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The waves are a by-product of alterations to the rock jetty on the west side of the Newport Harbor entrance undertaken during the 1930s. [1] When conditions are right, and a wave approaches the shore at the proper angle (most generally a south swell), an approaching wave will reflect off the jetty creating a second wave.
Nye Beach is a central district in Newport in the U.S. state of Oregon.The Nye Beach historic overlay district is bounded on the north and south sides by Northwest Twelfth Street and Southwest Second Street respectively; on the east side by Hurbert Street and on the west side by the Pacific Ocean. [1]
The wave or waves penetrated 300 feet (91 m) inland and probably were between 29 and 40 feet (8.8 and 12.2 m) tall, with a significant wave height of 10 feet (3 m) to 15 feet (4.6 m). [70] The flooding of the dining hall was filmed.
The Yaquina Head Light, also known early in its existence as the Cape Foulweather Lighthouse (though Cape Foul Weather is 4 miles to the north) is a lighthouse on the Oregon Coast of the United States, established in 1873. It is located in Lincoln County, near Newport at Yaquina Head. The tower stands 93 feet (28 m) tall, and is the tallest ...
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Name Locality Elevation Coordinate USGS map GNIS ID ; Agate Beach (Cape Arago, Oregon) Coos County: 13 ft (4.0 m) Cape Arago: 1116782: Agate Beach (Oceanside, Oregon)
Yaquina Bay State Recreation Site, established in 1948, is a coastal state park in west-central Lincoln County, Oregon, United States, in the city of Newport.It is administered by the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department, and located at the north end of Yaquina Bay near its outlet to the Pacific Ocean.
South Jetty is a state park in Newport, Oregon, U.S. . The park is administered by the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department, and adjacent to South Beach State Park.Both are south of the jetties, which form the entrance to Yaquina Bay, one of Oregon's major fishing and whale watching ports.