North Jetty – Public Beach in Ocean Shores, Washington

The North Jetty lies at the southern end of the Ocean Shores peninsula, where it marks the northern boundary of the Grays Harbor entrance. The jetty, constructed over 9 years and completed in 1916, stabilized the Ocean Shores shoreline and caused beaches to build up over the 20th century. However, dams built on the Columbia River have reduced outflow of sediment there and is causing Southwest Washington beaches to shrink.

Atop the massive rocks of the jetty, you can watch large waves roll in unimpeded from the ocean and smash against the jetty. Away to the south you can see Westport with its matching South Jetty. Behind the jetty to the north a big, sandy beach has built up with shallow water for a long way out. Some modest, grassy beach dunes give a little elevation for a view of the area.