Yaquina Head Lighthouse — Storm Series 4 plate 000 and 20

000 and 20

This isn't one wave

Depoe Bay's harbor channel is barely a crack in the rock — but the Pacific finds it every time

The big-wave training doesn't happen at this scale anymore

and this frame captures all of the fear and trust of that moment

Yaquina Head Lighthouse — Storm Series 4 plate 000 and 20From Up Here, You See What It's Actually Up Against. The top of Salal Hill puts you above the lighthouse, above the cliff overlooks, and above the standard view of Yaquina Head that most visitors take home. From here, on a significant swell day, you see the full picture: the headland exposed on three sides, the Pacific pushing in from the southwest, the lighthouse doing what it has done since 1873. The waves have to be 20 feet or more to reach the