Report Details

Sunny Day!Beach: Pretty clean beach with 2 exceptions (2 tennis balls on a log and a can, close to north end of mile) otherwise very clean of human debris.  Terrain:  Gradual sloping of dunes next to beach almost complete no sign of sharp edges to dunes meeting the wood or bare as in previous months.  Any logs there are are sitting on top or buried in the sand. Sand Bar:  water separating bar getting longer and wider.Beached Birds:  2 Adult Common Murres, measured and assigned tags #16 and#17. #17 had no neck or head and breastbone was exposed.Found one leg of a Common Murre  separate from body (no sign of body)

Conditions

Temperature: 63 F. Wind Velocity: Moderate. Wind Direction: SW. Tide Level: 3.4 feet.

Human Activities

Number of people: 40. Number of dogs: 5. Walking or running: 26. Playing in surf: 3. Playing in sand: 3. Sitting: 6. Surfing: 2. Vehicles counted are from the South Jetty parking lot on the north end of the mile.

Vehicles

Cars/trucks parking: 6.

Notable Wildlife

8 pelicans flying above the Surfline along the north end of the mile.

Beached Birds

Total dead birds: 2. Common Murre: AdultsI tagged them #16 and #17

Driftline Content

Seaweeds and seagrass.

Natural Changes

Terrain:  Gradual sloping of dunes next to beach almost complete no sign of sharp edges to dunes meeting the wood or bare as in previous months.  Any logs there are are sitting on top or buried in the sand.  Sand Bar:  water separating bar getting longer and wider.

Report Images

Report Images

Share this post

All Mile 214 Reports

Showing 8 of 79 reports

Mile 214

February 12, 2024

Nice day, Most every walking.

Eric Matthews

Mile 214

November 2, 2023

Nice day at Mile 214.

MatthewsE

Mile 214

October 31, 2023

Quiet day, mostly walkers out.

Oregon Coast Aquarium

Mile 214

September 19, 2023

The Oregon Coast Aquarium is recharging the NOAA MDMAP site within CoastWatch Mile 214.

Oregon Coast Aquarium

Mile 214

July 10, 2023

Everything is looking pretty well.

MatthewsE

Mile 214

March 13, 2023

A typical winter day.

MatthewsE

decorative elemnt for a coastwatch report.

Mile 214

February 4, 2023

Sanderlings disturbed by humans.

FlaningamM

decorative elemnt for a coastwatch report.

Mile 214

December 31, 2022

Unleashed dog chasing feeding shorebirds, and insufficient campaign to educate beach-goers to prevent this.

FlaningamM