Having spent many a storm tossed day trying to sail up or down the North
American west coast, I agree with Phil's guess. I will also add never
discount the topography behind the headlands and the headlands themselves
on their impact on coastal winds. The two great capes on the American
coast are Blanco and Mendocino. Their impacts on the flow of wind are
obvious, I would not be surprised of some local funneling is occurring on
many areas of the coast. The area between Yaquina Head and Cape Lookout or
Cascade Head could draw wind in and thus birds. I know the winds around
Cape Foulweather up to 10 miles offshore are not the same as the winds
farther offshore under certain conditions. Once I was in 60 knots just
below Foulweather when all the other boats I could reach farther south and
offshore were in 30 knots. Last time I ever got within 15 miles of that
area, I got my butt offshore and was fine. :)
Bob Archer
On Mon, Nov 2, 2015 at 6:15 PM, <5hats@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
I have heard (and someone else will have to confirm or deny it) that the
ocean right off the point is deeper than in most places along the coast.
Don't know if that is true, how deep it is supposed to be, or how far out
it is before the deeper water starts.
Darrel
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*From: *"Alan Contreras" <acontrer56@xxxxxxxxx>
*To: *"Phil Pickering" <philliplc@xxxxxxxxxxx>
*Cc: *"OBOL" <obol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
*Sent: *Monday, November 2, 2015 5:18:43 PM
*Subject: *[obol] Boiler Bay
Does anyone know why Boiler Bay is such a good seabird viewing spot? The
overlook sticks out, oh, fifty yards, and that stretch of coast is nothing
special to look at. Yet I have seen perfectly ridiculous things there. 29
Sabine’s Gulls cruising by in one hour. Multiple viewings of both Leach’s
and Ft Storm-Petrel with binos. Buller’s Shearwaters. Fulmars floating in
the weeds. Other people have seen albatrosses, Scripps Murrlet so close it
could be photographed, distant Mottled Petrels etc.
The only other place in Oregon that I have had similar, but not as good,
action is Cape Arago, and it is not as consistent.
What is it, upwellings of good smells?
Alan Contreras
acontrer56@xxxxxxxxx
