October 9, 2019 - shelgeson
Overall, beautiful day on Mile 206. I enjoy seeing my mile through the seasons and becoming more familiar with it. read more
June 2, 2019 - shelgeson
It was a pleasant Sunday evening on Mile 206! Despite the cloudy overcast and wind, several individuals were enjoying the coast. I saw several shorebirds (being undisturbed), 2 sea stars, 3-4 seals beached on a rock several yards into the water, and 5 sand crabs that were alive. It was...read more
March 17, 2019 - shelgeson
Great day at mile 206! People were out enjoying the sun and tidepools. Noteably, there were 2 starfish found in the tidepools on 206. People, families (including those with young children) were respectful of the starfish in the tide pools, watching but not harrassing. The driftline looked better this time...read more
December 15, 2018 - shelgeson
* This report is from the December 21st quarter.
This is my second report for coastwatch! During this visit, I noticed that there was less human activity and dead birds/crabs on the shoreline. However there was a larger quanity of trash on coastline. I cleaned up debris. read more
August 26, 2018 - shelgeson
This is my first mile report with coast watch! I enjoyed becoming acquainted with my mile and walking it! Attached you will find pictures of what I saw. read more
December 22, 2014 - Fawn and Mike
This was the 2nd day of King Tides. Marine debris- drift line included small wood, logs, bits of plastic, plastic water bottles, glass bottles, 4 tooth brushes, 3 shoes, 2 crab bait containers, plastic rope, and 8 dead Cassin's auklets. Sea foam was high on the shoreline revealing the tide height.
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August 2, 2014 - Jenni
Lots of people out at Seal Rock state park. Very clean beach. The sea star population is much lower than it was but almost all of the sea stars I did find were healthy looking.
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July 30, 2014 - Fawn and Mike
No sea stars. The water in tidepools and surf was very brown and murky. 65 people, 4 dogs - playing in surf, walking the beach, playing in sand and fetch with dogs.
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April 6, 2014 - Jenni
The beach has been very clean lately, not much driftwood, seaweed or debris. Sewer smell reported in December is gone. There were two rocks on the north end of the mile in the intertidal zone that had bright orange spray paint marks on them. There was a missing person search...
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December 28, 2013 - Jenni
Very nice day, strong wind when we started off at 3 p.m., calmed down by 3:45 or so. Lots of people out. Pretty big waves, but good low tide. There was a sewage smell coming from the northernmost stream on the mile. Not sure if that is from the campground...
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November 23, 2013 - Fawn and Mike
Sunday the Ocean was calm...light wind...sunny and quite warm for so late in the season. Pocket of ice in the shade still frozen. The shoreline area contained little plastic debris and small amount of styrofoam, though several plastic bottles had been blown up high on the rocks....most debris being wood...
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October 27, 2013 - Fawn and Mike
Blowing sand had covered much of the wrack line. Typical human activities, including cliff-climbing.
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August 18, 2013 - Jenni
Amazingly nice day. Very warm, lots of people out tidepooling. There is new development along beach 1. Tide was low enough to get around the rocks between beaches.
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March 2, 2013 - Jenni
The house being developed along beach 2 appears to be finished. Lots of small bits of styrofoam and plastic, mostly styrofoam. Nothing obviously Japan tsunami-related. Found a section of rope about 100 feet long and removed it. Noticed another long section of rope, with buoy attached, entangled in the large...
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November 18, 2012 - Jenni
High tide and large storm waves prevented walking the entire mile. Numerous birds in surf and sheltering on beach.
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May 19, 2012 - Jenni
Beautiful morning for a mile walk! Tide was quite low and the tidepools looked healthy. Lots of anemones and stars. Sand has moved away from the 3rd beach completely, see picture. Several plastic bottles near the headlands on beaches 2 and 3, but otherwise pretty clean.
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March 1, 2012 - Jenni
Rather uneventful walk. Nice day. Most people were congregated at the north end of the mile on the beach at Seal Rock State Park. Noticed sand had moved away from the second beach to expose some cobbles.
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January 21, 2012 - Jenni
Went out to take pictures of King Tide event. Could only access Seal Rock State park and highway pulloffs due to the extreme high tide. Photos were taken at 10:30-10:40 a.m., high tide was forecast at 10:12 for 9.8 ft.
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August 16, 2008 - ocayouthvol
This was the first coastwatch walk for many of the volunteers. Also, most of them were from other areas so we were not able to note many physical changes. Very nice sunny day. Lots of families at the beach playing in the sand and water. One family had a small...
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Beautiful sunny morning low tide with many people and some classes tidepooling. Sand level remains high compared to other years causing a smothering of many of the higher tidepools. Green algal blooms are late probably due to the cold rainy spring.
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Surprisingly little driftline content. Beach almost bare. Very few seabirds either on the beach or in the water
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Sand very high suffocating seaweeds and invertebrates in tidepools, 2 dead (pelagic?) cormorants and 1 dead seal
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Sand build up still high on the beach smothering many filamentous algae that usually occur in the high and mid intertidal. Abundant new graffiti on the sandstone cliffs and signs of sliding down the cliffs. Numerous gulls flocking & teaching their young to fly. Beautiful day -- sunny until 8:30...
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Sand level was high for this time of year, possibly due to the recent storms from the south. Sand covered most of the upper tide pools on the public beach to the north -- and, in the south, it made it possible to walk the entire beach in one trip...
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No unusual findings. Normal flora and fauna for late winter -- including normal sand buildup
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