An ice cube in your summer drink basically has the same buoyancy as the iceberg that sank the Titanic. A piece of the same waterlogged wood type has the same buoyancy in water, whether it is a puny piece of driftwood weighing an ounce or, like this enormous log, many tons. That helps to explain why the log could be found at the same place on the beach as small flecks of driftwood, the main difference being the height of waves (depth of water) needed to float the near side of this log over 50 feet inland. In the Pacific Northwest, big waves can and sometimes do contain big logs, another reason among many not to mess with stormy surf at seaside. Under the right westerly to northwesterly wind and swell conditions, damaging waves even can strike the shoreline of the narrow Strait of Juan de Fuca, here shown with Vancouver Island, Canada, in the distance.
Clallam Bay WA (25 Aug 16) Looking NE
48.2562, -124.2601Clallam Log
An ice cube in your summer drink basically has the same buoyancy as the iceberg that sank the Titanic. A piece of the same waterlogged wood type has the same buoyancy in water, whether it is a puny piece of driftwood weighing an ounce or, like this enormous log, many tons. That helps to explain why the log could be found at the same place on the beach as small flecks of driftwood, the main difference being the height of waves (depth of water) needed to float the near side of this log over 50 feet inland. In the Pacific Northwest, big waves can and sometimes do contain big logs, another reason among many not to mess with stormy surf at seaside. Under the right westerly to northwesterly wind and swell conditions, damaging waves even can strike the shoreline of the narrow Strait of Juan de Fuca, here shown with Vancouver Island, Canada, in the distance.
Clallam Bay WA (25 Aug 16) Looking NE
48.2562, -124.2601