Massive seas/surf on the coast

[Evan B]

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
Article Link

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.

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

• NWS Portland High Surf Warning summary
• Weatherboy storm preview
• Offshore Storm Warning details

 

[RRSmith]

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.