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Cannon Beach
Stephanie Inn
An adults-only oceanfront inn at the foot of Haystack Rock, with fireside rooms, a four-course prix fixe dining room, and a daily wine social.
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For private groups
A coast built for the buy-out.
Every signature Oregon Coast experience has a private version. We assemble them into one seamless week.
Design This TripThe coast is built for buy-outs. Charter a full whale-watching vessel out of Depoe Bay, book a private Rogue River jet-boat run from Gold Beach, and a private fishing or crabbing charter off Newport's bayfront. Every signature experience has a small-group, exclusive-use version.
One stretch of coast, no long transfers
Lodging anchors well around Pacific City and Gleneden Beach, the forested Salishan resort or the oceanfront Headlands, or Cannon Beach for north-coast drama. A private chef's table at Tu Tu' Tun or a Bay House buy-out gives the group a shared evening centerpiece, and the coast's string of towns keeps boat, sand, and trail within a tight radius.
We coordinate the manifest across boats, charters, and tables, stage the group dinners, and keep a single point of contact for the whole party.
What’s inside
- Chartered whale and Rogue jet-boat runs, exclusive use
- Private fishing and crabbing off the bay
- A forest resort or oceanfront lodge base
- A private chef's table as the group centerpiece
- Boat, sand, and trail within a tight radius
A sample rhythm
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Gather
A resort or lodge base, a relaxed first group dinner.
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Water day
A chartered whale sail or Rogue jet-boat for the whole party.
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Split & choose
Private fishing, dunes, golf, and spa in parallel.
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Centerpiece
A private chef's table or bay-house buy-out to close the week.
The The Oregon Coastwe’d build in
The pieces that fit this trip.
Where to stay
Coastal lodges that hold the shoreline.
From a Cannon Beach inn at the foot of Haystack Rock to a forested resort on Siletz Bay, these are the stays an Oregon Coast trip is built around.
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Pacific City
Headlands Coastal Lodge & Spa
Pacific City's modern oceanfront flagship below Cape Kiwanda, with a full spa, oceanview rooms and cottages, and adventure coaches on call.
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Gleneden Beach
Salishan Coastal Lodge
A forested resort on Siletz Bay across 250 acres, with a links golf course, indoor pool, spa, and an aerial ropes course in the trees.
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Gold Beach
Tu Tu' Tun Lodge
An intimate riverfront lodge on the Rogue River, a Relais & Chateaux-caliber retreat known for jet-boat access and a seasonal chef's table.
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Newberg
The Allison Inn & Spa
The wine country flagship an hour inland, with a 15,000-square-foot spa and the acclaimed Jory restaurant, an ideal pre or post coast stay.
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Pacific City
Inn at Cape Kiwanda
Every room faces Haystack Rock and the dory beach, a comfortable oceanfront base across the road from Pelican Brewing.
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Gray whales, jet boats, and the bays.
Depoe Bay calls itself the whale-watching capital of the coast, and the Rogue River jet boats run deep into the wilderness. We book the best of both.
Gray whales pass in large numbers in late December and again in spring; a resident pod summers off Depoe Bay.
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Depoe Bay
Tradewinds Charters
A family-run operator since 1938 out of the world's smallest navigable harbor, running whale-watching and ocean fishing trips.
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Depoe Bay
Whale Research EcoExcursions (Carrie Newell)
Whale-watching led by a marine biologist on a small Zodiac, getting close to the resident summer gray whales off Depoe Bay.
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Gold Beach
Jerry's Rogue Jets
The classic Rogue River jet-boat excursion, running up to 104 miles into the federally designated Wild and Scenic wilderness.
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Newport
Marine Discovery Tours
A 65-foot vessel out of Newport's Yaquina Bay for sea-life and whale cruises, with bay ecology and crabbing demonstrations.
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Depoe Bay
Whale's Tail Charters
Small-group whale-watching out of Depoe Bay's tiny harbor, a low-density way to reach the resident summer gray whales.
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Newport
Newport Belle Sternwheeler
A moored sternwheeler on the Newport bayfront, a quiet way to take in Yaquina Bay and the working harbor from the water.
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Salmon, halibut, and Rogue steelhead.
Charter boats run out of Newport, Depoe Bay, and Garibaldi for salmon, bottomfish, and halibut, while the Rogue River is legendary for steelhead.
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Newport Tradewinds
A long-running Newport charter operation off Yaquina Bay for salmon, halibut, tuna, and bottomfish, with crabbing combos.
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Garibaldi
Garibaldi Charters
Tillamook Bay-based ocean charters for salmon, lingcod, and rockfish, plus seasonal tuna runs offshore.
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Depoe Bay
Dockside Charters
Family-run fishing and crabbing charters out of Depoe Bay's tiny harbor, well regarded for bottomfish and salmon trips.
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Gold Beach
Rogue River steelhead guides
Guided drift trips on the Wild and Scenic Rogue for salmon and steelhead, arranged through the riverfront lodge.
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Garibaldi
Tillamook Bay crabbing
One of the most productive bays on the coast for Dungeness crab, with dock setups and boat charters arranged in your name.
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Newport
Yaquina Bay oyster & clam flats
Dig the Yaquina flats for clams or pair a bay charter with a stop for Pacific oysters grown in the estuary.
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Haystack Rock, headlands, and a blowhole.
This is a shoreline of monoliths and basalt capes. These are the iconic stops we route guests through, timed to the light and the tide.
Coastal viewpoints are most dramatic around sunset; check tide tables before walking out to sea stacks or tide pools.
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Cannon Beach
Cannon Beach & Haystack Rock
The coast's signature image, a 235-foot sea stack ringed by tide pools and nesting puffins on a broad, walkable beach.
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Cannon Beach
Ecola State Park
Forested headland trails and the famous overlook down the coastline toward Haystack Rock and the Tillamook Rock Lighthouse.
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Newport
Yaquina Head Lighthouse
Oregon's tallest lighthouse on a basalt point, with one of the coast's richest rocky tide-pool areas just below.
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Otter Rock
Devils Punchbowl
A churning bowl of seawater in a collapsed sea cave near Otter Rock, dramatic at high tide and a tide-pool flat at low.
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Yachats
Cape Perpetua Scenic Area
The highest viewpoint accessible by car on the coast, above Thor's Well and the Spouting Horn surf features at Yachats.
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Florence to Coos Bay
Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area
Forty miles of towering coastal sand dunes, the largest expanse in North America, rising to 500 feet above the sea.
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Fresh catch, dory boats, and bay-house views.
The Oregon Coast eats from the water it sits on: dock-to-table oysters, line-caught rockfish, and Dungeness crab. We hold the hard reservations.
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Lincoln City
The Bay House
A refined waterfront dining room on Siletz Bay, the coast's longtime special-occasion table, with a deep Oregon and global wine list.
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Newport
Local Ocean Seafoods
A fish-market restaurant on Newport's working bayfront, serving the day's catch straight off the boats tied up outside.
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Cannon Beach
The Wayfarer Restaurant & Lounge
Oceanfront dining with a Haystack Rock view, Pacific Northwest seafood and a strong list, one of Cannon Beach's defining tables.
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Cannon Beach
Newmans at 988
Chef John Newman's intimate French-Italian room, a longstanding fine-dining destination just off the main street in Cannon Beach.
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The Dining Room at Stephanie Inn
A four-course Pacific Northwest prix fixe with ocean views, sourcing coastal seafood and Willamette Valley produce and wine.
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Depoe Bay
Restaurant Beck
Chef Justin Wills's clifftop tasting-menu room at the Whale Cove Inn, a multiple James Beard semifinalist over Depoe Bay.
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