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Westport WA
Bottle Beach State Park, Grays Harbor sea glass
Tidal foreshore Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this shoreline.
Sea glass
Old bottles
Sea potteryAlso reported: driftwood.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Moximox (CC BY-SA 4.0), Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain).
Why this spot
Site of the vanished 1890s harbor town of Ocosta; named for the glass that still litters the mudflats.
WhatcomTalk, Dec 2023: Bottle Beach named for abundant sea glass; best the day after a storm with westerly or southwesterly wind on a falling tide, late winter to early springView source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Soft mudFast incoming tide across flats
Keep exploring nearby
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