Friday, we decided to brave the coast to observe the king tide and stormy conditions. The wind was gusting to a reported 50 m.p.h., and the rain was blasting us sideways.
The tide surging up the Yachats River.
Looking back to the side where the above shot was taken.
Strawberry Hill beach where we would be collecting agates on a calmer day.
Neptune North which is part of our mile of coast we monitor for CoastWatch.
This is the northern part of our CoastWatch mile, which is a little sketchy on a calm day at low tide. On a day like this, at high tide, you could easily be swept out to sea and be dead in minutes.
Neptune South.
At Bob Creek, a group of gulls were hunkered down on the cobblestones, pointed into the wind. Yesterday, Gail drove by here and the parking lot was closed off. The waves were bigger and the surge was coming up over this grassy area onto the lot.
Gulls riding it out.
This month we have had 11.5 inches of rain so far, and today is only the 12th. It has been spaced out and raining just about an inch a day, so we haven't had flooding or super high river flows - yet. Snow is forecast for this coming Tuesday and Wednesday.
We watched this "well" at Neptune North surge and froth just like the much bigger Thor's Well a little further north. You wouldn't want to fall into this! We named it Hell's Well. All the dramatic coastal features in Oregon seem to have the word "hell" or "devil" in their names.
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Those look like some serious seas. That video of Neptune North is fun to watch. I always liked hiking on a stormy day like that. You come back into the warm, dry house feeling accomplished and very cozy.
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