Thursday - Friday, Oregon

Thursday August 5

The last three days have been a whirlwind of checking surf breaks, wandering along random beaches, admiring the views (and fog!) at overlooks, and pushing up through the entire OR coast.  

Thursday we hit the last few beaches In northern CA, including crazy rough seas at the Del Norte coast.  Definitely no surf there.  We continued on to Gold beach...and thanks to a visitors center volunteer telling us about her son "wetsuit surfing" at the jetty, we investigated.  The current was strong and the two locals not very welcoming, but I managed to sneak a few waves in.  

Friday morning we explored more of the OR coast, and completely stumbled on nice waves at another jetty, this time at the Upqua lighthouse.  We carefully navigated Dune Fest craziness and found the break.  Again, me and two locals (this time welcoming); the waves were amazing, but getting outside was quite a battle.   We rounded out the day with tide pools at yachats, and great camping on the bay near Pacific City.