Mile 239 - Salishan Spit north, Siletz Bay - November 21, 2020

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A calm, sunny but cool day. More people out on the beach than normal, given the time of year - probably glad to get outside after nearly a week of heavy rain and storms. No trash ... I picked up one candy wrapper. There was a large (and very heavy) piece of compressed styrofoam almost at the tip of the spit up against the vegetation line; I could not carry it out. There were NO harbor seals in their usual resting place at the tip of the spit, where we often see 100-200; I spotted only one in the water. Maybe the recent King Tides disrupted their normal patterns. There was a jet ski, a kayaker and several fishing boats in Siletz Bay.

Conditions

Temperature: 51 F. Cloud Cover: Sunny. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Wind Direction: SW. Tide Level: 4.0 feet.

Activities

Number of people: 14. Number of dogs: 2. Walking or running: 11. Fishing: 1.

Other Activities: Est. 90 people on the Taft side of the Siletz rivermouth, but I did not walk that side of the mile..

Vehicles

Cars/trucks parking: 8.

Notable Wildlife

A few seagulls. NO harbor seals in their usual resting place at the tip of the Salishan Spit.

Wrackline Content

Animal casings or molts, Wood pieces.

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Pleasant day for a beach walk on the Salishan Spit. The Inn at Spanish Head is pictured at the right; Cascade Head in the distance.

Large piece of compressed styrofoam near the tip of the Salishan Spit

Only seagulls in the area where the harbor seals usually hang out

Set of boards with a chain attached; looks like a piece of a set of stairs. Was at the water's edge where in incoming tide meets the mouth of the Siletz River.

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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