Beachcombing clinics meet at the Southwest 33rd Street beach-access point, where a facilitator will take you on an easy beach stroll and help you identify things along the way. Just be sure to keep your eyes on your kids, pets, and most importantly, the ocean, at all times. Place your treasures into your bucket for the beach house mantel or let your kids make some art. Find a stick and poke around the high tideline for multi-colored jasper, large agates, petrified wood (it looks like a dull rock with wood-grain patterns), and you might even find a fossil. The best time to set out is generally two hours before low tide, when thereвЂ™s the most exposed beach. The shore changes from day to day and season to season. Because the beach in Lincoln City is so long, the combing is almost limitless. Whenever youвЂ™re out exploring, be sure to follow Leave No Trace principles: Take nothing but photos, leave nothing but footprints.ДЄ stoneвЂ™s throw down the shore from CusterвЂ™s tide pool clinics, beach-goers can join a beachcombing clinic (January to late April) and hunt for precious beach treasures with the help of a guide. вЂњIf itвЂ™s green, purple, orange, or just looks organic, tiptoe around it,вЂќ she says. Custer urges visitors to be careful on the rocks as theyвЂ™re craggy, slippery and very much alive.

The crowds can get quite busy in the spring and summer. If youвЂ™re exploring solo or with your family, the best time to go is during low tide, when the rocks and pools are most exposed. This diverse tide pool is one of the easiest to access, but the pools in front of Inn at Spanish Head Resort and at Roads End State Recreation Site are also excellent.Д¬usterвЂ™s guided clinics meet at the beach entrance and last about an hour - just look for Custer in her bright-orange rain pants and youвЂ™ve found the right spot. вЂњItвЂ™s incredible to watch them discover these things,вЂќ she says.ДЄfter beginning each clinic with a quick safety overview - always keep one eye on the ocean - Custer leads her tours out to her favorite rocky outcropping in front of Northwest 15th Street.

вЂњThe beach at Lincoln City is a microcosm of all the Oregon Coast has to offer,вЂќ she says - people who have never even seen the ocean before, some of whom donвЂ™t realize that sea stars are living creatures. Custer is in her third year of facilitating the Lincoln City tide pool clinics, which run from late April to mid-July.

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