Spectacular Large Agates Found on the Oregon Coast!

Nice finds by Steve and Lisa.

Yesterday we had a couple of beachcombing guest bringing in their trophy finds. These spectacular large agates were found on the Central Oregon Coast by 2 lucky Lincoln Co. residents.  Lisa of Newport found the top sard agate measuring 8" and weighing in at over 11 pounds. Steve of north county found the lower two little beauties  of fancy agate weighing in at almost ½ lb. and the larger one over 1¼ pounds. Congratulations to both of you on your spectacular large finds.

Japanese Glass Floats found at Newport

Those westerly winds last week have blessed our beaches with some of the old Japanese glass floats!  Two of our lucky guest found a couple of them last week.

Minus Tides for Beachcombing during Winter Break

Slogan and logo by the Oregon State Parks

Lots of reports of gravel showing intermittently within the 6 hour tide cycle changing around the Newport area both north and south of town! We will be experiencing minus tides in the afternoons starting on the 26th, just be remember to be careful out there. Here is the link for our local December tides: http://hmsc.oregonstate.edu/weather/tides/2012/sbdec2012.html