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We were six students from Oregon State University who volunteered as part of the newly founded chapter of The Coastal Society to monitor miles 232 and 233. We spent the better part of two hours following Fawn Custer's lead around Boiler Bay. We saw several interesting wildlife specimens including large gumboot chitons. We saw no major debris at Mile 233 except for some large wooden posts that were of Japanese design. There were however several (up to 13) purple sea stars that were exhibiting symptoms of sea star wasting syndrome; an unfortunate find considering it hadn't been quite as prolific on the Oregon coast until recently. We monitored Mile 232 briefly from the parking lot overlooking Boiler Bay. There were several sea lions swimming in the water and little else to report. It was a wonderful experience for everyone, and an eye-opening one for a few. We will certainly be back this summer to see how things progress.

Conditions

Temperature: 54 F. Cloud Cover: Sunny. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Wind Direction: SW. Tide Level: 1.8 feet.

Human Activities

Number of people: 6. Tidepooling: 8. Fawn Custer spoke with many avid tidepoolers about their findings. Some also engaged in spotting sea star wasting syndrome.

Vehicles

Cars/trucks parking: 3.

Dead Fish or Invertebrates

Unusual concentration. One dead lingcod. 13 sea stars exhibiting what appear to be symptoms of wasting.

Driftline Content

Wood pieces.

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Mile 232

July 14, 2023

It was a pleasant, cloudless, and mild day.

kbayans

Mile 232

April 1, 2021

Windy and sunny day.

kbayans

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Mile 232

February 3, 2021

2 people fishing beyond the barrier and 1 person feeding the seagulls bread.

kbayans

Mile 232

April 16, 2016

Nothing significant on this stretch.

GWshark

decorative elemnt for a coastwatch report.

Mile 232

January 9, 2016

Fairly nice day with rain showers.

GWshark

decorative elemnt for a coastwatch report.

Mile 232

October 27, 2015

Appeared to be normal human activity for this mile.

GWshark

Mile 232

July 15, 2015

Went out and picked up a full bag of trash off bluffs.

GWshark

Mile 232

July 11, 2015

Other than some fisherman debris and evidence of some fireworks the Boiler Bay bluffs are in good shape.

GWshark