Port of Peninsula

Name: Port of Peninsula
Address: Ocean Park, US
Telephone: +13606654547

Ocean Park, United States

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Type: Harbour

Port basin at Nahcotta, on the east shore of the Long Beach Peninsula in Willapa Bay. Used primarily by the oyster fleet and small fishing boats; the Port advertises itself as the port at the end of the world.

Guide

Approach and anchoring

Reach by the Nahcotta channel from Willapa Bay; the bay is shallow with wide drying flats, time the approach to the flood. Boat launch off 275th Street alongside the basin.

Practical

Moorage for all vessel types but oriented to commercial oyster and fishing use. Office at 3311 275th Street, Ocean Park. No marine fuel berth. Provisions and restaurants in Ocean Park 3 km west by road.

History

Port commissioned in 1928, one of the oldest ports in Pacific County. Nahcotta was the northern terminus of the Ilwaco Railway, which served Long Beach Peninsula resorts from 1889 to 1930.