tide pools and sea stacks

I am leaving tomorrow to drive up the coast from San Francisco to Newport, Oregon and then over to Portland.

What are the best beaches in Oregon from the California border up through Newport that have the best tide pools and sea stacks/dramtic coastal landscape?

Any inexpensive but clean hotel recommendations up through Newport would be appreciated.

Thanks!

tide pools and sea stacks

Leaving tomorrow? Not much time for answers to come in!

Where are you planning to stop for your overnights? There are a lot of inexpensive motels along the coast, but what do you call inexpensive?

Most dramatic sea stacks are along the southern coast up to Port Orford, and then again at Bandon. You will see most of them from Hwy 101, and/or there will be an Oregon State Park sign directing you to lookouts. The landscape is dramatic between Florence and Yachats also.

The coast has been quite cool, and foggy/cloudy the past few days with some rain, so hopefully you will find some sunshine somewhere :-)

tide pools and sea stacks

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As far as tidepools go, you should check this website for best times for where you%26#39;ll be. Taking Port Orford just as an example, low tide (a minus tide) will be at 6 a.m. (not too convenient for you I would guess) and again at around 5:30 p.m. High tide is around noon -- 5+ft, enough to eliminate most tidepooling.

With such tide swings you need to be very careful and keep an eye out for sneaker waves.