Bob Creek Wayside Park, Oregon Coast

4. Beach at Bob Creek

More tide pools populate this obscure but fascinating place. They really emerge at lower tides, clinging to odd, mushroom-shaped rocky blobs at the southern end. At this end, there's also a small sea cave and a huge boulder that creates a sort of arch by leaning up against the cliffs here. At the north end, you'll find plenty of mussels but you'll have to cross the creek to do so. During the winter that's difficult, if not impossible and certainly unwise. During the summer months it's much easier.