Mile 48 - Beach southeast of Battle Rock, north of Hubbard Creek - December 31, 2021

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The beach looked good today. Not much litter or storm debris. The previous high tide packed down the sand all the way to the boulders so it was easy walking. A few unique objects: an office chair at the foot of the dunes, a stuffed animal on a rock, and a wood pallet in Hubbard creek

Conditions

Temperature: 42 F. Cloud Cover: Partly Cloudy. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Wind Direction: NE. Tide Level: 4.5 feet.

Human Activities

Number of people: 26. Number of dogs: 4. Walking or running: 16. Photography: 1. Surfing: 1. Other Activities: 8 in vehicles.

Vehicles

Cars/trucks parking: 6. Cars/trucks on beach, allowed: 3.

Beached Birds

Total dead birds: 1.

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), Styrofoam, Ocean-based debris (from fishing boats, ship trash, etc.). There were more oyster shells than I've noticed here before. Fewer dead birds, and less litter. The tide was very high 9.6 that morning. It seemed to have cleaned things out rather than depositing them.

Natural Changes

I don't think there were any new fallen trees, but several have been undercut and fallen to the beach over the last year and are still there. Last winter's landslide is still moving, judging by how little vegetation has grown over the soil.

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Near Battle Rock is the only area of the beach that I was a lot of small plastic pieces today

My friends with dogs say some bags are biodegradable. Do folks think they will disappear if they throw it into the surf?

I don't think this came in on the tide... A dune sled?

9.6' tide this morning brought the wrack line right up to the boulder line

Down tree that fell last summer or fall

Still no vegetation growing on last winter's landslide. Doesn't that rock in the middle look like a cat woman's face?

Some little kid must be sad to lose this guy. From the look and smell of him, I think he did spend some time in the ocean, though I found him sitting on this rock. I did not have a trash bag so I left it there.

Pallet in Hubbard Creek

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