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46 WILD / THE CLAM REPORT

The Washington Coast is calling.

Long Beach · Twin Harbors · Copalis · Mocrocks

Dig status, dates, beach guides and everything you need for a day clamming.

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46 WILD / PERMANENT FIELD GUIDE

Reading the Wild Pacific

What the sky, sea, wind and tides are telling us.

A red sunset. A turn in the wind. Two different high tides. Learn to see the science in the coast around you.

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Red Sky at Night, Sailor’s Delight

What an evening over Willapa Bay can tell us—and where the old saying falls short.

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Seven ways to read the coast

Wind, tides, pressure, fog, the Columbia River Bar and the ocean’s deeper rhythms.

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BEFORE YOU GO

Coastal Conditions

Check current information at the source. These links open official services; 46 Wild is not displaying a live weather or marine safety assessment here.

Weather and alerts

NWS Portland: southwest Washington and northwest Oregon.

Tides and currents

NOAA station-specific predictions and observations.

Columbia River Bar

NWS forecast. Also check current Coast Guard restrictions.

Shellfish openings and toxin information: Clam Report →

46 WILD / LOCAL KNOWLEDGE

What are you looking at?

Oyster baskets in the bay. A ship on the Columbia. A village built around shellfish. There’s a story behind the view.

LOCAL KNOWLEDGE / 01

What’s That Out in the Bay?

Those rows, floats and little boats are clues. Here’s how to look at Willapa Bay and start seeing the work behind the view.

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LOCAL KNOWLEDGE / 02

Two Bays, Two Different Worlds

Willapa Bay and the Columbia River estuary are neighbors. Spend time beside each and you’ll notice two very different working waterfronts.

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LOCAL KNOWLEDGE / 03

A Day in Oysterville

Walk slowly. Look toward the bay. This little village makes more sense when you know what brought people here.

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LOCAL KNOWLEDGE / 04

Meet the Working Coast

Behind the seafood, the boats and the waterfront buildings are jobs most visitors never get to see. Start with these four windows into the work.

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LOCAL KNOWLEDGE / 05

The Coast Between Clam Digs

A postponed dig doesn’t have to mean a wasted trip. Pick a place that makes you curious, and let the coast tell you a different story.

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Discover the working coast

46 WILD / TASTE THE WILD PACIFIC.

Make a trip of it.

The dig brings you here.
The coast gives you reasons to stay.

Eat, drink, stay and explore near the beach you choose. Spend a little time with the communities that make this coast what it is.

Long Beach

Ocean Park, Long Beach & Ilwaco

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Twin Harbors

Westport & Grayland

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Copalis

Ocean Shores & Copalis Beach

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Mocrocks

Moclips & Pacific Beach

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Willapa Bay tidal flats at Leadbetter Point

LONG BEACH / OCEAN TO BAY

TODAY: PACIFIC OCEAN.
TOMORROW: WILLAPA BAY.

When WDFW authorizes a dig, harvest razor clams on the Pacific side, then explore Willapa Bay, Oysterville, working shellfish farms, oysters and coastal food culture the next day. This is the wider world of 46 Wild.

EXPLORE OCEAN PARK & THE COASTAmerica’s Great Seafood Coast Is Hiding in Plain Sight
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