Mile 48 Report
Beach southeast of Battle Rock, north of Hubbard Creek
November 24, 2023
Holiday weekend with good weather brought out a lot of people.
Report Details
Holiday weekend with good weather brought out a lot of people. 20 surfers at Hubbard Creek! Very few vehicles and fewer dogs than usual. The beach was clean. There were many more dead birds than I've ever seen on this beach. There was very little trash, but next to the small stream closest to Hubbard Creek there was some plastic debris: 4 18" sections of plastic gutter mounted on plywood and some black plastic pipe. The prospector from last summer?
Conditions
Temperature: 49 F. Cloud Cover: Sunny. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Wind Direction: NW. Tide Level: 0.1 feet.
Activities
Number of people: 59. Number of dogs: 10. Walking or running: 40. Playing in sand: 4. Sitting: 2. Tidepooling: 1. Surfing: 20.
Concerns
Fire
Vehicles
Cars/trucks parking: 46. Cars/trucks on beach, allowed: 2.
Beached Birds
Total dead birds: 22.
Wrackline Content
Small rocks, Seaweeds and seagrass, Shells, Animal casings or molts, Wood pieces, Marine debris, Plastic debri (plastic, styrofoam, etc. washing in from the sea), Ocean-based debris (from fishing boats, ship trash, etc.).
New Development
Bluff development. Rip rap filling below new hotel
These sections of plastic gutter are attached to plywood and set into a stream
Plastic pipe
20 surfers out there
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JaneSkipLegacy
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Beach southeast of Battle Rock, north of Hubbard Creek
Lovely beach walk, lots to look at, remarkably clean of both man-made and natural debris.
Skip-Jane Legacy
Mile 48
Beach southeast of Battle Rock, north of Hubbard Creek
The beach looked good today.
Peggy Grimes
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Beach southeast of Battle Rock, north of Hubbard Creek
Very little trash on the beach today. I've never seen large barnacle shells like I saw today or the clumps of shellfish in the wrack line.
Peggy Grimes
Mile 48
Beach southeast of Battle Rock, north of Hubbard Creek
Beautiful day! Sunny blue skies, calm winds and warm (Tee Shirt weather) People and dogs enjoying the day with the weather about as good as it gets here. Beaches looked clean and in good shape. It doesn't get much better than this.
Gregg Cramer
Mile 48
Beach southeast of Battle Rock, north of Hubbard Creek
Beach is mostly clean.
Skip-Jane Legacy KC
Mile 48
Beach southeast of Battle Rock, north of Hubbard Creek
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
Quite a beautiful, calm, dry, fall weather day.
Gregg Cramer
Mile 48
Beach southeast of Battle Rock, north of Hubbard Creek
A pleasant afternoon at the beginning of the Labor Day weekend.
Elaine Cramer