Mile 34
Wakeman Beach, Geisel Monument Wayside
Curry County
Latitude: 42.486929985950
Longitude: -124.423189958790
Longitude: -124.423189958790
Vehicles:
- Motor vehicles are prohibited from the Nesika Beach headland (42° 29.8284', Mile 34), southerly to (42° 27.5022', Mile 31), a point approximately one-third mile south of Otter Point.
- Motor vehicles are allowed from the Ophir Rest Area (42° 32.1948', Mile 36) southerly to the Nesika Beach headland (42° 29.8284', Mile 34).
Tides: NOAA Tide Predictions. Click on the station nearest to your location to see predicted tides in graphical and tabular formats.
Mile 34 Reports (9)
2018
July 26, 2018 - lordfamily
Path through old forest south of Winston property is being maintained; recent bramble clipping evident. Some human footprints in the sand around the bottom of the Geisel Monument beach access (that was the only sign of humans using the area on our whole walk). New stairway to the beach here....read more
2012
July 1, 2012 - edbear
Some trash. I have found about 4 plastic bottles that are definitely from Japan. The rest are local. And, quite a lot of styrofoam. I thought some of the big pieces were not from Japan, and looked like they had beenin the water for years. BUT, upon a closer inspection,the...read more 2010
May 13, 2010 - edbear
PERIOD COVERED 01/1010 - 05/13/10TRASH: Very little trash up until April/May 2010. Very little driftwood this year as opposed to last year (2009). In April, I began to see a lot of the rubber innertube strips used by the crabbers on the beach or rocks. I was hauling off about...read more 2009
June 14, 2009 - edbear
Very little man made debris compared to thelast few years. Also, very little people traffic.BUT, the main pollutant are the rubber tire stripsreported above as fishing debris. In one week(week of 05/18/09), I picked up 5 Kg of these strips.Is there any way for the crab fishermen to preventthis?read more 2008
July 4, 2008 - edbear
1. Dead Seals:4 baby dead seals found on beach from early April to Mid-May. Two were badly mutilated, certainly before they washed up on the shore. One seal had no noticeable injuries, but was very dead. The last had visible injuries, but had bled out. The seal [population, in general,...read more 2007
July 21, 2007 - edbear
Nothing very unusual except for the large number of dead baby seals this spring. We had a lot of rough surf around the time of birthing. I am sure that had something to do with it.Also, large amounts of beach trash this spring, more than usual.read more March 31, 2007 - edbear
See Comments. However, mostly normal.Very few people seen from Jan-Mar.read more 2006
October 30, 2006 - edbear
Dead seal (white). About 75 kG. Washed in and out with tides and weather. No visible injuries. Slow disintegration due to colder weather and no vultures (they migrate South around September). Finally, washed away prior to any significant disintegration.read more January 7, 2006 - edbear
100kg dead seal, finally disintegrated after about 4 weeks, helped by turkey vulturesread more