Oceanside Beach State Recreation Site — Attraction in Tillamook

Absolutely divine. A REAL OCEAN. Not some ocean with a peninsula to the west. Short beach is through the tunnel, CAUTION! FALLING ROCKS! HUGE catch you off guard waves. HAHAHAHA!🤡🤪 Three of us got caught but I pretreated my Bear paw suede boots and THEY DIDN'T soak up any water! I spoke to one couple who had been there since midnight. (This was at 4:00 p.m. on January 26, '23.) Yes. I SAID MIDNIGHT! They said people were already there WITH FLASHLIGHTS combing the beach for agates THEN!. Some of the same people were still there. (From what I understand, this earth is for everyone. Not for the privileged few who break the law. I believe there is a limit to how many lbs. of agates you are allowed each year and it's not very much.) Then she informed me, "I found a whole bunch of agates!" Bless her, she was so happy, I didn't feel it was my place to say, "That's probably why I didn't find any." Nope. Don't go to either Ocean Shores or Short beach if you are looking for agates! It's the one featured in YouTube videos concerning agates and jasper. (Those videos must be doctored!) Big disappointment. A very kind young man shared his yellow lab and showed me a beautiful piece of green jasper. I jokingly said, "Ahh! THANK YOU!" I grinned, then handed it back and said, "I'm just kidding." A pause and that look of shadow kindness passed over his person and he half smiled and said, "Well, (lllloonnggg pause) you can keep it." (His partner was doing the serious hunting, but he himself had found that one green jasper.) I love green jasper people.♥️ I did find a couple rocks in the shape of hearts and a couple with hearts on them. God has such power, I think we forget. The sound of real ocean waves with raucous noises is a riot. Especially when the energy can stop you still and mesmerize you. (Haha! We humans put ocean waves on machines so we can fall asleep! Nuts!!) The Pacific Ocean grabs your eyes and draws you to it, like dust into a dirt devil, like metal siding into a tornado. Be careful. Don't turn your back to it. (Water proof your boots). I recommend a pair of walking sticks, better balance than mine and an athletic career before traipsing around/over/through the obstacle course of...

I so wished to be able to put 5 stars! This area is so beautiful and there is plenty of adventure and exploration to be had here. My girls and I had the best time. One huge downside tho, that I wished I’d known about before arriving, and I had to dig quite a bit online before having the proper information to provide . Water-line isopods are very much here, and a huge nuisance. My middle first encountered some on the tunnel beach side as we were exploring it first. We arrived around 5:30 pm so the tide was high as opposed to us leaving just after nightfall, 9:10 pm ish. As the sun went down and the water receded more we all began to be bitten by the crustaceans. They’re in the wet sands and they swarm the waters edge with the rolling waves coming in. At first I thought them to be harmless sand fleas and encourage my girls to just carry on. Then they slowly came to me one by one complaining of being bitten by them. I was confused. As the water is so cold I’m not so adventurous as interning but I associated myself with the cold water and would stand for moments as the sand pulled away from my feet, no issues but I did start seeing them more and more. Then as the biggest swarm I’d seen engulf my ankles as the wave rolled in it happened I was bit by one and I pulled my foot out and had to swipe it away. We still made the best of our evening and tried avoiding them. I began rock collecting and searching for unique finds with my youngest and as my feet would sink down I could feel the being bitten occasionally. I become very annoyed by them at this point so I just ensure to move my feet more. The tide goes down pretty far and my kids bring me to the rock wall to show me a unique “cave that they can now walk up to. I began looking at rocks again and we get bit a few times but they’re more concentrated and it’s painful bites. They just got more aggressive as the sun set and we had to remove ourselves from the water line completely. There’s great fun to be had, just be weary of the water-line isopods at low tides, around the rock formations, and allowing your feet to sink in the sand with...

It was definitely a nice short detour from Tillamook and worth seeing. Regardless of the time of year, bring your own meals/snacks as there is very little there to try...one pub was open. The parking lot needed some potholes filled, and, the access to the beach is not well maintained...and access is not handicap accessible... Very rough path on an incline without side rails. The beach was very nice and the Pacific cannot be matched. They do maintain a restroom so that was a plus. I would sooner go south to Cape Lookout State Park and pay $5.00 for the day for a more accessible beach without food or drink available... Larger beach area, picnic benches and camping facilities plus summer cabins and RV park area...trails through the...