Mile 8 - Harris Beach SP picnic area, Goat Island - April 24, 2019

Report Details

A very calm, foggy negative tide - .3 feet as I was unable to put in the - in the report tide section. Effectively able to walk the entire mile with only some bouldering and logs across creeks. Saw about 20 people on the southern section of the mile just walking it sitting and enjoying the low tide. 1 small dog on a leash. Not a lot of gulls or other birds this morning but one cormorant in flight and lots of live rock crabs plus one lonely, alive sea star on the beach. Last week I saw a single otter at the northern tip of mile 8! No sign today. Huge trees and other wood debris along all beaches due to storms several weeks ago. Saw very little micro plastic but did find one large fishing lure. Land slide south of the parking area. Tree down with exposed roots. Also plenty of poison oak on the trail behind the big rocks at the south end.

Conditions

Temperature: 53 F. Cloud Cover: Foggy. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Tide Level: -0.3 feet.

Human Activities

Number of people: 20. Number of dogs: 1. Walking or running: 14. Playing in sand: 2. Sitting: 6.

Vehicles

Cars/trucks parking: 12.

Notable Wildlife

Cormorant in flight, lots of small rock crabs scurrying in the rocks at the northern most section of mile 8, one sea star on the beach, also an abundance of poison oak sprouting up in the trail behind the rocks south of the parking area

Driftline Content

Small rocks, Wood pieces, Styrofoam. Dog poop

Natural Changes

Landslides/major boulder falls, Newly exposed roots/trees falling.

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Mile 8

Harris Beach SP picnic area, Goat Island

December 5, 2019

Calm, low tide.

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Mile 8

Harris Beach SP picnic area, Goat Island

August 16, 2019

Found today 10-12’ decomposing body of a sea lion washed up on the rocks at the cove at the most northern point of mile 8 appears to have been dead for some time and is very fragrant Turkey vulture activity has been high here for the last several days and I guess I discovered why!

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