Gravel Beach

The low shoreline of Mutiny Bay once consisted of a complex series of wetlands, tidal inlets, and northerly-directed sand spits. But the...

A series of photos illustrating the role of overwash in shaping barrier beaches is a standard element in many of my beach talks and one ...

Sea stacks, lots of big logs, a gravel beach, and a small spit across the mouth of Cedar Creek. And a wonderful forested slope rising up...

I guess I posted from Kalaloch in 2014 (same trip as Lake Quinault in the previous post), but that's not a good reason not to d...

A little beach on Lake Quinault, the product of a shoreline oriented to capture the westerly waves and just enough sediment to form a be...

Bombay Beach isn't really much of a beach anymore. Or a beach community. But for someone who collects beaches, it was well worth a...

The Salton Sea is a big, salty lake and occupies a broad low spot in the bottom of the Imperial Valley. The lake surface is currently ar...

Strand Beach (Strands Beach, in some descrriptions) is located just north of Dana Point. It was largely undeveloped until the early 2000...

Aliso Beach, like Main Beach to the north, is a little longer and wider than most other beaches along this shoreline. It benefits from h...

I often refer to this blog as my beach collection. Right now, you're in the Orange County Gallery . But you're almost at the end...