Thursday, December 29, 2011

Ocean Environment- 12/31


Location: Salt Creek Beach - http://maps.google.com/maps/place?q=Salt+Creek+Beach+Park,+Pacific+Coast+Highway,+Dana+Point,+CA&hl=en&cid=432833565656173133

Date/Time: December 29, 2o11; 2:00 pm

Air Temp: 70 degrees

Water Temp: 58 degrees

Atmospheric Conditions: warm and then the fog came in so it got colder

Ocean condition: waves coming in close together

Swell Size/Direction: 2-3 ft/WNW

Tide: 12:30 am- high
5:55 am- low
11:33 am-high
6:30 pm- low

Animal interactions: not a lot of people were on the beach, many surfers in the water & a lot of birds