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Nice afternoon with exceptionally clean and clear air. Water was blue, swells were 6-8 feet, and erratic. All the sand had been recently erased of any activity by the surf that had been reaching the rock cliff at high tides and during stormy weather. Not a lot of litter, and no evidence of debris from offshore or Japan

Conditions

Temperature: 55 F. Cloud Cover: Sunny. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Wind Direction: W. Tide Level: 2.0 feet.

Human Activities

Number of people: 1. Walking or running: 1. no evidence of any recent human visits

Vehicles

Cars/trucks parking: 1.

Notable Wildlife

few live birds except for large rafts of off shore seabirds. Many hundreds on the northern tide pool section

Driftline Content

Seaweeds and seagrass. some new local ocean debris

Natural Changes

Landslides/major boulder falls.

Actions & Comments

large landslide from last year is about 50% removed from the base by wave action. Landslide is on the northernmost cliff of the sanded portion of mile

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Mile 43

Beach south of Humbug Mountain

September 4, 2015

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

Mile 43

Beach south of Humbug Mountain

April 4, 2015

Save the Monkeyfaced Eel.

Dale Lee

Mile 43

Beach south of Humbug Mountain

March 28, 2015

Large dock on Mile 43.

Dale Lee

decorative elemnt for a coastwatch report.

Mile 43

Beach south of Humbug Mountain

December 23, 2013

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

Mile 43

Beach south of Humbug Mountain

July 23, 2013

Visiting my mile is traditionally a low tide, moderate to low swell event.

Dale Lee

Mile 43

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.

Dale Lee

Mile 43

Beach south of Humbug Mountain

November 20, 2011

Nice afternoon with exceptionally clean and clear air.

Dale Lee

decorative elemnt for a coastwatch report.

Mile 43

Beach south of Humbug Mountain

September 18, 2011

The ocean was quite foamy from a high swell at night but had subsided to around 5 feet when I was there.

Dale Lee