Long Beach, WA

Pacific County

Molt Search Report
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07/27/2024 | 11:27 pm




"Interesting that  few crabs had yellow stains on the undershell (3) Also interesting that many shells had barnacles prefering to be on the top border of the carapace, even concentrated centrally around the “eyes”"

Collected crabs

Observation Type: Timed survey

Molts/crabs found: Yes

Also submitting Dungeness crab molt data: Yes

Number of Dungeness crab molts found: 70

Sex of Dungeness crab #1: No abdomen present

Carapace width of Dungeness crab #1: 150

Carapace height of Dungeness crab #1: 100

Sex of Dungeness crab #2: No abdomen present

Carapace width of Dungeness crab #2: 111

Carapace height of Dungeness crab #2: 76

Sex of Dungeness crab #3: No abdomen present

Carapace width of Dungeness crab #3: 146

Carapace height of Dungeness crab #3: 102

Sex of Dungeness crab #4: Uncertain

Carapace width of Dungeness crab #4: 175

Carapace height of Dungeness crab #4: 118

Sex of Dungeness crab #5: No abdomen present

Carapace width of Dungeness crab #5: 133

Carapace height of Dungeness crab #5: 92

07/27/2024 | 11:27 pm

Tidal Overview

4 hours 40 minutes after high tide

Data from Cape Disappointment (4 miles away)

Water Level (at time of report): 11:27 pm, 1.7'

High Tide (Predicted): 6:31 pm, 7.9'

High Tide (Observed): 6:24 pm, 8.1'

■ Observed ■ Predicted water level ⬤ Report time

Weather Overview

Wind Speed: 5.2 MPH

Wind Direction: W (278°)

Temperature: 61℉

Rainfall (Calendar Day): 0"

Rainfall (Past 24 Hours): 0"

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