December 26, 2019 - LyndaC
A beautiful day at the coast at Cape Perpetua, very strong winds, tide remains high 2 hours following high tide, Devils Churn full of water, foam whipped to consistency of whipped cream. Cape Cove beach remained covered by water 2 hours after high tide. Many people enjoying the...read more
February 10, 2019 - oldMGguy
I normally don't report on Mile 190 but since I've been a volunteer naturalist/interpretive ranger at Cape Perpetua since 2008, I can report on those things that have been changing over the years. I walk the Captain Cook , Cape Cove, and Restless Waters trails every Sunday. Since the south...read more
December 26, 2018 - LyndaC
Visited the ocean December 26th, a damp, showery day with small number of visitors. Waves strong, brisk breezeread more
March 10, 2018 - LyndaC
Beautiful day at the beach, large number of people enjoying nature. Parking at Cooks Chasm and Devils Chum, only four parking spaces open.read more
December 17, 2017 - oldMGguy
I have been a volunteer naturalist ranger, trail crew, trash-picker-upper at the Cape Perpetua Scenic Area since 2008. I have never seen wave-tossed driftwood logs launched so high into the creek-side underbrush salal before. Some of the logs are 6-8 feet above the regular winter driftwood log collection at the...read more
July 18, 2017 - LyndaC
A beautiful July day, the coast being enjoyed by a large number of people, Devil's Churn parking lot filled. We visited at low tide, 0.7 enabling us to walk far out on beach and rewarded by seeing at least 50 seastars. Next day we visited Neptune beach again at low...read more
June 4, 2017 - LyndaC
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November 26, 2015 - LyndaC
A large number of people enjoying a gorgeous holiday at the coast. Waves splashing high on headland in front of Cape Perpetua visitor center, huge surges into Devils Churn. Cook's Chasm filling with wave surges, and the blowhole at that site sending up huge plumes. Logs at Cape Cove beach...read more
September 2, 2015 - LyndaC
Initially cloudy with a bit of drizzle, becoming a sunny, pleasant dayWith Fawn Custer and student, at Cape Cove beach rock noted for future low tide observations and sea star survey performed. >15 animals noted, all but one rated healthy, one with small lesion of one arm. Beach clean, scant...
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July 29, 2015 - LyndaC
Gloriously sunny but very windy week at the coast. A large number of visitors in all areas, heavy traffic. Visitors walking on paths, climbing rocks. Happy to see seastars at Cape Cove beach, appear healthy, 12 individuals, plus a group in water, too numerous to count.7 dead murres found within...
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April 21, 2015 - LyndaC
Astounding number of seastars, 52! where previously none seen. Appeared plump and healthy, in clusters and singly.Plastic pieces in wrack line >1/2", larger than usual.Vela Vela, clumps of dead, but fewer than other locations we had visited
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November 29, 2014 - LyndaC
Wet and windy Thanksgiving weekend. Unable to explore the beach very well due to very strong wave action.
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October 7, 2014 - LyndaC
A grey day at the coast, but a good number of people enjoying the day.
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September 5, 2014 - LyndaC
92 degrees at Devils Churn parking area! Cape Creek easy to cross - not much water at presentFewer seagulls noted, 4 sea stars appeared to be healthy, solitary, no clusters8 unleashed dogs on beach area, but under good control of owners, enjoying the day and respectful of other visitors.Wrack line...
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August 18, 2014 - LyndaC
Heavy tourist traffic in the area and many people enjoying a day that began cool and foggy with sun breaking out and giving us a pleasant day. A group of Chinese tourists were led by volunteer Ranger. Surf was churning up much sand. We did note 4 sea stars at...
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August 4, 2014 - LyndaC
Was told by assistant Ranger at Devils Church that a "neatly" decapitated raccoon was found there early in the morning. No explanation offered.Area remarkably free from trash - ?? other volunteers ?? park service
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June 22, 2014 - oldMGguy
I have been a volunteer trail/beach naturalist at Cape Perpetua since 2008. Our tide pools are historically well populated with 1000's of ocher sea stars, occasional sun star.With the recent alarm over the sea star wasting disease, I walked thru our popular tide pools rocky complex today to inventory the...
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May 7, 2014 - LyndaC
Quiet day at mile 190. Two bags of trash collected, mostly empty bottles, few pieces of Styrofoam. Surf and wind was low.Collected one 8" float with shells imbedded, photo will be sent. No evidence of tsunami debris noted
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January 26, 2014 - LyndaC
King tides were to occur January 30, however due to predicted rain at that time, we elected to enjoy sunshine so went on the 28th. Tide was predicted at 8.4, and we were there 3 hrs before high tide. Waves were still strong at noon, so unable to see barnacles...
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November 10, 2013 - LyndaC
Waves higher than I expected, was glad I took the precaution of not going down onto sand as was surprised by an incoming wave which went higher up onto rocks than I had anticipated. Since I stayed further back, noted small bits of Styrofoam (too small to pick up) in...
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September 26, 2013 - LyndaC
Beautiful sunny day and many people in the areaLow tide point was very high and our time on the beach was quite limited. We found very little trash until we walked the final portion of the mile along Highway 101 where there is significantly more to pick up.
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August 13, 2013 - LyndaC
This was my first walk on the mile, with visiting daughter. Was unsure of actual end of mileTide cleans out this area quite thoroughly.
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June 10, 2010 - mbbsmile
The trail to Cape Cove is so overgrown that the two sides are almost touching. Lots of ferns, horsetail and huge skunk cabbage. New wooden signs with the names of trails or sites to see. Very black sky and occasional showers. The most litter I've ever seen on this mile...
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March 18, 2010 - mbbsmile
A beautiful windy day. The paved trail is in great shape. Cape Cove continues to have lots of large logs near the shore and along the inlet. Good Fortune cove had no water even though it was high tide. It so happend the highway dept was clearing sand from the...
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June 27, 2008 - svenbrean
Beautiful sunny day. Lots of people walking the shorelines and trails at Cape Perpetua.
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March 22, 2008 - svenbrean
Beautiful sunny day and lots of folks out taking a look. The spouting horn at Cook's Chasm was putting on a show.
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February 9, 2008 - Ranger
The effects of recent heavy surf were evident. A lot more flotsam in the redistributed drift wood and much less sand on the pocket beaches.
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December 22, 2007 - Ranger
Bluff sloughing is close to undercutting the access trail adjacent to Highway 101. Situation was reported to USFS at CPVC.Weather and sea conditions made it dangerous to access the southern portion of Mile 190. No observations below Cooks Chasm.
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September 29, 2007 - svenbrean
For a cloudy post-Labor day week end there were quite a few folks out enjoying the views.
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April 1, 2007 - svenbrean
Generally quiet day, nothing much out of the ordinary, other than one sea lion carcass found a couple hundred yards north of Cook's Chasm
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