Myers Creek

Originally, I just pulled off the road to admire the sea stacks south of Cape Sebastian, but I wound up wandering the beach for half an hour...

Bandon

The theme of this post is sea stacks (or seastacks).  From Cape Arago north, the terrace has been composed of Tertiary sedimentary rocks, bu...

Cape Arago

Cape Arago is the tip of the broad headland southwest of Coos Bay - the same headland on which Sunset Bay and Shore Acres (previous posts) a...

Shore Acres

More photos of the marine terrace. More steeply dipping sedimentary rocks planed flat on top by waves 80,000 years ago and then subsequently...

Sunset Bay

Sunset Bay is cut into a thick section of steeply-tilted sedimentary rocks. This geologic structure is exposed in the cliffs that surround t...

Big Creek

I spent half an hour exploring the beach between the mouth of Big Creek and the much smaller creek at the Muriel Ponsler Wayside, a few mile...

Nye Beach

Nye Beach in Newport is a great case study in coastal erosion and landslides. To non-geologists, the only clue besides historical signs and ...

Beverly Beach

Beverly Beach lies along the beach that extends between Cape Foulweather on the north and Yaquina Head on the south. Oregon's coast is d...

Otter Rock

Welcome to Oregon! This will be the first of many posts from beaches on the Oregon and northern California coasts that I'll dribble out ...

Oregon Coast

It's remarkable that in 350+ posts over four years, I have none from Oregon! Unfortunately, this weekend's brief excursion did not ...