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    • Management Use of Data
  • View Data
  • In the News
  • Get Involved
  • MPA Watch
  • Staff and Partners
  • Donate

Resources for Volunteers

 

 

Beach Watch Notes to Volunteers August 2025

Common Murre Die-Off 2015

Annually we expect to see a small post breeding increase in dead Murres in September and October. However starting in August of 2015, Beach Watch surveyors found much higher than normal numbers of stranding and dead Common Murre chicks. Historically in warm water El Niño years we do see higher numbers of dead Murres than other years. This winter is no exception; our surveys documented more than 12 times the long term average number of dead birds for this time of year.

Common Murre and Brandt’s Comorant

Photo credit: Rob Cala

 

Beach Watch in the News

The New York Times

A Warning From a California Marine Heat Wave

An extreme heat wave off California’s coast seemed like an anomaly 10 years ago. But as the ocean warms, the catastrophe may be a glimpse of the future. December 2, 2024

Beach Watch Data Visualization Report: Beach Profiles and Cumulative Encounter Rates for Dead and Live Species
(GFA/GFNMS unpublished; A.Oneal, J.Roletto, K.Lindquist, T.Nairn, D.Devlin, 2012. Click on the View Data tab to view report.

Beach Watch becomes MPA Watch Collaborator

Beach Watch standardizes human use data collection in partnership with the MPA Watch state wide effort to document human use in Marine Protected Areas and beyond!
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