Report Details

Hubbard Creek has "drifted" pretty far north/northwest, but it appears to be natural.There were several groups of people on the beach and coming down while we did the report. I only counted the cars in the lot when we arrived. There were more when we finished. Most activities appeared "normal" and didn't see anything of concern.

Conditions

Temperature: 67 F. Cloud Cover: Sunny. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Wind Direction: NW. Tide Level: 2.8 feet.

Human Activities

Number of people: 35. Number of dogs: 9. Walking or running: 27. Playing in sand: 6. Sitting: 4. Other Activities: Kayak fisherman was setting up, and put in while we were nearby, but he didn't stay long - was gone by the time we came back by where he had parked. Was maybe 30 minutes later.. One of the SUV-type trucks on the beach was stuck briefly, but was able to "walk" out of the deep sand without help, by accelerating slowly. Didn't tear things up. There was a tent on the sand at Hubbard Creek - may actually have been on Mile 47 side, but I think it was just set up to be a sun-shade for the family as there were 2 smaller kiddos playing in the sand with the Mom nearby.

Concerns

Fire, Litter

Apparent violations: Signs of 3 separate campfires, all appeared contained, and probably from the holiday weekend..

Vehicles

Cars/trucks parking: 20. Cars/trucks on beach, allowed: 3.

Notable Wildlife

Nothing unusual, other than a handful of seagulls.

Beached Birds

Total dead birds: 3. Didn't see any leg bands, carcasses were mostly so old as to be unable to tell why they died.

Stranded Marine Mammals

Total stranded mammals: 2. There were two carcasses of dead marine mammals - one was big enough to be a sea lion, did not appear to have a head. Had been there long enough that it was "flat" and had signs of significant scavenging. The second one was small enough to just be a seal, or maybe a sea otter, but it was pretty much just a pelt that someone had laid out on a rock. See photos.

Driftline Content

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.). Debris was fairly light. Some fireworks remains closer to the Wayside, but we didn't find much of anything to pick up. Several small crab shells, sand shrimp molt - spotted one live sand shrimp that appeared to be on its last legs.

New Development

A couple driftwood structures on the beach - one appeared brand new by Battle Rock, the other 3 on the Hubbard Creek end. One of those was the remains of the surfer camp we reported on in March, the other two were new, and not nearly as elaborate as the surfer camp.

Natural Changes

Landslides/major boulder falls. Checked on the landslide noted in previous report - does not seem to have grown (much) larger, but it does/did go back quite a ways from the beach - farther than I initially thought, though my sister (who saw and reported the slide first, in January) pointed out that I hadn't seen the depth of it during my report in March.

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Landslide at mid-point Battle Rock Beach
Landslide at mid-point Battle Rock Beach
Landslide at mid-point Battle Rock Beach
Trying to show the depth of the Landslide at mid-point Battle Rock Beach
Carcass of some kind of marine mammal someone had spread out on rocks
Carcass of large dead marine mammal on beach about 1/3 mi south (SE) of Wayside
Carcass of large dead marine mammal with human for perspective/size.
more of the landslide
more of the landslide
Hubbard Creek
Foundation of driftwood structure
remains of surfer's camp structure
signs of campfire that wasn't in a ring, or put out
Dead tree still hanging in there

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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

Mile 48

Beach southeast of Battle Rock, north of Hubbard Creek

May 15, 2024

The beach looked good today.

Peggy Grimes

Mile 48

Beach southeast of Battle Rock, north of Hubbard Creek

March 16, 2024

Seems like cheating to call this a winter report, with the weather conditions being so lovely.

Kristi Cramer

Mile 48

Beach southeast of Battle Rock, north of Hubbard Creek

November 24, 2023

Holiday weekend with good weather brought out a lot of people.

JaneSkipLegacy

Mile 48

Beach southeast of Battle Rock, north of Hubbard Creek

August 19, 2023

Beach was remarkably clean.

Skip-Jane-Legacy

Mile 48

Beach southeast of Battle Rock, north of Hubbard Creek

May 13, 2023

This was an exceptionally warm Saturday so there were more people on the beach than I usually see but everyone was well behaved and loving the rare chance to be on the beach (and even a few brave souls in the water) without multiple layers of coats.

JaneSkipLegacy

Mile 48

Beach southeast of Battle Rock, north of Hubbard Creek

February 10, 2023

Driftwood 5th graders had a wonderful day at their first observation of their adopted mile.

Curry County Schools