Farallones Marine Sanctuary Association protecting our ocean wilderness through public stewardship

Data for Volunteers

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Read the Beach Watch Ten-Year Anniversary Report

Beach Watch Online Data Entry

This portal is for trained Beach Watch volunteers
to enter their data.

Click here to enter your Beach Watch data online!

Beach Watch Datasheets for Volunteers

Beach Monitoring Survey Form

Live Species Count Form

Photo Log

Oil Description Form

Beach Monitoring Survey Form Continued

Live Species Count Form Extra Page

Master Species List

Cheat Sheet Page 1

Cheat Sheet Page 2

Percent Cover Examples

Seabird Collection for Necrospy Protocol

Cal Academy Bird Collection Protocol

Datasheets updated April 2010

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Please mail all datasheets to:
Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary
c/o Beach Watch
991 Marine Drive
The Presidio
San Francisco, CA 94129

Computer imagery showing Cordell Bank and the dropoff of the continental shelf

Cordell Bank is an offshore mountain about 25 miles from Point Reyes, covering about 21 square miles of sea floor. This huge granite block pokes up from the edge of the continental shelf to within 120 ft of the surface, creating a nutrient-rich area where seabirds, mammals, and fish all thrive in cold waters near the sunlight. 93 million years ago it was a very different place; Cordell Bank helped mark the southern edge of the Sierra Nevada...
More about Cordell Bank >>