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Manzanita OR
Nehalem Spit, Beeswax Wreck beach
Tidal foreshore Documented siteRestricted
What you could find
Reported finds from this shoreline.
Sea pottery
Wreck timberAlso reported: Beeswax blocks with ship marks, teak fragments.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: NPS (Public domain), NPS photo (Public domain).
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Why this spot
Manila galleon Santo Cristo de Burgos (lost 1693) wrecked at Nehalem; beeswax blocks, teak and Chinese porcelain have come out of the sand for 300 years.
Oregon Encyclopedia: beeswax, teak and porcelain found on the spit and Nehalem beach, photos 1908, 1922, 1951; Maritime Archaeological Society runs the ongoing Beeswax Wreck projectView source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Sneaker waves, log debris
Nehalem Bay jetty currents
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