Mile 49 - Graveyard Point, Port, Harbor, Battle Rock - November 6, 2021

Report Details

All in all it was quiet, cloudy weather probably keeping people from visiting - that and there were more action-packed places to see the King Tide in action. We didn't spend too much time because we were going to hit Mile 48 and knew the tide was coming in fast. As noted in the debris section, the "pocket beach" on the north side of Battle Rock had a lot more trash than the rest of the Port Beach, far too much to clean before the tide rushed up.

Conditions

Temperature: 52 F. Cloud Cover: Cloudy. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Wind Direction: NW. Tide Level: 3.8 feet.

Activities

Number of people: 6. Number of dogs: 1. Walking or running: 6.

Other Activities: (4 visitors besides the two of us making this report.). Very quiet for activity - only one family of 4 with their dog, walking and kids playing..

Vehicles

Cars/trucks parking: 1. RVs/Buses parking: 1.

Notable Wildlife

Just a few birds (seagulls) on the sand, a few undetermined birds in water beyond the surf line.

Beached Birds

Total dead birds: 7. 4 unknown, 1 gray seagull, 2 common muir.

Wrackline Content

Seaweeds and seagrass, Wood pieces, Marine debris, Plastic debri (plastic, styrofoam, etc. washing in from the sea), Styrofoam. Saw a metal ladder on the southernmost edge before the rocky point of land blocks the beach from easy access. The main port beach was fairly clean of trash and debris, but the "pocket beach" on the north side of Battle Rock had lots of plastics, pellets, and land debris like plastic bottles, etc. and of course lots of driftwood, some quite large.

Natural Changes

Invasive ice plants appear to be really taking over at top of dunes and on rocks around the port.

Actions & Comments

Picked up a few items of debris/trash, but didn't have time to be thorough since we were working to finish before the King Tide covered the beaches.

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Small sample of the debris on the tide line on the "pocket beach."

Rolled tube of some kind of plastic sheet found on the pocket beach, and removed.

Large stump might be new to the pocket beach

Invasive ice plants taking over on the rocks by the port.

Metal ladder, and sand washed away from rocks

One of the dead birds we found - most of my other photos are too large to upload.

Large wad of kelp, complete with anchors and holdfasts, probably torn loose in the King Tide.

Look north at the port from the south end of the beach, only a couple hours after low tide

Rocky point on southernmost end of main port beach, rocks exposed from sand being washed away

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Skip-Jane-Legacy

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All Mile 49 Reports

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Mile 49

Graveyard Point, Port, Harbor, Battle Rock

November 21, 2025

Quiet on this beach today. There are always more dead birds here than on the Battle Rock Beach.

Peggy Grimes

Mile 49

Graveyard Point, Port, Harbor, Battle Rock

August 24, 2025

Beautiful day! Sunny clear blue skies (Tee shirt weather) about as good as it gets here. Beaches looked clean and in good shape.

Gregg Cramer

Mile 49

Graveyard Point, Port, Harbor, Battle Rock

May 18, 2025

Cloud cover broke as we were eating lunch prior to going into the beach. On the pocket beach by Battle Rock saw a dead tree looking ready to fall off Battle Rock, almost directly over where the tunnel exits onto that beach.

Skip-Jane Legacy KC

Mile 49

Graveyard Point, Port, Harbor, Battle Rock

March 6, 2025

The beaches were pretty clean this visit except for an exceptional amount of small trees and branches up with the logs at high tide line. There was no one on the Port Beach but 3 different people used the picnic table at the Sailor memorial while I was there.

JaneSkipLegacy