Mile 339
Clatsop Spit, Fort Stevens SP
Clatsop County
Longitude: -124.011740171830
- Motor vehicle travel is prohibited on the ocean shore between the hours of 12:01 p.m. and 12:00 midnight, from May 1 through September 15, from the south jetty of the Columbia River (46° 13.5216', Mile 340), southerly to the Peter Iredale Road (46° 10.6950', Mile 336).

2023
2022
Dunes have taken on the typical winter shapes: steep with obvious erosion and retreat.read more
Nothing unusual except for essentially no marine debris at all found.read more
Nothing out of the ordinary. Dunes have taken on a typical summer profile being less steep than winter.read more
Dunes taking on less steep summer profile.
Observed a dead pup seal.read more
Dunes/beach are taking on a more gentle slope due to less summer waves and storms.read more
All looks about the same except for dunes being less steep. We could help quantify changes in beach/dune steepness via beach profiling techniques.read more
Beach still has a very wintery appearance with steep dunes and a relatively narrow beach.
The flock of eagles was startling - I've never seen 10-12 eagles eating together before.read more
Everything looked normal - typical winter day on the beach except for the 3 eagles (see photo).read more
Nothing unusual except for the eagle. (Note from CoastWatch volunteer - Before Ed walked his CW Mile, Myself and another CoastWatch volunteer joined him for the NOAA marine debris survey on the north end of CoastWatch Mile 338. We found a handful of items in the 100 meters we surveyed....read more
2021
As the photos show, the tide was very high - not a good time to walk the mile. I was able to walk about 80% of the mile while viewing the remainder from a distance. On coming waves kept me from properly walking the beach.read more
Typcial beach for this time of year. Dune erosion + more marine debris.read more
Nothing unusual except for the 6 dead Common Murres. Dead murres have been reported all along the coast.read more
Everything looked normal. The only thing unusual was the lack of marine debris. Typically, there's lots of plastic.
Heavy-duty work continued on the So. Columbia River Jetty (see photo).
Everything looked normal. The only thing unusual was the lack of marine debris. Typically, there's lots of plastic.
Heavy-duty work continued on the So. Columbia River Jetty (see photo).
Nothing unusual except for the lack of marine debris especially noticeable was the lack of plastics.read more
Nothing unusual. read more
Dune face angles are steep reflecting winter conditions. Nothing unusual to report.read more
2020
Everything looked stable and little change since last month.read more
2019
More tire tracks than we have ever seen.read more
All looked normal - very summery.read more
Watch carried out at maximum King Tide. Nothing unusual to report. The beach has assumed a typical winter profile and dune erosion was evident (see attached photos). It was an unimpressive King Tide with just a 6', 13 second, NW swell.read more
2018
Notice in photo that beach grasses are populating the foredune area. This is a summer phenomenon and does not occur in winter due to higher tides and storms.read more
5 dead Common Murres found on the beach below the high tide line. No evidence of oiling or bites. They all appeared to be adults based on size, but plumage doesn't vary much with age.read more
Not much going on. Very large plastic drum found on beach, contacted Ranger.read more
2017
2016
Surveyed some foreign debris on the South jetty (parking lot C) at Fort Stevens State Park. Found a brown bottle with the name Paolyta Co. The article (link below) mentions, "Four people in Taichung City were poisoned yesterday after consuming energy drinks from Paolyta that are suspected to be contaminated...read more