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Barview Jetty

Barview · North Coast · Oregon

Spearfishing here is conditional
The short answer is Legal · ODFW rules. The exact rule, who enforces it, and what it covers are written out in the field notes below.
Diver reports today · zones from today’s forecast

Visibility Breakdown

Updated through the day · times PT

Visibility by position

Post Break
headline zone
2ft
today’s forecast
Open Water
2ft
today’s forecast

Solid = diver report · outlined = today's forecast

Cross-section from the sand out to open water, split into 2 visibility zones: Post Break (0-200 ft from shore), Open Water (200+ ft from shore).
Shore
Post Break
0-200 ft from shore
Open Water
200+ ft from shore

Post Break: The range past where any waves are forming, where the water starts to have a significant increase in visibility. There might be some sediment here, but swell energy is diffused and the water is calmer.

Open Water: This zone is far out enough from the shore that the water is at its clearest. It’s deep enough that sediment is not disturbed by the wave energy at the surface. Haze can sit near the surface, so the water is usually clearer the deeper you go.

Through the day

Today's visibility readings at this spot, shown at the hour each one was taken.

Every bar is a reading for the Post Break zone.

This chart shows measured diver reports only.

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Entry type
Shore
Parking
County park lot
Spearfishing
Legal · ODFW rules
Difficulty
Intermediate–Advanced
Popular activities
Scuba · Spearfishing · Crabbing
Today's forecast

Why it reads 0–4 ft

Updated 6:10 AM PT today · October 27, 2026
Heavy bloom conditions
Hurts vis
4 mg/m³
Major impact
Moderate swell
Neutral
2.6 ft
Minor swell
Light wind
Neutral
6 kt
Minor wind
Moderate rain 18h ago (enclosed location)
Hurts vis
0.28" 18h ago
Major rain
Active drizzle
Hurts vis
drizzle
Minor rain

Today's forecast runs

6 AM
2ft
Morning run
10 AM
—
Pending
1 PM
—
Pending

Dawn is the clearest window — onshore wind picks up by late morning and surface chop stirs the bottom through the afternoon.

Medium confidence

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7-Day Forecast

Days 2 to 7 are Pro

Today is the live headline above. Tomorrow onward is the algorithm's forecast from predicted swell, wind, and rain, updated each morning and at 6 PM Pacific.

Today · Tue
Oct 27
0–4ft
Poor
Open Water 2 ft
Swell 5 ft at 6 s, wind 6 kt at 10 AM. Rain forecast, 0.6 in.
Wed
Oct 28
14
Good
Open Water 21 ft
Thu
Oct 29
9
Fair
Open Water 14 ft
Fri
Oct 30
16
Excellent
Open Water 24 ft
Sat
Oct 31
19
Excellent
Open Water 27 ft
Sun
Nov 1
11
Good
Open Water 17 ft
Mon
Nov 2
13
Good
Open Water 20 ft
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Getting there

Map and parking

45.5645° N · 123.9457° W
Map of Barview Jetty
Address
Tillamook County, OR
Parking
County park lot

Ample day-use and campground parking at Barview Jetty County Campground (Tillamook County Parks) with restrooms, showers, playground, and water, 1.5 miles north of Garibaldi on Highway 101. A day-use parking pass may apply.

Field notes

About Barview Jetty

Barview Jetty guards the north side of the Tillamook Bay entrance, about 1.5 miles north of Garibaldi in Tillamook County. Access runs through Barview Jetty County Campground, a 160-acre coastal park operated by Tillamook County Parks. Divers enter directly from the campground grounds along the jetty edge. Local dive references split the site into outer, middle, and inner sections of the same north jetty. At the tip, freshwater flowing out of Tillamook Bay meets ocean saltwater in the mixing that shapes what divers see underwater.

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