Mile 48 - Beach southeast of Battle Rock, north of Hubbard Creek - May 5, 2022

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The beach looked clean, people and dogs were well behaved. The landslide from January 2021 is stabilizing.

Conditions

Temperature: 52 F. Cloud Cover: Sunny. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Wind Direction: SE. Tide Level: -0.3 feet.

Human Activities

Number of people: 16. Number of dogs: 6. Walking or running: 9. Playing in surf: 1. Photography: 1. Tidepooling: 1. Surfing: 3. Other Activities: Bicycling.

Vehicles

Cars/trucks parking: 12.

Notable Wildlife

Maybe it's notable that the only wildlife I saw were gulls.

Driftline Content

Small rocks, Animal casings (e.g., crab, shrimp molt), Wood pieces. There was not much of a drift line. Near Battle Rock it contained the casings from shrimp molly everywhere else there were just small rocks and small pieces of wood.

Natural Changes

The big landslide from January of 2021 seems to be stabilizing itself as plants grow in. Very little sign that further sliding is occurring right on the shore, though there may be some higher up near the highway.

Actions & Comments

The beach looked great. Almost no litter. A small chunk of Styrofoam the size of my hand, a couple plastic of bottle caps (one from a water bottle and one from a wine bottle) and a few small pieces of rope were all I saw and they were up near the high tide line.

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This was all bright orange and plant free just 18 months ago

This is the first time I've visited with the tide or far enough to get a long view to see how far up the hill it started.

I've stood on this same rock to photograph the slide each time I've visited. Note how much more vegetation there is compared to previous.

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