Charleston Beach 08.18.26 | Crystals on the Beach | Episode 51 🐾🌊

Welcome to Episode 51 of Crystals on the Beach 💜🌊🐾 🌊 Charleston Beach — Southern Oregon Coast 🌊 Join Bernie, Charky, and me as we explore Charleston Beach on an overcast evening along the Southern Oregon Coast. 🐾🌊📷 Tonight's adventure begins at the Bastendorff Beach jetty, where we start in the parking area and follow alongside the jetty before continuing through the coastal forest toward the ocean. The shoreline doesn't appear until we've made our way through the trees, and once we finally reach the beach, the journey turns south along the water. 🌊🌲 The evening becomes a slow exploration of the coastline, with still photography capturing the details that catch my eye along the way. There are plenty of things to discover: 🪨 The Bastendorff Beach jetty 🌲 Coastal forest and shoreline trails 🌼 Yellow coastal flowers 🏖️ Sand patterns and textures 🪵 Interesting driftwood 🪨 Textured rocks and macro photography 🪸 Barnacles covering the jetty rocks 🦀 A crab leg along the shoreline 🐚 Shells and small coastal discoveries 🪼 A jellyfish washed up on the beach 📷 Coastal landscape photography 🔭 Zoomed-in views of the lighthouse to the south 🚢 A ship offshore and the sounds of the working harbor 🌊 The Coos Bay river and jetty 🪨 Caves in the coastal cliffs As we reach the shoreline, we begin walking south and spend the evening following the beach and photographing the changing landscape. Around the halfway point, we turn around and begin walking north again. Eventually, we angle back toward the parking area, where the river and jetty come into view once more. Throughout the episode, the sound of a ship's horn can be heard periodically from the harbor, becoming a recurring part of the quiet coastal evening. 🚢🌊 The light also continues to fade as the evening progresses. By the end of the journey, it is almost dark, giving the final portion of the walk a very different feeling from the shoreline we first encountered. Throughout the episode, beach facts explore the Bastendorff Beach jetty, coastal forests, rocky shoreline habitat, barnacles, shells, crabs, Charleston's working harbor, ship navigation, the Coos Bay entrance, and Oregon's public beaches. 🗺️ Geographic map and satellite views of today's filming location appear near the end of the episode for viewers wishing to explore where today's journey takes place. 🔎 Learn more about Charleston Beach, Bastendorff Beach, the Coos Bay entrance, Charleston Harbor, and the Southern Oregon Coast through the sources referenced throughout the video. 📺 Watch the complete Crystals on the Beach series: 🌊    • Crystals on the beach   💜 Thank you for being here and for joining us for another evening along the Oregon Coast. Not every coastal adventure happens beneath a dramatic sunset. Sometimes the sky is overcast, the light slowly disappears, and the small details along the shoreline become the things worth remembering. 🌊🐾📷 ________________________________________ © 2026 Crystal Rose Creations