Mar 14, 2026 Update
Above: Aug 9, 2025. We are looking across the entrance to Grays Harbor from Oyhut Wildlife Recreation Area. Westport Jetty is in the distance. The failed 1916 jetty is seen closer to shore. The crumbling jetty is a happy summer spot for pelicans and runs from the water treatment plant to the old marina site at Ocean Shores.
Below: July 6th, 2024. Looking over the jetty that connects to Damon Point on the far end. We are near the end of the jetty adjacent to the Wastewater Treatment Plant. Click image once or twice to show detail.
Above is a description of how the jetty on the Westport side has been maintained over the years.
Above: Posted near the Westport Light Trail.
Any similar plaque on the Ocean Shores side?
Local Oddities
In the news:
$6.3 million in federal cash for a used Ocean Shores hotel.
Any questions from newspeople?
December 8, 2022 The Daily World
Dept. of Ag invests $6.3M to purchase Ocean Shores hotel
$6.3 million “to fund the acquisition of an existing hotel. Marathon Enterprises Inc. is located in Ocean Shores, Grays Harbor County, Washington. The project is expected to result in saving eight jobs and creating one full time job.”
Zero questions from small or large newspapers. Zero questions from TV newspeople.
Drive down to the former public parking area at Damon Point and see what Westport would look like today if efforts to maintain the coast were suspended decades ago.
Zero Questions From Newspeople:
When and why was a decision made to turn away from maintaining the 1916 jetty adjacent to former public parking areas at Damon Point?
Is the jetty adjacent to Damon Point the only section of jetty in Grays Harbor that has gone without maintenance since it was first installed?
What would Westport look like if efforts to maintain the coast were suspended?
Funding Priorities
In recent years, the federal government has prioritized big cash for Ukraine, bombing the Middle East and conducting airstrikes on Somalia. The big mystery is the $6.3 million for the used Ocean Shores hotel. Seems like leaders from all layers of government would have been interested in this story and that local people and the general public would have wanted to be informed on how all this came together. Newspeople would not have needed to travel to foreign lands to interview all the players involved.
Today’s American culture is truly weak in terms of newspeople asking questions.
Welcome Home Troops
Ports And Coastal Improvement
Oct. 9, 2020 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Headquarters Website
About the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
“One of the Seattle District’s primary missions is to maintain the navigation channels and harbors in the Pacific Northwest. Maintenance and navigation dredging is done frequently in harbor areas, ports and marinas. A significant component of Washington’s economy depends on navigation and commerce, which in turn depends on dredging navigation channels.”
Walking The Beach This Week
Westport Jetty in the distance. Ready for business:
Near the old marina site at Damon Point- this is what you get to protect from winter storms:
Two jetties in the distance:
Near the old marina end of the failed jetty:
More here:
Zero Questions From Newspeople – Damon Point
1916 Jetty At Damon Point – Newspeople Avoid Questions
Feb, 2024 – 98569 Coastal Erosion Attitudes
Damon Point – A Race Against Nature?
Two Jetties – Westport and Damon Point
What would Westport look like?
Less Than Two Miles As The Crow Flies – Ocean Shores Marina History
Ocean Shores Marina History – A Time Gone By
Westport, WA Foot Ferry – A Race Against Nature?
Possibly of interest:
Sound Publishing And Black Press Media