Mile 48 - Beach southeast of Battle Rock, north of Hubbard Creek - February 11, 2008

Report Details

the most notable difference from the last time i visited, about a month ago, was that there were large piles of rocks 1/2 way down the mile. it was difficult walking over them, and they lay from the cliff base all the way into the waterline. usually there is a good sandy strip at all but very high tide.there were a few dead birds, not unusual lately, but it seems like there are more than there used to be a few years back. these were like a mud hen, with black head, back and wings, white underbelly, black webbed feet. about the size of a small duck. maybe a western grebe? the fisherman i spoke with said the sandcrabs are back, including the large females, tho there are no eggs on them at this time of the year.

Conditions

Cloud Cover: Partly Cloudy. Wind Velocity: Moderate. Wind Direction: NE. Tide Level: 5.0 feet.

Human Activities

Number of people: 8. Number of dogs: 6. Walking or running: 5. Fishing: 1. Other Activities: watching surf - 1 driving -1.

Vehicles

ATVs/OHVs parking: 1. Cars/trucks on beach, allowed: 1.

Notable Wildlife

some bullkelp up on high tide line among the rocks; a few black birds flying

Beached Birds

Total dead birds: 5. black with white belly, some kind of sea bird by the webbed feet, but i do not know the name.

Dead Fish or Invertebrates

one huge fish head, probably from a fisherman

Driftline Content

Seaweeds and seagrass, Animal casings (e.g., crab, shrimp molt), Animal casings (e.g., crab, shrimp molt), Small rocks, Wood pieces. not much human-based debris. huge piles of mango to melon-sized rocks where i have never seen them before, abput 1/2 mile down

Natural Changes

erosion of sandstone cliffs, further exposure of roots

cprince

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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