Mile 43 Report
Beach south of Humbug Mountain
December 9, 2012
Although it is about a 10 to 15 minute walk to the beach, ODOT did a major repair to the place I park and access my mile.
Report Details
Although it is about a 10 to 15 minute walk to the beach, ODOT did a major repair to the place I park and access my mile. Hwy 101 was raised about 10 feet along this stretch. My informal path was removed, but it is still very easy to pick up the old trail 100 feet or so north of the parking lot. There was a lot of surf grass and other seaweeds piled on the north end of the sandy portion of my mile.Last spring there were some large pieces of foam that I suspected were tsunami debris, but I would like to mention that there was not any more litter than normal, at this time.
Conditions
Temperature: 60 F. Cloud Cover: Cloudy. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Wind Direction: SE. Tide Level: -0.5 feet.
Human Activities
Number of people: 2. Walking or running: 2. Sitting: 2. Photography: 1. Tidepooling: 1. There was no evidence of any recent human visits
Vehicles
Cars/trucks parking: 1.
Notable Wildlife
a few gulls, diving birds, crows and raptors. Large raft of offshore seabirds, unable to ID
Beached Birds
Total dead birds: 3.
Driftline Content
Seaweeds and seagrass, Wood pieces. very clean really. Some debris from local flooding
Natural Changes
Erosion of vegetated foredune, Landslides/major boulder falls.
Actions & Comments
Slides are common this time of the year on my mile. There was erosion on my micro dune, that has european beach grass on it. About 1/3 of it is gone.
Report Images
Dale Lee
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Beach south of Humbug Mountain
Stepping on to be beach I was greeted by a healthy supply of summer sand, low swells and blue water with changing shades of color and contrast as the puffy clouds blew over from the northwest.
Dale Lee
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Beach south of Humbug Mountain
Over ten feet of sand has migrated from the north end of mile 43, as remnant bits of last summer's beach can still be seen high near the vegetation line.
Dale Lee
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Beach south of Humbug Mountain
Visiting my mile is traditionally a low tide, moderate to low swell event.
Dale Lee
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Beach south of Humbug Mountain
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Dale Lee
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Beach south of Humbug Mountain
Nice afternoon with exceptionally clean and clear air.
Dale Lee
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Beach south of Humbug Mountain
The ocean was quite foamy from a high swell at night but had subsided to around 5 feet when I was there.
Dale Lee