Mile 239 - Salishan Spit north, Siletz Bay - February 28, 2021

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A cool, mostly sunny day, with a chilly wind from the southwest. Lots of driftwood on the beach - not surprising considering the stormy weather and high tides the last couple months. No significant erosion in this section of the Salishan Spit, but further south houses are threatened and a restoration rip-rap project is ongoing. Spotted a group of sandpipers running along the edge of the waves. No harbor seals in their regular resting place at the tip of the spit, but several were spotted in the water. Not a lot of trash; we collected about 1/2 bag, mostly bottles, caps and plastic pieces of various sizes.

Conditions

Temperature: 50 F. Cloud Cover: Partly Cloudy. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Wind Direction: SW. Tide Level: 6.0 feet.

Activities

Number of people: 3.

Other Activities: Estimated 85 people and 3 dogs on the Taft side of the Siletz River..

Vehicles

Cars/trucks parking: 3.

Notable Wildlife

A flock of sandpipers was dodging the waves at the water's edge.

Wrackline Content

Wood pieces.

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Sandpipers at water's edge

Here's something I haven't see before - a radish in a pile of wood pieces at the high tide line

Cement block. Sorry, we couldn't carry this out in our plastic bag

Lots of driftwood on the beach

Harbor seal in the water near the mouth of the Siletz River

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Mile 239

Salishan Spit north, Siletz Bay

April 5, 2026

A sunny, calm Easter Sunday.

Linda & Clyde Reid

Mile 239

Salishan Spit north, Siletz Bay

November 30, 2025

Our mile has become very hard to get to, as most of the beach accesses in the Salishan community have been eroded by a combination of king tides and winter storms.

Linda Reid

Mile 239

Salishan Spit north, Siletz Bay

September 1, 2025

The marine layer stayed offshore while we were walking our mile so it turned out to be a nice day.

Linda & Clyde Reid

Mile 239

Salishan Spit north, Siletz Bay

August 10, 2025

This dispatch covers the entire spit - miles 237, 238, 239 There were no remarkable events: people, nature, trash, marine life It was just a wonderful walk to the tippy end of the spit, where a crowd of lounging dudes greeted us. We walked out three miles on the ocean side and walked back through the neighborhood, which borders the bay side.

Marney