Mile 35 Report
Nesika Beach, south of Ophir Safety Rest Area
November 18, 2019
Report Details
Conditions
Temperature: 55 F. Cloud Cover: Foggy. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Wind Direction: N. Tide Level: 3.4 feet.
Activities
Other Activities: footprints indicate some beach walkers.
Concerns
Litter, Climbing bluffs/seastacks
Notable Wildlife
oystercatchers
Stranded Marine Mammals
Total stranded mammals: 1. dead juvenile sea lion
Dead Fish or Invertebrates
several dead jellyfish
Wrackline Content
Small rocks, Seaweeds and seagrass, Shells, Animal casings or molts, Wood pieces, Plastic debri (plastic, styrofoam, etc. washing in from the sea), Styrofoam, Ocean-based debris (from fishing boats, ship trash, etc.).
New Development
Steps down bluff, Bluff development, Drainage pipes.
Man-made Modifications
area where many bluff trees pushed over bluff edge
Natural Changes
Landslides/major boulder falls, Major cracks appearing in bluffs, Newly exposed roots/trees falling, Visible retreat of solid bluff.
islands of vegetation sliding down bluff
house on the edge
trees pushed over bluff
many shore pines pushed over bluff
drainage pipe on an unstable slope
dead sea lion
Report Images
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Mile 35
Nesika Beach, south of Ophir Safety Rest Area
-The dumping of sand/soil over the bluff edge seems wildly wrong. -The new staircase, being built into mud, will surely not last long. -buildings moving closer to the bluff edge need to be removed before they also end up on the beach.
Alcyon Lord
Mile 35
Nesika Beach, south of Ophir Safety Rest Area
We saw nothing of note, just continuance of erosive factors and revelations of not-recent human efforts to hold back same.
Mile 35
Nesika Beach, south of Ophir Safety Rest Area
The beach was relatively clean of natural and organic material, driftwood included.
Mile 35
Nesika Beach, south of Ophir Safety Rest Area
Dead Stellar Sea Lion at the water edge with 3 GSW .
Oceanhippie2
Mile 35
Nesika Beach, south of Ophir Safety Rest Area
Debris found at the end of my mile 35 next to the Ophir Rest Area.
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Mile 35
Nesika Beach, south of Ophir Safety Rest Area
Blue Whale spotted from first small view point just north of Nesika Beach about 200 ft off the shore.
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