Take a walk on the beach, collect sea shells, fly a kite. 

Drop a crab pot in the water from the crab dock. Crabbing is allowed year-round in bays, estuaries, tide pools, piers and jetties. Check licensing requirements. May use crab rings, pots or baited lines. Dungeness and Red Rock crabs available. 

Clamming: Mussels, soft-shell, bay, butter, littleneck, cockie and gaper clams available. All local waters open for clamming. Check licensing requirements. 

Storm Watching: Park at the Lighthouse and watch winter waves and storms pound the Oregon coast.

Take your catch to Sportsmen's Cannery to be processed or packed in ice.

Watch them shuck oysters at Umpqua Aquaculture.

Whale Watching: Try to spot a whale from the lighthouse or from Wayfinder's Point. From November through May, view the migration of gray whales from the Artic Sea to Baja California and back. By December they are seen in large numbers off the Oregon Coast. Adult males and females without calves pass Oregon in March and April going north. Females with calves can pass as late as May. Look for the vapor blow or for portions of the head, back ridge or tail as the mammals surface. An adult whale will reach 46 feet long. Early morning or calm overcast days are the best for spotting whales.

Rent an off-road vehicle for a fun ride on the tallest dunes in Oregon.

Feed the ducks and geese. Sacks of grain can be purchased at the Stockade Market. 

Watch the sunset. 

Bird watching: Watch for eagles or osprey along the river.

Walk a mile around Lake Marie by the lighthouse. 

Take a picnic to the beach, along the riverfront, or one of our parks. 

Try some windsurfing in the river.

Take one of the beautiful hikes on the Oregon Dunes or at the beach - Trails for all skill levels. 

Take a tour of our historic Umpqua River Lighthouse.

Rent a fat tire bike from the Winchester Bay RV Resort and stroll along the bay or on the beach.