Mile 323

Seaside
Clatsop County

Latitude: 45.987324914867
Longitude: -123.932724770600
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  • Motor vehicle travel is prohibited between the beach ramp at Gearhart (46° 01.8570', Mile 326), southerly to the Clatsop County-Tillamook County line (45° 46.9902', Mile 306), except as follows: Operation or parking of motor vehicles used for and engaged in towing dory boat trailers or essential dory boat launchings from Sunset Drive (45° 53.2830', Mile 313) in Cannon Beach southerly to Warren Way (45° 52.3566', Mile 312) with access from Warren Way only.
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Seaside
Mile 323 Reports (18)

2022

September 20, 2022 - MatthewsE

My first observation at Seaside (323). This will be a one off survey, as the last time it was surveyed was in Feb. of 2021. Also conducted a COASST beached bird survey during this mile walk. 

Very wide beach from Surf to Wood! Lots of sand dollars in the surf and...read more

  • Vegetation zone
  • upper beach 2
  • litter
  • rope
  • view from vegetation
  • human art
  • gull
  • More Art
  • fire pit
  • Herring Gull
  • Common Murre

2021

February 13, 2021 - TiffanyBoothe
  • Seaside Beach Mile 323
  • Logs Rolling In
  • Pyrosome
  • Moon Jelly

2020

January 8, 2020 - TiffanyBoothe

Very few people on the beach. A lot of fun invertibrates including sea gooseberries, red eyed medusa, and sea cherubs. read more

  • Sea Cherub
  • Sea Goosberry
  • Tiny Velella velella
  • Tillamook Head
  • Velella velella
  • Red eyed medusa
  • Velella velella

2017

November 26, 2017 - Volunteer Trainer

 

Tiffany from Seaside Aquarium spotted quite a few of these deformed velella recently on the beach. definitely more than one....read more

  • Tiffany from Seaside Aquarium spotted quite a few of these deformed velella recently on the beach. definitely more than one....

2016

October 23, 2016 - TiffanyBoothe

What a wonderful morning on the beach.  Most significant find was the hitchhiking amphipods (Hyperia medusarium), all by their lonesome, on the beach. It was made even more interesting due to the fact that there were very few (3 moons, 1 fried egg and some gooseberry) jellyfish on the beach....read more
September 15, 2016 - TiffanyBoothe

It was a beautiful morning.  Pretty mellow out on the beach, 31 people out walking, 2 playing in the water, and 2 flying kites.  The  driftline was full of mole crab molts mixed in with a little bit of seaweed. There were also gooseberries, moon jellies, and chunks of brown...read more

2015

August 5, 2015 - TiffanyBoothe
250 people on the beach, due to Volleyball Weekend. Numerous gulls observed (82 Western, one Bonaparte's) and two beached birds. Gooseberries are abundant.read more
  • Among the 500 or so people on this mile of beach, you can still find areas of peace.
  • It's hard to tell from this photograph, but hundreds of temporary volleyball courts have been erected for this weekends tournament. At least 250 people are already playing on them.
  • Just as many people were playing along the shoreline as playing volleyball high up on the beach.
  • Fishing for surf perch, this was the only harvesting activity on the beach today.
  • Lot of gooseberries today.
  • Sea gooseberries grace the shore all along this mile.
  • Hard to tell if these amphipods are dead or are just molts.
  • Hard to tell if these are dead or just molts.
  • A trapdoor spider! This is actually the second time I have found a trapdoor spider along this mile. I do not know if it was still alive. Though I took its picture, I wasn't willing to touch or poke it.
  • Trapdoor spider.
  • One Bonaparte's Gull working the swash zone.
  • The drift line was composed of mainly tubeworm casings.
  • An abandoned castle...

2014

August 7, 2014 - TiffanyBoothe
A calm and quiet morning on Seaside beach, right before a large volleyball tournament which will bring hundreds to the beach. Surprisingly little trash; one towel, one plastic bag, and one beer bottle. Came across one live sand dollar, a small live razor clam, and one gooseberry (no other jelly...read more
  • Mile 323 looking south
  • Gulls rest on the beach
  • Gulls foraging along the shoreline.
  • Live sand dollar
  • One lone fisherman in the surf.
  • One small combjelly
  • Crab molt
  • Someone planted a tree (though it was already dead).
  • I am assuming the same person who planted the dead tree also perched this log, covered in pelagic gooseneck barnacles, upright. Beach art.
  • A close up of pelagic gooseneck barnacles.
  • Family fun on Seaside beach.
  • The drift line was not too exciting this morning. Consisted of feathers and tube worm casings.
  • Tiny live razor clam, destined to be gull food.
  • A very of mile 323 looking North
  • Hundreds of volleyball nets set up. Preparing for the "Wolds larges amateur beach volleyball tournament".
  • World's largest amateur beach volleyball tournament is about to begin.
July 22, 2014 - TiffanyBoothe
It was a beautiful morning. Lots of people were already out and about enjoying the beach. There was a small diatom bloom in the first quarter mile along with a small concentration of water jellies along the tide line. Very few gooseberries, three to be exact, and one lone sea...read more
  • It was a beautiful day, most of the people were higher up on the beach and not depicted in this photograph.
  • One of five gulls foraging along the tide line.
  • There were not very many of these guys left by the high tide today.
  • There was a small concentration of water jellies in one small section of this mile.
  • One lonely sea nettle.
  • This photograph does not show it well, but there was a small diatom bloom in the same section where all the water jellies had washed in.
  • One of many sails left over from the recent mass stranding of Velella velella. The sail was covered in diatoms.
  • This is a juvenile harbor porpoise. It was a male approximately four feet in length.
  • Though the porpoise had not been on the beach very long, a gathering of Black-and-White Sea Fleas (Chromopleustes oculatus)had already begun feeding aggressively on its skin.
May 8, 2014 - TiffanyBoothe
It was a little windy and rainy today on mile 323. Only three other people were on this stretch of beach, all walking their dogs. The high tide line to the south was littered with surf grass and sea palm. Through out the whole mile the high tide line had...read more
  • Looking north from the middle of mile 323.
  • The high tide line was littered with small plastics.
  • The tide line was full of small plastics through out the whole mile.
  • A small flock of pelicans (about 20) were feeding just past the surf.
  • One adult bald eagle cruised by.
  • The high tide line to the south of mile 323 had quite a bit of surf grass and some sea palm.
  • One, slightly old, bull kelp.
  • A fairly large wad of rope/kelp was on the high tide line. Too big for me to cart off the beach.
  • Mile 323 looking south.
May 1, 2014 - TiffanyBoothe
There was a large debris field which expanded two blocks in the middle of this mile. The debris field contained a plethora of opalescent squid eggs, crab shells bothe dungeness and red rock, sea stars (mostly ochres but found two bat stars), sponges various types of snail shells (mainly western...read more
  • Taken from the middle of mile 323 looking south.
  • Close up of the debris.
January 31, 2014 - TiffanyBoothe
Calm day on the beach. Tide was high and about 20 people were walking along the beach. One couple was picking up trash, which may be why I saw so little non-organic debris (two plastic bags and a crab float with a rope attached). There was a small diatom bloom...read more
  • View of the beach from 1-31-14
  • A small diatom bloom was occurring in the middle of mile 323 on 1-31-14
January 13, 2014 - TiffanyBoothe
The surf was still big but the wind had calmed down. Not many people around and about, 10 in total along this mile. What trash was on the beach was comprised of 1 bait bag, 1 bait box, 1 large zip tie, 2 plastic bottles and small plastics (a pretty...read more
  • The large surf which we had been experiencing the last few days brought in Sea Angels most of which were still alive.
  • This is what this stretch of the beach looked like on 1/13/2014
  • This small bird was too torn apart for me to be able to identify.
  • A wave brought this little guy almost right to me feet. It does not look like the peanut worms I have seen in this area before. This one is light pink/peach and almost see-through.
  • I am not very good with identifying birds yet, but I am pretty sure this was a fulmar.
  • Here is what the drift line looked like. The tide was one its way out.
  • The run back was pretty intense because of the large surf. The sanderlings were feeding aggressively following the waves in and out.

2010

October 17, 2010 - kerihevner
Human Activities: About 35 people mostly walking alone or with dogs. Did see two people playing briefly in the surf despite the cold temperatures, and some were sitting up on the sand enjoying the sun. There were about 10 kites being flown, primarily on the beach directly off the car...read more
June 21, 2010 - kerihevner
Human Activities: Happy First Day of Summer! Many people out with dogs and children flying kites, walking, or sitting in the sun that was just beginning to peak through the clouds. Several children were braving the water for wading, and many more were playing in the sand or swinging on...read more
March 23, 2010 - kerihevner
On a beautiful sunny day, the beach was full of people doing everything from sitting in the sun, to building sandcastles, to flying kites. A good number of dogs, many of them off-leash, playing or going for a walk. Also saw several people riding bikes, and a few were braving...read more

2009

December 18, 2009 - kerihevner
Human Activities: When weather is warm, this stretch of beach is usually fairly active with people who are primarily walking, although kite flying is also popular. Lots of dogs tend to be playing or walking off-leash. Children have been observed, particularly on weekends, playing in the sand or water. Shoreline...read more

2007

September 15, 2007 - Auto_Trader
We had a great time! We scheduled our office trip the same weekend SOLV was doing their clean; met lots of people. Nothing seemed out of the ordinary and it was a great morning for walking the beach. There seemed to be a strange amount of dead birds as well...read more