Powerful waves pounded rocks along the Mendocino coast in northern ... “Keep a safe distance from the ocean and avoid steep beaches, jetties, and outcroppings during dangerous surf conditions ...

At high tide, it looks like the Pacific Ocean is draining into a circular ... formed over thousands of years as waves ate into the volcanic rock on Cape Perpetua’s shoreline.

Waves fill the cave in ... at the Sand Beach parking lot, follow Ocean Path for nearly a mile. The path hugs the coastline, bringing you south toward Thunder Hole and Otter Cliff.