Mile 48 - Beach southeast of Battle Rock, north of Hubbard Creek - 05/15/2024

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The beach looked good today. There was a little more trash than I've seen the last few times I've visited but still everything fits in a small trash bag. There was one new slide, also near Hubbard Creek. Fairly small and superficial.

Conditions

Temperature: 63 F. Cloud Cover: Sunny. Wind Velocity: Strong. Tide Level: 3.7 feet.

Human Activities

Number of people: 19. Number of dogs: 9. Walking or running: 15. Sitting: 1. Fishing: 1.

Beached Birds

Total dead birds: 2.

Driftline Content

Small rocks, Seaweeds and seagrass, Shells, Animal casings (e.g., crab, shrimp molt), Wood pieces, Land-based debris (picnics, etc.), Marine debris (plastic, styrofoam, etc. washing in from the sea), Ocean-based debris (from fishing boats, ship trash, etc.). Piles of dry velella velella high on the beach in and around the logs, especially near Hubbard Creek.

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Peggy Grimes

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Mile 48

Beach southeast of Battle Rock, north of Hubbard Creek

March 6, 2025

Odd large pieces of trash near Battle Rock. Lots of bottle caps in wrack line. Many small pieces of plastic in the wrack line near Hubbard Creek. I remember my mom showing me an aluminum railing from a shipwreck sticking out of the rocks on this beach years ago when the sand was low.

JaneSkipLegacy

Mile 48

Beach southeast of Battle Rock, north of Hubbard Creek

November 9, 2024

Quite a beautiful, calm, dry, fall weather day.

Gregg Cramer

Mile 48

Beach southeast of Battle Rock, north of Hubbard Creek

August 31, 2024

A pleasant afternoon at the beginning of the Labor Day weekend.

Elaine Cramer

Mile 48

Beach southeast of Battle Rock, north of Hubbard Creek

July 4, 2024

I was astounded by the mass of humans on the beach, so I thought I'd report it. Port Orford made plans for beach cleanups of both the dock beach and the Battle Rock beach for July 5th.

Elaine Cramer