Tag Archives: Cook’s Beach

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We have had some beautiful sunsets over the past several days and one green flash that Rick and I saw. It was quick but glowed a beautiful emerald-green. Karen Tracy recently photographed a sunset at Cook's Beach, the very popular public access just north of Gualala.

Sunset at Cook's Beach by Karen Tracy

To learn more about our new public access spots, here is the link to the Redwood Coast Land Conservancy: http://www.rc-lc.org/ The fine people at RCLC are doing such wonderful work to bring us access to these beautiful places where we can see a sunset like this one.

Thanks to Karen for allowing me to share her photo with you here.

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Cook's Beach is just north of the town of Gualala. It is a lovely pocket beach and a perfect place to watch the sunset. Diane Grenkow  recently photographed a sunset there.

Cook's Beach Sunset by Diane Grenkow (Large)

And Joel Crockett photographed this special place during the day.

Cook's Beach by Joel Crockett (Large)

The Redwood Coast Land Conservancy played a big part in opening up this beautiful public access spot. To learn more about Cook's Beach, Hearn Gulch and the Gualala Bluff Trail, here is their website: http://www.rc-lc.org/

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Ralph and Larain Matheson saw four whales spout south of Cook’s Beach just before New Years.  Larain said, "It looked like a fountain that kept spouting – quite a show.” Ralph’s photo shows you the bushy spout of a Gray Whale. If you could see it straight on, you would see it is heart-shaped.


 And below is a photo of the glistening Pacific Ocean, sparkling as if it were sprinkled with diamonds.

Thanks to Ralph for allowing me to share his photos with you here.

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Peggy Berryhill enjoys exploring Cook's Beach at very low tides and she sees amazing things. Recently she saw an Ochre Sea Star eating a Dungeness Crab.

She also saw a juvenile Dungeness Crab.

Too small, perhaps, to capture the attention of a hungry Sea Star.

Thanks to Peggy for allowing me to share her photos with you here.

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A small flock of Western Sandpipers was seen at Cook's Beach recently, running along the surf line. Tom Eckles photographed the scene, which shows kelp on the beach.

Several years ago Tom saw Sandpipers at the same place, as you will see in the photo below, looking for tasty insects in the surf and sand.

There's something quite endearing about these birds - they make me smile when I see them. If you'd like to listen to their calls, here's the link to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology: http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/western_sandpiper/sounds

Thanks to Tom for allowing me to share his photos with you here. To see much more of Tom's photography, here is his website: www.tomeckles.com