildlife

Lots of shore birds Including a handful of western sandpiper and gull.

Driftline Content

Small rocks, Shells, Wood pieces, Land-based debris (picnics, etc.), Ocean-based debris (from fishing boats, ship trash, etc.).

Report Images

Fire remnants near driftwood
Rope trash
Rope trash cont.
Fishing line trash wrapped around driftwood

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Mile 322

Seaside Cove

March 29, 2024

The tide was high and there was almost nothing in the tide line /no seaweed or shells or rocks/. There were lots of dead by-the-wind-sailors in the tide line and further on the beach.

Czech School of Portland

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Seaside Cove

January 14, 2024

Sunny cold day on the beach after the king tides.

Czech school of Portland

Mile 322

Seaside Cove

January 13, 2024

This was very cold day on the coast at the end of January king tides. Brown foam on the waves and shore as well.

Monika Vitek

decorative elemnt for a coastwatch report.

Mile 322

Seaside Cove

October 1, 2023

Czech School of Portland

Mile 322

Seaside Cove

May 27, 2023

This was the first CoastWatch walk and is the first CoastWatch report for the Portland Czech School.

Czech School of Portland

Mile 322

Seaside Cove

May 14, 2022

There was a fair amount of trash including fishing line, rope, food trash, plastic, and empty small liquor bottles.

BerryR

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Seaside Cove

June 7, 2017

The weather was partly cloudy with a light on shore wind.

kylasjogren

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Seaside Cove

December 15, 2013

The mile was pretty clear of human activities.

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