Mile 93 Report
Mouth of New River, Fourmile Creek
June 24, 2011
Beach was remarkably clean with only crab carapaces and few rocks.
Report Details
Beach was remarkably clean with only crab carapaces and few rocks. To see people with dogs at the north end of Mile 93 was actually unusual for this isolated beach. Most of the time, this beach has no people.
Conditions
Temperature: 60 F. Cloud Cover: Sunny. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Wind Direction: NW.
Human Activities
Number of people: 5. Number of dogs: 2. Walking or running: 5. ATV tracks south of Mile 93.
Notable Wildlife
Sea gulls pecking at crab carapaces.
Driftline Content
Animal casings (e.g., crab, shrimp molt). Remarkably clean beach.
H Witschi
CoastWatcher
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Mile 93
Mouth of New River, Fourmile Creek
We set out at eleven in the morning with me rowing the Second Sea Sprite, our eight-foot Walker Bay dinghy, down the Lower Fourmile Creek and across the New River to its West Bank.
John Hull
Mile 93
Mouth of New River, Fourmile Creek
Beach sand wide and clean with a few jellies on the wet sand.
John Hull
Mile 93
Mouth of New River, Fourmile Creek
Japanese tsunami debris baseline report: Two Japanese bottles, otherwise the beach is quite clean.
H Witschi
Mile 93
Mouth of New River, Fourmile Creek
Japanese tsunami debris baseline report: SOLV bag still against the boat dock.
H Witschi
Mile 93
Mouth of New River, Fourmile Creek
Japanese tsunami debris baseline report: Placed against the washed -up boat dock a large yellow SOLV bag filled with plastic material and several large Styrofoam pieces; altogether too much debris to carry away.
H Witschi
Mile 93
Mouth of New River, Fourmile Creek
Japanese tsunami debris baseline report:North end of mile 92/south end mile 93 - on a length of about 1/5 to 1/10 of a mile, approximately 10 plastic bottles, half of which have clearly identifiable Japanese lettering.
H Witschi
Mile 93
Mouth of New River, Fourmile Creek
Japanese tsunami debris baseline report: Beaches (Miles 93 and 94) are empty, no trash and no people.
H Witschi