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