Spring seal pup beached near sidewalk at Emma Schmitz Viewpoint

A Beach Drive resident & his dog kept a tight perimeter around the site of a snoozing young seal pup this morning. He quickly acted on the situation by alerting Seal Sitters which he happened to volunteer with in a prior year. Gordon with his Collie named Sophie coordinate with Seal Sitter volunteer Pup worked it’s way up sliver of beach   Stairs to lower section of Emma Schmitz closed off...

Great day for a beach cleanup

 A dozen or so folks from a young organization named Operation Sound Beach stormed public beaches along Beach Drive this afternoon.  The group is centered out of Snohomish County and mentioned that this is as far south as they’ve been… so far.  If you happen to pass by them this afternoon, please give them your appreciation for the fine volunteer work! Operation Sound Beach is a...

Watch for spectacular “spray” tomorrow on Beach Drive

Mother Nature’s elements are lining up for quite the show after mid-night tonight & through Friday afternoon. A marine forecast calling for near gale force winds combined with tides ranging from 6 to 10 feet is the recipe for huge spray coming off Beach Drive bulkheads. Unlike last December’s storm which flooded several homes along the coastline, tomorrow’s tides are several feet...

Salvage attempt for sunken Trimaran – LIVE POST

EDITORS NOTE: We’re updating this post as our intrepid reporter, Scupper, provides us with new footage. Scroll to the bottom of this post for the most recent photos and video. It’s a blustery morning to be salvaging the sunken trimaran Nunga Nunga Nue off the shores of Harbor West Condos and Cormorant Cove Park. Northern Marine Salvage is currently on site with The Sea Horse.   Low tide is a 7.04...

Update on the troubled trimaran

Scupper went back to check on the “Skipper” of the two sunken boats by Harbor West Condos off Beach Drive and took these photos along with an update (probably our last…for tonight at least) of this situation.   A West Seattle neighbor and his friends from Port Angeles decided to help the Skipper with clean up this evening and to try to salvage what ever can be of the Skippers...

Twas a perfect night for launching Chinese lanterns

 Spotted this couple lighting off lanterns in a light easterly wind at 10:30...

Last seen heading south over Beach Drive SW

Finally had the camera to capture a resident Bald Eagle chowing on a salmon near 4700 block of Beach Drive.  The chase was on after being spooked off the beach by a passing truck…   Scupper, reporting for Beach Drive...

Possible search going on in Puget Sound

It appears there is a police boat that has been slowly canvasing the shores off Beach Drive. We’ve seen an underwater flare and another shot in the air near Emma Schmitz View Point and Mee Kwa Mooks. PHOTO CREDIT: SCUPPER via...

Beach Drive neighbors concerned about potential landslides

Just caught on the news and West Seattle Blog about a mudslide that happened in the Alki neighborhood of West Seattle today. The City of Seattle has identified “land slide prone” areas in this map.   We’ve experienced recent landslides along the 6000 block of Beach Drive around Atlas Street. You can get more information about landslides from the USGS (United States Geological Survey)...

More Beach Drive Holiday Homes

Photos compliment of “Scupper” and his...

Tis the Season for Wet and Windy Winter Weather

Monday’s storm was probably one of the worst we’ve personally experienced in our seven years living on Beach Drive. I was surprised to see how many neighbors were hit hard.    We typically get an extra dose with having a low driveway and neighbors  with lower bulkheads. This is one of the reasons why we put together our “barking dog” reports… just warn when we are doing...

Scupper’s chase of sirens leads to Ducks

After a day of historic flooding on Beach Drive SW, this was a small fire that the waves didn’t put out tonight… 5200 Block of Beach Drive One of the three fire truck responders told us that a small fire broke out in a planter on the upper deck of this home. Damage was thankfully minimal. Wazzu by-stander had no comment. Scupper, reporting for beach Drive...

Waves spraying over bulkheads… and we’re hours away from high tide.

This is looking like the storm we were worried about when we prepared our “barking dog” report a few days ago. We have waves slamming our bulkhead with spray as tall as our home. I can see flashes on the islands across the sound – I’m assuming folks may be losing power. We have our dog in his kennel just to make sure he doesn’t escape in this mess. High tide is a 12.9 at 8:17...

Updated Forecast for Tonight and Monday Morning

SEATTLE/BREMERTON AREA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…SEATTLE…BREMERTON…SILVERDALE… FEDERAL WAY…KENT 330 PM PST SUN DEC 16 2012 …WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 4 PM PST MONDAY… …COASTAL FLOOD ADVISORY FOR MINOR TIDAL OVERFLOW IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 11 AM PST MONDAY... TONIGHT…RAIN. BECOMING WINDY OVERNIGHT. LOWS IN THE MID 30S TO LOWER 40S....

A Dusting of Snow over the Olympics

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Rainbow overhead

Now if I was only fast enough with my camera to have caught the bald eagle being chased by...

Aiviq: Monster Arctic ice buster spotted heading south…

Every now & then an unusual vessel will cross our waters and warrant some BDB research! A spokesman from the ship's builder mentions that this $200 mil giant ice breaker recently built in Louisiana and commissioned by Shell Oil is considered…   "the largest vessel ever built by Chouest, and will be among the most advanced and powerful, non-military icebreakers on the...

Happy Mothers Day

This young Stellar Jay has been following his mother around our courtyard this morning.

Waves smashing into bulk heads on Beach Drive

Watch the water shoot through the scuppers. Next high tide is a 10.5 at 4:17 pm today. Puget Sound Marine Forecast update: …GALE WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM PST TONIGHT… …SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM PST TONIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON… TONIGHT…SW WIND 25 TO 35 KT…EASING TO 20 TO 30 KT LATE THIS EVENING. WIND WAVES 4 TO 6 FT…SUBSIDING TO 3 TO 5 FT....

Beach Drive octopuses taking a beating lately…

Today marks the fourth cephalopod fatality I've witnessed in a year. I find it pretty odd given I haven't even seen a sign of one for the previous 5 years we've lived here.  The latest victim was found today as we were walking along Emma Schmitz Memorial View Point   When searching the web for the arch enemy of the Puget Sound octopus, I found this revealing clip of a wrestling...