Mile 186

The day started out with high clouds blocking the sun to partly cloudy.

Temp was 62 degrees F and a 2mph wind from the west.

Observed 68 people on the beach along with 14 dogs and 1 house cat.

Observed 16 cars parked. Car count is low due to the number of people that...read more

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Foggy, Temp 53 degrees F, Wind 5 mph from the NW

Low tide at 0840 listed as 2.46' and High tide at 1442 listed as 6.46'

31 people and 3 dogs observed doing a variety of activities. This included kite flying which is the first time we have observed this.

Fat tire bicycle...read more

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Started the survey on the south side of Tenmile Creek. Winds were 1-5 mph out of the SW and sky was overcast. Tide was on the way out after a king high tide at approximately 11am with a low tide predicted for approximately 5pm according to Waldport tide tables. We...read more

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Very warm, sunny day with very little wind.

45 people and 7 dogs observed on beach.

12 cars/trucks in parking areas.

2 people had started to surf fish in the Cape Perpetua Marine Reserve as I was towards where they were at. I stopped and asked them if they knew that they...read more

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December 22, 2018 – 1100-1400 hours

Day was cloudy, approximately 44 degrees F, Moderate winds from the south

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This was our first trip to this area. Parking areas were clean, beach has a lot of rocks (tennis ball to bowling ball size) just north of Tenmile Creek.  Beautiful sunny, warm and virtually windless day on the Oregon coast.  Approximately three dozen seagulls plus one unidentified bird on beach...read more

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We have to schedule our ENHS Project six or more weeks in advance, we almost cancelled due to the weather. It really was not as bad as we feared, but it rained constantly. There was no cobble beach at Ten Mile Creek access, water right up to the cobble bank...read more

The most birds we have ever seen and many were pelicans. Nice calm day with few people on the beach. The road to the parking area was closed but 2 cars had gone around the barrier. We have no real access to the beach north of the creek but we...read more

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Beach was empty of people and dogs today. Some of the logs close to the bank that have been in place all summer are being rearranged or removed by wave action now. One grey and white bird, smaller than a gull was dead on the beach. Too little of it...read more

Very small amount of litter on the beach. Ten Mile Creek travels south along the shore through the sand, meeting the ocean directly west of the parking area at Stonefield Beach Wayside.read more

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Very quiet day. No birds, relatively clean beach, very little activity. As noted before, a poorly built stairway connects the top of the bluff to the beach. The RV campground is putting in more permanent-type housing(pre-fab rolled in on wheels then placed on foundation)and these dwellings are only a bit...read more

Lots of sand has come in making the beach the cleanest we have ever seen and the 70 degree day made it the warmest. Due to the closure of the parking at 10 Mile Creek, from the sand build- up, there were no people on that section of the mile...read more

Lovely day with few birds and little wind. On the southern portion of the mile there was lots of small plastic debris and 3 dead gulls. There was evidence of some very high tides. The sand is returning and Ten Mile creek is again changing course.read more

Driftline contained much plastic debris. Many scoters covered large area of ocean. One dead seagull and one cormorant which appeared sick.Some bluff sluffing observed. Ten Mile Creek has straigthened its path to the ocean.read more