Mile 40 - North of Sisters Rocks, cliffs south of Arizona Beach - January 12, 2017

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This is not a full report -- a placeholder for our 4th qrtr 2016 observations. We started at the north end of the mile, Arizona Beach access, during the high King Tide. The photos show wave overtopping obscuring beach access and travel. Mussel Creek has seasonally changed its course, entering the ocean to the south. Effects of bank erosion are shown on this north end. The south end of the mile was observed from the top. The gate has now been reenforced so that vehicles (prohibited on this mile!) no longer have access (photo). We returned to the north end of the mile later in the afternoon where we could access a small portion of the beach along Mussel Creek. We observed no marine or land-based debris; the driftline consisted of small pieces of wood and small rocks.

Conditions

Temperature: 50 F. Cloud Cover: Sunny. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Wind Direction: NE. Tide Level: 9.0 feet.

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Mile 40

North of Sisters Rocks, cliffs south of Arizona Beach

January 12, 2017

This is not a full report -- a placeholder for our 4th qrtr 2016 observations.

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Mile 40

North of Sisters Rocks, cliffs south of Arizona Beach

September 9, 2016

Beautiful day on beautiful beach.

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Mile 40

North of Sisters Rocks, cliffs south of Arizona Beach

April 2, 2016

Mussel Ck.

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Mile 40

North of Sisters Rocks, cliffs south of Arizona Beach

December 19, 2015

The mile could not be accessed from Arizona Beach -- Mussel Creek was impassable; the southern access from Frankport site was flooded, we parked in the area south of that.

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