Sea Glass & Beachcombing in Oregon

2 verified locations for sea glass & beachcombing in Oregon. Each page includes exact permit requirements, restrictions, and what to know before you go.

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Agate Beach

Oregon, Lincoln·Beachcombing

Loose agates, jasper, and shells are legal to pocket at Agate Beach under Oregon's Beach Bill — up to a gallon a day. Cross into Yaquina Head Outstanding Natural Area just south, though, and the rule flips entirely: nothing leaves, not even a pebble.

Under Oregon's Beach Bill (ORS 390.610 et seq.) and OAR 736-021-0090, loose surface material — agates, jasper, petrified wood, shells — may be collected for personal use up to one gallon per person per day and three gallons per person per calendar year
Digging into bedrock, cliffs, seawalls, or excavating sand and soil to search for buried material is prohibited under the same rule — only material already loose on the surface qualifies

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Bandon Beach

Oregon, Coos·Beachcombing

Loose agates, sea glass, and driftwood are legal to collect at Bandon Beach under Oregon's Beach Bill. Face Rock and every other sea stack offshore are permanently off-limits — federal refuge land you can look at but never touch.

Loose surface material — agates, jasper, sea glass, shells, driftwood — may be collected for personal use under Oregon's Beach Bill (OAR 736-021-0090): up to one gallon per person per day, three gallons per person per calendar year, no digging
Every offshore rock, reef, and sea stack visible from Bandon Beach — including Face Rock itself, Table Rock, Cathedral Rock, Elephant Rock, and the Coquille Point rocks — is part of Oregon Islands National Wildlife Refuge and permanently closed to public entry or climbing, regardless of tide