To be honest, this was not the beach/coast hike I expected. The hike into Toleak Point is mostly in the woods, so we decided to try a different beach hike that was along the coast the whole way. I don't think the hike from Ozette to Norwegian Memorial is very popular, though, because it's not really a beach hike..
From the Ozette Ranger Station we took Sand Point Trail down to Sand Point. Sand Point Trail is 2.8 miles along well maintained boardwalk. Careful, it's slick when wet.
Boardwalk
SP Trail spit us out at Sand Point on the sandy beach.
Tiny human.
After 1-1.5 miles of walking on along the beach, the remainder of hike was rocks, rocks, rocks. A tide chart is essential because there are four areas that will be impassable at high tide. The 9.3 mile hike took us longer than expected because most of the time we were navigating and scrambling over wet, slippery rocks and fallen trees. Actually, we started our hike around medium tide since the Wilderness Information Center in Port Angeles didn't open until 8 am. I think you're able to get permits at the Ozette Ranger station.. Something to remember in the future.
The weather was nice for us. There were both times of fog and bright sunshine.
Seastack
The best part of the trip for me was seeing all the eagles. So many eagles! What a cool national bird.
Took a lunch break while waiting for the tide to go out. We made our own meal this trip!! So exciting :) We dehydrated rice, ham, acorn squash, roasted tomatoes and onions. I don't recommend dehydrating ham. It doesn't fully rehydrate and can either be chewy or slightly crunchy. But, it was still delicious and filled us up.
So cool
Low tide rocks and sun.
We had the ENTIRE beach to ourselves and chose an awesome camp site.
Heading out to get water at a nearby stream.
Sunset dinner on the beach <3
I didn't take a picture of the memorial, but it appears to be in good shape :)
Our hike out was much easier than our hike in. We packed up and left camp at 7:45 am. Low tide was at 7:50 am. We still had to navigate slippery rocks, but much less climbing over and under trees and over large rocks. The hike back took 5 hours versus the 7 hours in.