Massive seas/surf on the coast

Evan B

Evan B

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The past few days have seen waves crashing in at 30+ feet since Sunday in NW Oregon and SW Washington.

Don't be these people:


Surfer ran a piece on it this morning with footage of an estimated 33 footers hitting Cape Kiwanda on Sunday
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If you were anywhere near the beach the last few days, you already know. A hurricane-force low parked off British Columbia sent a 20 to 30 foot swell at us, and NWS had breakers forecast at 28 to 33 feet from the south Washington coast down through Tillamook County on Sunday. Offshore seas were forecast up to 35 feet.
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Further reading if anyone's interested... Didn't have time to write out a long post about it. I'm sure someone else can fill in the rest of the details for me ;)
 
Some of those images on social media make me cringe - people can be idiots.

We timed the high tide on Sunday morning and made the regular stops on our big ocean tour - D River in Lincoln City, Siletz Bay in Taft, Boiler Bay State Park and Depot Bay. Devils Lake temporarily became an estuary with the tidal surge periodically making it under 101 and into the lake. All of the logs and woody debris that line the mouth of Siletz Bay had been floated and the lower bay looked like a giant log pond. Boiler Bay was impressive and 101 along the sea wall in Depot Bay was getting pounded. I took some iphone photos but quite frankly - it looked way more impressive in person.
 
M_D said:
Just an FYI…I clicked the Weatherboy link and got this👇

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It’s okay tho cuz they took my wife’s credit card 👍

just kidding…it was an easy delete.

FWIW, prior to this I had been viewing many of the videos of the waves…amazing! And with 20+ minutes wavelengths…I would have been swept away….who knew
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Huh... that is not the link I pasted. It still worked on my end but I deleted it anyways just in case something weird was up.

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Yep, pretty crazy weather. Lots of wood getting shifted around. Some pretty crazy videos out showing the power of the waves.
This story popped up in my newsfeed. Thankfully it didn’t turn tragic.
SF

katu.com

Sneaker wave sweeps girl into surf at Cannon Beach; parents pull her out safely

A young girl was swept into the surf by an apparent sneaker wave at Cannon Beach over the weekend, in a scene captured on video by a woman who was visiting the coast.
katu.com katu.com
 
If you see foam on the beach, it shows you where the water has been and will be again. Walking past it is not a particularly smart move.
 
RRSmith said:
Some of those images on social media make me cringe - people can be idiots.

We timed the high tide on Sunday morning and made the regular stops on our big ocean tour - D River in Lincoln City, Siletz Bay in Taft, Boiler Bay State Park and Depot Bay. Devils Lake temporarily became an estuary with the tidal surge periodically making it under 101 and into the lake. All of the logs and woody debris that line the mouth of Siletz Bay had been floated and the lower bay looked like a giant log pond. Boiler Bay was impressive and 101 along the sea wall in Depot Bay was getting pounded. I took some iphone photos but quite frankly - it looked way more impressive in person.
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Darwin at work!
 
oh darn, guess I'm not going surf perch fishing....

With some of those tidal pushes getting into Devil's Lake in Lincoln City, I do wonder what critters are washed into that space....
 
Crazy!
I was watching the Westport webcams on Sunday and the waves were breaking over the top of the jetty all the way out. Nutty.

Just checked and the lighthouse cam makes me motion sick the wind is blowing so hard and the Groynes are a mess.

Live Westport Web Cams — Experience Westport, Washington

Check on Westport weather and surf conditions with the live streaming webcam panning the Westport Marina, The Groins and The Jetty from the Westport viewing tower.
www.experiencewestport.com www.experiencewestport.com
 
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