Most Oregon Beaches allow dogs if they are on a 6 foot or shorter leash and a few allow dogs without leashes.

Check the beach laws where you are, you will find signs at most beach entrances. Be sure to clean up after your pet and keep our beaches dog friendly.

This flavorful fish is fun to catch and is a nutritional powerhouse. We hope you enjoy this easy and tasty recipe as much as we do.

Oregon’s Sentinels

Oregon’s surviving coastal lighthouses are visible, accessible links to the past and are monuments to Oregon’s maritime heritage.

Although unoccupied by resident light keepers since the arrival of modern technology, some of the unique, classic lighthouse structures remain as much a part of Oregon’s rugged coastal landscape as any land form or offshore monolith.

 Razor clams (Silqua patula) are found throughout Oregon's ocean beaches. Clatsop beaches (Columbia River to Seaside) have the most stable populations (because of beach stability), 95 percent of Oregon's razor clam digging occurs here. Other area's such as, Agate Beach, Waldport Beach, Whiskey Run, Myers Creek, and other beaches along the coast also have razor clam populations, but tend to be less available.

Digging razor clams is a challenging and fun recreational pastime with delicious rewards.

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Nestled in a towering second-growth Douglas Fir forest along the southern Oregon Coast in Port Orford, WildSpring Guest Habitat boasts five of the most heavenly cottages on the Pacific coast and quite possibly, in the world. On five acres of Certified Wildlife Habitat, WildSpring is respectfully built upon old Native American grounds on a bluff overlooking a primitive stretch of Pacific perfection.

Rocky intertidal areas, or tidepools, are unique marine environments that offer a glimpse into the marine realm.  These areas are biologically rich and have evolved to take advantage of, as well as withstand, the environmental rigors of the edge of the sea. Submerged rocky reefs are also scattered along the coast. These areas are critical habitat for a wide variety of marine species, from encrusting corals and sponges to invertebrates, fish, and marine mammals and seabirds. In waters less than 80 feet deep, Bull kelp [Nereocystis luetkeana], a large marine algae, is associated with these rocky reef structures. The presence of kelp adds a third dimension to the reef and creates additional habitat.

There are many good spots along Oregon beaches to find jasper, petrified wood, and fossils..

Agates are more likely to be found from December to March, especially after storms.

Agates come from erosion of cliffs along beaches and rivers where they wash out to the ocean and get polished in the surf over time. In the summer, agates on sandy beaches are deep beneath the sand.

Winter storms remove sand and expose the agates underneath.

Areas marked in blue on the map are good rockhounding beaches. Beige on the map indicates sand beaches.