Secret Beach Oregon Coast Fine Art Photography | Hammond Raffetto Art

Secret Beach — Sheer Cliffs On The Southern Oregon Coast

It's not really a secret, but it is no less a stunner. Secret Beach sits 12 miles north of Brookings and 16 miles south of Gold Beach.

And it is easily one of the most stunning beaches you will find in Oregon

The sheer cliffs surrounding the beach make it a challenge to reach, and a bit risky, but it's worth it. It was foggy and misty (big shock) the day we found it, after a bit of overlapping north-south directional changes (=.And we got to this prospect after more than a few harrowing slips and slides. I cannot recommend enough wearing your micro-spikes. But it was worth every bit of it.

Fine Art Oregon Coast Photography Print

Provenance: Phase One XT | IQ4.150 |Rodenstock 32mm

Secret Beach earns its name: no sign, no designated parking, a quarter-mile trail through coastal forest that deposits you on a beach of sea stacks and Pacific horizon that most visitors to the Oregon Coast never find. The Samuel H. Boardman State Scenic Corridor is among the most beautiful stretches of coastline in North America, and Secret Beach is its quiet argument for why the coast rewards those who stop and walk. This panorama was shot at low tide in the early morning, the sea stacks casting long shadows toward the camera, the forest above the tideline still in shadow. That particular diffuse silver of the Pacific Northwest morning — the quality of light the Oregon coast specializes in — is what makes large-scale printing of a panorama like this meaningful.

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