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CoastWatch Mile 207 County Lincoln Description Seal Rock Wayside north, Seal Rocks, Deer Creek Boundaries N 44° 30.561', W 124° 4.847' to N 44° 29.788', W 124° 5.135' Google Maps Nearby Roads, Directions to/from, Google photos, Satellite image, Terrain overlay OPRD Map Grant Creek to Seal Rock (2) to Alsea River (1) Vehicles • Motor vehicle travel is prohibited from Yaquina Bay (44° 37.0374', Mile 215), southerly to the Lincoln County-Lane County line (44° 16.5774', Mile 190). Weather Current Weather Conditions at nearby stations (may take a minute or two on a dialup connection) Tides The NOAA Tide Predictions site may be found here. Click on the station nearest to your location to see predicted tides in graphical and tabular formats. Photo Mile 207, north end   6/12/07 North end of mile, just north of Deer Creek Maxine

19 REPORTS FOR MILE 207: Maxine C May 15, 2013 1:30 PM   Normal human and dog activity for this time of year. Spring migration of birds underway--whimbrels on the beach, geese overhead. A bright red sea star, Pacific henricia, seen in a tidepool earlier this week. Lots of crab shell fragments in drift line. Recent erosion of the bluff noticed. A private concrete staircase down the bluff has been added near Deer Creek, approved after being built, State Parks permit BA-683-12.   MORE    red sea star    Description: Pacific henricia, red sea star Location: lowest tidepool near Deer Creek Date: May 12, 2013 12:00 AM Cliff erosion    Description: Cliff erosion Location: 1/4 mi n of Seal Rock State Park Date: May 15, 2013 12:00 AM Orange algae or lichen rock    Description: This orange algae or lichen is growing on the north side of large sandstone rocks on the upper beach, well above the intertidal zone except in winter when waves reach it. Identity unknown. Location: About 1/4 mi north of Seal Rock State Park Clean beach, almost    Description: Someone apparently scattered an offering to Neptune of old cut-up fruit. The gulls and crows were definitely not interested. Location: At Curtis Street beach access dianemaloney Aug 5, 2011 10:40 AM   Lots of people enjoying a very nice day. No notable changes in the cliffs or beach.   MORE  dianemaloney May 29, 2011 1:00 PM   All appears normal. Some of the people living on NW Short Street are still dumping their green waste (tree branches and brush) over the cliff. Seems a shame. Today, even though it was cloudy and cool, there were more people on the beech than I have seen in a long time.   MORE  dianemaloney Apr 22, 2011 10:00 AM   Sorry to post this report so late. Beautiful day and very few people.   MORE  dianemaloney Jan 10, 2011 12:00 AM   It was a sunny day Not too many people walking, rockhunting. It had rained the day before so that water was cascading down from the parking lot faster than usual   MORE  dianemaloney Oct 29, 2010 11:30 AM   Gorgeous day. Beaches were quite clean. One of the dead birds was a pelican the other either a young seagull or a seabird I couldn't identify.   MORE  dianemaloney Aug 13, 2010 11:00 AM   Lots of exposed rocks and stones brought out the rock hounds.   MORE  dianemaloney Apr 14, 2010 8:30 AM   Extraordinarily low tide made for an interesting walk.   MORE  dianemaloney Apr 10, 2010 3:30 PM   North of the parking lot much sand has been removed by wave action. Agate hunters were in abundance as it was a beautiful day.   MORE    Exposed Rocks    Description: Rocks exposed by wave action. Location: 300 yards north of parking lot. dianemaloney Mar 10, 2010 11:30 AM   There are 6 stairways which come from homes down to the beach on this mile. Virtually all have been severely damaged where they end at the beach. I have never seen them used by anyone.   MORE  dianemaloney Jan 27, 2010 3:30 PM   Nothing unusual to report.   MORE  dianemaloney Oct 6, 2009 12:00 AM   Other than the brush tossed over the bluff 200 yards north of the parking lot the beach looks great.   MORE    Brush    Description: Brush tossed over the bluff. Location: 200 yards north of parking lot mile 207 Date: Oct 6, 2009 11:30 AM Close-up of brush    Location: 200 yards north of parking lot mile 207 Date: Oct 6, 2009 11:30 AM dianemaloney Jun 24, 2009 9:45 AM   June 24 was a beautiful day and the tide was as low as it has been in years - thus the crowd. The beach was less littered than we have ever seen it and there was a wide variety of activity.   MORE  dianemaloney Apr 5, 2009 12:00 AM   It was a sunny day with virtually no wind. There was very little litter from the land or sea. Seeing the oystercatcher right there on the sand was a treat for us. One group of people found a glass ball that appeared to be from one of the factories nearby. It was very clean Otherwise everything looked normal. It was a gorgeous day.   MORE  dianemaloney Feb 11, 2009 11:30 AM   Nothing alarming or unusual to report. All looked well. Absolutely gorgeous day.   MORE  dianemaloney Jan 2, 2009 11:30 AM   There was an unusually high amount of people (20 to 30) probably due to the rain storm on the 31st and 1st. They all appeared to be rock hunting. There were 13 vehicles in the parking lot. We counted about 20 to 30 surf scoters in the surf. one gull had a sea star halfway down its throat and appeared to behaving trouble getting the rest of it down. It tried to fly but could only get a few feet off the ground. The driftline had bits of plastic, wood and small rocks in it. there was a hypodermic needle, a tire with wheel still attached and an orange fisherman's float   MORE  dianemaloney Aug 27, 2008 11:30 AM   This was our first observation. The beach looked normal and free from human debris. The erosion we saw (small landslide) looked fairly recent.   MORE    Erosion up Close    Date: Aug 27, 2008 12:00 AM Erosion 2    Maxine Jun 12, 2007 7:15 PM   Sludgy deposit on beach from yesterday's phytoplankton bloom. Sea palms washed up.    MORE    Foam deposit    Description: Deposit left by yesterday's foam from the phytoplankton bloom Location: Looking south toward end of Mile 207 Date: Jun 13, 2007 12:00 AM Mile 207, north end    Description: North end of mile, just north of Deer Creek Date: Jun 12, 2007 7:30 PM Prince Hal Jan 1, 2007 2:45 PM   The sandstone (or mudstone – I think I’ve called it both) benches in the southern two-thirds of the mile were much more exposed than last time. The large stump/rootwad base has continued to be pushed further north, and now seems to be some 600 meters N of the access point (a guess).    MORE