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CoastWatch Mile 99 County Coos Description Bandon State Park, Devils Kitchen, Haystack Rock Boundaries N 43° 5.549', W 124° 25.977' to N 43° 4.757', W 124° 26.135' Google Maps Nearby Roads, Directions to/from, Google photos, Satellite image, Terrain overlay OPRD Map Coquille River (Face Rock) to New River (1) Vehicles • Motor vehicle travel is prohibited from the northerly beach access parking area at Bullards Beach State Park (43° 08.9484', Mile 104), southerly to north of China Creek (43° 04.3938', Mile 98), except as follows: Motor vehicles are allowed at any time on the ocean shore at the south jetty of the Coquille River between (43° 07.3566', Mile 102) and (43° 07.3398', Mile 102). 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 99 Beach Condition   12/30/08 Bull Kelp, shown here, and wood pieces and branches littered the beach after major storms. Doug C

7 REPORTS FOR MILE 99: azbeach Apr 21, 2013 1:45 PM   Western Gull hanging -- dangling by leg/foot, apparently having been caught up in fishing line, on Haystack Rock. The aqua/green mass above and south of the WEGU is the line. Reported personally to mile 99 coastwatcher, and USF&W.   MORE    Hanging on by a thread - dead    Description: Sad sight, WEGU apparently caught up in fishing line, and then hung. Location: Haystack Rock D Bilderback Aug 16, 2009 12:00 AM   We were sitting on the warm sand measuring a beached bird for the COASST program with Bill Bridgeland and Robin Rauch when a small tick-like animal came scurrying across the sand toward us. Bill was able to immediately recognize it as a pseudoscorpion! Pseudoscorpions look like scorpions but do not have the flexible tail with the terminal stinger but do possess the two anterior pinchers or pedipalps. Pseudoscorpions are members of the Phylum Chelicerata along with spiders, mites, ticks and horseshoe crabs. This specimen of psedoscorpion is Parachelifer scabriculus and is only about 6 mm (1/4 inch) long.   MORE    Pseudoscorpion    Description: This was found on the sand near a rock. Location: Middle of Mile 99 Doug C Dec 30, 2008 10:00 AM   Had a break in the storms and caught a great morning. Calm, sunny and in the low 50's. Plant material (wood pieces, small branches), Bull Kelp and seaweed littered the beach due to the storms. Also found a lot of plastic bottles, fishing floats and debris, and styrofoam particles. One dead Northern Fulmar and one dead Common Murre were found. A California Seal Lion carcass on this mile was previously reported. Human activity was light, 8 adults and 4 dogs walking. Considerable erosion of vegetated foredunes due to higher river water levels. We had not seen Pelagic Gooseneck Barnacles before - very interesting. A driftwood shelter was reported to the Oregon Parks Department.   MORE    Mile 99 Beach Condition    Description: Bull Kelp, shown here, and wood pieces and branches littered the beach after major storms. Location: General - mid mile Foredune Erosion from River    Description: Storm water in the river eroded the foredune and sand bank. Drop to river was about 4-5 feet. Dune in the rear of the photo is about 15 feet high. Location: Northern end of mile where Johnson Creek turns south before hitting the ocean Pelagic Gooseneck Barnacles    Description: Lepas anatifera on a previously floating plastic bottle. Also found some on driftwood. Eric & Sue Nov 6, 2007 5:00 AM   Nice calm day with only three people and a dog on the beach. The tide was very low, and I saw very little garbage on the beach. About a half dozen 2"-5" crabs on a rock near Haystack Rock had been eaten by birds. I did not cover much of the high tide line. There were two gulls on the beach, and one Western Grebe that had recently died by the creek. The low transverse dunes that were seen on my last walk had for the most part been washed away by the last storm.   MORE  Eric & Sue Oct 1, 2007 12:00 AM   There were at least eight to ten dead gulls. All had been dead for quite awhile and were near the high tide line. About a half dozen people and one dog. Lots of sea palms and some kelp on beach. Also clear jelly fish parts. More mussels on the beach than I have ever seen. The beach had changed a lot with low transverse dunes. It was fairly flat last time. I thought this was strange because there have been no storms since my last walk. About 150+ gulls hanging out near the water.   MORE  D Bilderback Aug 15, 2007 1:30 PM   We are filing this report on Mile 99 to document the dead female Salmon Shark (Lamna ditropis) that we found washing up onshore. This week has been very warm, and the wind as been from the south so there is a "down-welling" condition. Also, the water is quite warm, in the 60's. The shark appeared to have been bitten by another shark, but it is hard for us to determine if this was the cause of death or if this was after the shark died.   MORE    Salmon Shark    Description: This is a female juvenile Salmon Shark is held by Frank Maciejewski. While this animal is small, these sharks can average 7 to 8 feet and weigh over 200 pounds. This animal is related to the Great White Shark, but its teeth are much narrower than the Great White. These sharks are warm-blooded and give birth to live young. Location: North end of Mile 99 Face view of Salmon Shark    Description: Face view of a female juvenile Salmon Shark. Location: North end of Mile 99 View of the teeth of the Salmon Shark    Description: This shows the rows of shark teeth. Location: North end of Mile 99 Another view of the Salmon Shark Teeth    Description: The eye was pecked out by Western Sea Gulls prior to photographing. Location: North end of Mile 99 Underside of Salmon Shark showing wounds and sex.    Description: This shark appears to have been bitten by another shark, but it is not clear whether it was the cause of death or if this happened after the shark died. The pelvic fins do not have claspers and so this is a female shark. Location: North end of Mile 99 Salmon Shark wounds    Location: North end of Mile 99 Salmon Shark wounds    Location: North end of Mile 99 Eric & Sue May 25, 2007 11:30 AM   Crab and Mole crab casings in driftline. Large chunk of styrofoam in surf line and a large fish net next to creek. Watched an Oystercatcher nest on the rock south of Haystack Rock. Large water heater on high beach. Five pigeons and a lot of swallows collecting mud. About 5 dead gulls on beach. Low human impact (5)-3 walking, 2 collecting data on Black Oystercatchers.   MORE