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@KimberlyHirsh Oh no, I am sad too. 😢 What a gift that you got to meet him.

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@Miraz yes, they were cute. Besides the three border collies, there’s a laid-back golden retriever outside the frame.

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@eay Thanks. I have only seen two seals out in the ocean. That was a first for me. Lucky to be in the right place that morning.

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Wednesday waves. Video + photo. An overcast misty day, with Starfish Rock in the foreground.

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@robertbreen Thank you for sharing this remarkable journey. Beautiful essay.

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Seal pup, dropped off on the beach by its mother while she hunts. Video + photo.

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Everyone stayed well away, including me. (I was using a telephoto lens.) This little one was determined to get back in the water. / May 30, 2026, 7 am. Low tide.

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@Miraz 👋🌊 🥰

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It’s been a while since I posted something for the Pacific Wave Appreciation Society. I’m going to try doing a Wednesday Wave series.

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For the video, I dusted off my DJI Osmo 3 gimbal to provide a steadier viewing experience. 😇

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Shot today at 1:35, swells 6.8 ft. 🌊

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The Photos app surfaced this 2024 photo today. ❤️ Bob (my dad) with the Bob Moore statue at Bob’s Red Mill. I hope they are making pancakes together in heaven. 🥞

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The color on the beach at the moment of sunset yesterday. I’m still glowing, just thinking about it. Cropped but no other editing, iPhone 17 Pro.

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@danielpunkass This is a great lesson on many levels.

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@hollyhoneychurch 😻☀️

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@gregmoore Very nice photo.

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@bradenslen He does skew the “bad boyfriend” curve.

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When I was a little girl, I knew there was a prince in England born the same year as me, and I expected that I would somehow meet him so I could marry him and become a princess. 👸🏼

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File that under “careful what you wish for.” 😬

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@kaa Gorgeous colors.

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@crossingthethreshold I found it! Nice fluffy clouds. ☁️

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@Miraz Yes, it did have a nice rhythm. Thankfully no pedestrian being swept to the left! And she was not the only person I saw having to run to safety. 😬

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Sneaker wave alert this weekend. Not everyone got the memo.

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(The woman did eventually hop up onto the dune, and was not swept away.)

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@Nataliekayh I’m reading this too. 🙂

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@bobwertz The camouflage is impressive too.

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@amit I hear you. 😅

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I finally upgraded to the iPhone 17 Pro. The 8x zoom setting is for photographing the wild ocean waves while staying dry on the shore.

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@Lioncourt I look forward to following along.

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@dejus 🥰

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@Miraz Yes. Even the birds are cool in NZ.

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@crossingthethreshold My favorite magazine. Someone gifted me a subscription in 1998 and I’ve continued ever since.

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I’ve known about it since 1978, because the office was in downtown Chapel Hill when I was in college. But I never thought to read it. I think I thought it was too cool for me. 🤷‍♀️

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The Pacific Ocean listened to my King Tides feedback. Today I saw lots of foamy white waves and the swell height was 12 ft. (video + photo)

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Also: big winds, sun, and hail. I wondered if I should be wearing a helmet. Welcome to Oregon coast.

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@jemostrom ha! You’re a 24/7 food dispenser.

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@Miraz Aww. Love this photo.

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@ffmike nice photo! And exciting wave action. I just did a quick search of my photo library to see if I took any photos there on my 2024 trip. None between Yachats and Heceta Head lighthouse. 😕

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Last day of January King Tides, and last of the season. (video + photo)

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My favorite waves were in November. December and January were tame by comparison.

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★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ Waves could be bigger and frothier. Will visit again next November.

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@samkrahl haha

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There are a lot of visitors on our beach in this holiday week. It’s almost impossible to get a photo without dogs in the frame. 🥰

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@ablaze Omg yes. I also wish they would count my Bedtime Beats listening when collating listening lists for me. I only want my usual 1970s folk and rock stuff.

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@roelio Gorgeous.

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For the Pacific Wave Appreciation Society and anyone who likes watching waves: it’s King Tides Eve, and the sunrise high tide gave a little preview of what’s to come. (photo + video)

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Happy New Year to all. 👋🏻 🌊 🌲 🏔️

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What a difference a day makes. The treacherous mouth of the Columbia on a sunny less windy morning. Clear enough to see how far the jetty goes. 😮

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For the Pacific Wave Appreciation Society: the massive waves at the mouth of the Columbia River, “one of the most treacherous waterways in the world,” as the sign says.

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I saw this bumper sticker, and it made me think we need one for the Pacific Wave Appreciation Society. 🌊 (And, on the same walk I spotted a beach fort!)

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One of favorite photos from last week’s king tides. Unflappable Seagull is not perturbed by the wind, waves or driftwood. (Nedonna Beach, South Jetty of Nehalem Bay)

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(I have to admit I wouldn’t mind getting a “real” camera and zoom for a shot like this.)

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It’s King Tide season, keeping your intrepid Pacific Wave and Driftwood correspondent busy!

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Here’s Biggish Log, getting tossed around. Despite my prediction, this week it moved another 150 ft. down the beach, not closer to the dune.

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For those in the Driftwood Trackers subgroup of the Pacific Wave Appreciation Society, here’s Biggish Log yet another 50 ft. closer to the dunes after another day of sneaker wave alert-level surf. 🌊🌊🌊

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An update on Biggish Log after a weekend of sneaker wave activity. It’s moved 110 ft from where it was last week. (You can see the path of What3Words pins.) There are bigger King Tides to come, and I predict it will end up buried in the dunes like Big Log.

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We’re coming up on wild winter wave season here on the Oregon coast so I wanted to offer this video + photo for the Pacific Wave Appreciation Society.

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PS. That is Biggish Log, 25 ft. long, which hasn’t moved much since May. That’s why you stay away from driftwood during a sneaker wave alert.

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Inundation: not the wave I was expecting \"Tsunami\"old\"scan : micro.welltempered.net

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Impermanence \"\"\"\"\"\" : micro.welltempered.net

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Life has been chaotic for me lately. I’ve been busy with family stuff in Portland most of July. But I did get back to the coast for a very misty morning, and wanted to to share some chaotic wave footage with the Pacific Wave Appreciation Society, plus a seagull who also appreciates the waves.

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Obscured \"\"\"\" : micro.welltempered.net

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Elk butts \"\"\"\" : micro.welltempered.net

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