Mile 323 Report
Seaside
February 13, 2021
Report Details
Conditions
Temperature: 46 F. Cloud Cover: Cloudy. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Wind Direction: W. Tide Level: 8.9 feet.
Human Activities
Number of people: 50. Number of dogs: 4. Walking or running: 48. Playing in sand: 2.
Beached Birds
Total dead birds: 1. Common murre
Driftline Content
Seaweeds and seagrass, Shells, Animal casings (e.g., crab, shrimp molt), Wood pieces, Styrofoam. Lots of large logs coming in along with bull kelp. Quite a few larger moon jellies, crab shells, and a couple pyrosomes.
Seaside Beach mile 323
Logs Rolling In
We had a few pyrosomes come ashore on the last series of King Tides but they looked like they had been dead a while before washing in. Today I saw two fresh ones.
There were quite a few good sized moon jellies. Throughout the mile there were about 15 or so.
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TiffanyBoothe
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We noticed lots of micro plastic and picked up as much as we could.
Shannon Patel
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Tiffany from Seaside Aquarium spotted quite a few of these deformed velella recently on the beach.
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