Mile 338 Report
Clatsop Spit, Jetty Lagoon, Fort Stevens SP
September 28, 2011
Strong surf and incoming tide left for only a small amount of walkable beach.
Report Details
Strong surf and incoming tide left for only a small amount of walkable beach. Piles of kelp and some logs dotted the beach. Dragonflies flew around us on the beach approach. We saw a seal heading out into the surf and groups of pelicans, sandpipers and gulls. The high tide line was lined with small pieces of and whole jellyfish.
Conditions
Temperature: 70 F. Cloud Cover: Sunny. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Wind Direction: NW. Tide Level: 8.0 feet.
Activities
Number of people: 5. Number of dogs: 3. Walking or running: 3. Sitting: 2.
Vehicles
Cars/trucks parking: 1.
Notable Wildlife
Pelicans, sandpipers, gulls
Wrackline Content
jellyfish
Randy and Beth
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Mile 338
Clatsop Spit, Jetty Lagoon, Fort Stevens SP
We arrived at our mile just as the last clam diggers were leaving; one person was surf perch fishing.
Beth Kandoll
Mile 338
Clatsop Spit, Jetty Lagoon, Fort Stevens SP
walked part of this mile and picked up approximately 40 pounds of debris that has come in with the high tides. there was a lot of driftwood of all sizes, plus a high concentration of very small pieces of wood.
MICHELLE SCHWEGMANN
Mile 338
Clatsop Spit, Jetty Lagoon, Fort Stevens SP
Scattered stones appearing over the normally all-sand beach; erosion from king tides on the foredune
Beth Kandoll
Mile 338
Clatsop Spit, Jetty Lagoon, Fort Stevens SP
A very quiet day on our beach mile; a waning gibbous moon greeted us as we started our mile and cirrus clouds were on the horizon.
Beth Kandoll
Mile 338
Clatsop Spit, Jetty Lagoon, Fort Stevens SP
A very clean mile with only 4 other people sharing the beach with us.
Beth Kandoll
Mile 338
Clatsop Spit, Jetty Lagoon, Fort Stevens SP
An unusually large concentration of driftwood today; the dried velella velella were in the drift line and higher on the beach; along with the usual crab, mussel and crab shell there were some small shells unusual to our mile; picking up debris on our walk back south, there was an abundance of plastic bottle caps sans bottles.
Beth Kandoll
Mile 338
Clatsop Spit, Jetty Lagoon, Fort Stevens SP
The beach had more driftwood and some bullwhip kelp which we haven't seen lately.
Beth Kandoll
Mile 338
Clatsop Spit, Jetty Lagoon, Fort Stevens SP
A warm second day of fall on mile 338 with a slight mist from low hanging fog.
Beth Kandoll