best seastacks on OR coast?

[z_photo]

I am looking for suggestions for the best locations on the OR coast to photograph seastacks. also best bets for tide pool shooting. any idea of prevailing temperatures in mid to late October?

thanks

[Don7x17]

Bandon Beach - low tide. Take the stairs down and walk around the point

Oceanside -- low tide. Take the tunnel to the north area. watch the tides so tunnel remains clear for exit.

Pistol River area - you can't miss these.

There are others but these are my personal favorites

Weather in October - expect (heavy at times) rain. Hope for sun.

and Tide pools -- check the tide local tide tables for extreme low tides. Seal Rock, Yaquina Lighthouse are ok.

[Walter Calahan]

African or European?

Big Grin.

[h2oman]

Others will be more familiar with this than I, particularly for parts north.

There are some cool dunes with grasses and driftwood where the Pistol River enters the ocean. I have spent very little near Bandon, but my experience is that it is hard to not have people or their tracks in your photos there.

South of there is the Boardman State Park, and my favorite locale there (not that I've checked it all out that well) is a place called China Beach. Here are some shots from there:

http://www.greggwaterman.com/coast/chbchss1.html

http://www.greggwaterman.com/coast/chbchdusk.html

http://www.greggwaterman.com/b_and_w/bchstrm.html

http://www.greggwaterman.com/b_and_w/chbchstrm.html

http://www.greggwaterman.com/b_and_w/chbchedge.html

It is a short, steep hike to get there, and seems to get very few people. At the south end of Boardman Park is Harris Beach Campground, and I think there are tide pools there.

All those shots were taken in late March, which should be roughly like October I would think, but I live inland so I don't really know that for a fact!

[z_photo]

good stuff. thanks, folks. most likely i will not get south of bandon on this trip. i seem to find good info on tide pools around depoe bay. anybody have any photos from that area?

[Jeffrey Sipress]

Best seastacks, worst seastacks, doesn't really matter to me. You can make a good image at either if you work on your vision.

I spent a week in Zion looking for the best scenery for image possibilities, and I made one of my finest images ever in an area about three feet square. It could have been right next to a sewer drain or a pile of garbage. It provided the spark of interest that is made into a print later on.

[z_photo]

Best seastacks, worst seastacks, doesn't really matter to me. You can make a good image at either if you work on your vision.

I spent a week in Zion looking for the best scenery for image possibilities, and I made one of my finest images ever in an area about three feet square. It could have been right next to a sewer drain or a pile of garbage. It provided the spark of interest that is made into a print later on.

very true but if i am going to wander the shore i just as soon wander pretty places.

as i recall you posted one of my all time favorite photos that i have seen on this site- might be the one you are referencing. more is better!

[The Dread Pirate Robins]

I've long been partial to the cove at Fogarty Creek State Recreation Area, which is a little north of Depoe Bay. The main park is on the east side of the highway, but there are two paths that lead to the beach on either side of the creek.

http://www.oregonstateparks.org/park_220.php

Just about anywhere you stop is going to have wonderful scenery.

[The Dread Pirate Robins]

Incidentally, the photos on the State Parks website do NOT do the place justice. You have to put some effort into taking such lousy photos.

[Sheldon N]

Quite a few of the most recent shots on my Flickr page are taken at Fogarty Creek or in the near vicinity.

[z_photo]

thanks, guys. these are erxactly the kinds of places i was hoping to find

[Vaughn]

The best sea stacks of Oregon are in California.;)

Vaughn

[z_photo]

and pretty soon that will be the sierras

[Vaughn]

and pretty soon that will be the sierras

No, the ones I am thinking of are north of Cape Mendocino, where the San Andreas Fault heads out into the ocean. So our beaches should stay about where they are. Eventually though, Los Angeles will be moving north of us and that might mess up our sunset views...

Vaughn

[Brian Ellis]

You don't say how far north you'll be going. Near the north end of the coast Cannon Beach and the view from Ecola State Park looking down and over Cannon Beach includes a lot of nice sea stacks. Bandon itself also has some very nice sea stack areas as others have mentioned. If you're going to Bandon it would be shame to not drive about another hour south and photograph the tide pools and rock formations at Shore Acres at sunrise or sunset (hope an hour is right, I know it isn't far but could be a little more than an hour). Here's an example.

For temperatures, you should just check the weather before you leave. The weather on the coast changes rapidly so it's hard to predict. In general mid-October will probably be chilly in the morning and evening but mild during the day.

[Kuzano]

The best sea stacks of Oregon are in California.;)

Vaughn

So, you're saying that the mass migration (30 years now) of Californians to Oregon has nothing to do with better Sea Stacks in Oregon? Hmmmm?

[Vaughn]

So, you're saying that the mass migration (20 years now) of Californians to Oregon has nothing to do with better Sea Stacks in Oregon? Hmmmm?

It's all San Andreas' fault.

Vaughn