Mile 339 Report
Clatsop Spit, Fort Stevens SP
July 15, 2026
Nothing unusual except for all the dead crabs.
Report Details
Nothing unusual except for all the dead crabs.
Conditions
Temperature: 66 F. Cloud Cover: Partly Cloudy. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Tide Level: -1.2 feet.
Activities
Types of Activities: Sitting, Walking/Running.
Number of people: 9.
Vehicles
Cars/trucks on beach, allowed: 1.
Notable Wildlife
1 Gull.
Dead Fish or Invertebrates
Unusual concentration. 14 Dead crabs - many more than usual. In general, most of the crabs were intact but the interior soft tissue was missing. See photo.
Wrackline Content
Seaweeds and seagrass, Shells, Wood pieces.
Natural Changes
Sand deposition.
Intact crab with interior soft tissue missing.
View of survey area from the So. Columbia River Jetty.
Dunes taking on summer less steep slope. Photo taken approx. 1/2 south of So. Columbia River Jetty.
Report Images
Ed
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Mile 339
Clatsop Spit, Fort Stevens SP
Nothing unusual except for all the dead crabs.
Ed
Mile 339
Clatsop Spit, Fort Stevens SP
Lots of Velella-Velella. For some reason I couldn't download photos.
Ed
Mile 339
Clatsop Spit, Fort Stevens SP
Other than typical winter dune erosion there's nothing of significance to report.
Ed Joyce
Mile 339
Clatsop Spit, Fort Stevens SP
Lots of dune erosion due to the last king tides + the storms.
Ed Joyce
