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Gold Beach North Jetty

Gold Beach · South 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
Free lot
Spearfishing
Legal · ODFW rules
Difficulty
Intermediate
Popular activities
Scuba · Spearfishing
Today's forecast

Why it reads 0–4 ft

Updated 6:10 AM PT today · October 27, 2026
Active plankton bloom
Hurts vis
2.13 mg/m³
Major impact
Solid swell
Hurts vis
4.7 ft
Moderate swell
Short-period chop
Hurts vis
6.0 s
Minor chop
Light wind
Neutral
6 kt
Minor wind
Waves beyond the fitted range
Hurts vis
4.7ft
Moderate impact

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.

Low 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 3 kt at 10 AM. Rain forecast, 0.1 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

42.4234° N · 124.4285° W
Map of Gold Beach North Jetty
Address
Curry County, OR
Parking
Free lot

Plentiful free parking at the jetty entrance with no day-use fee and no amenities on site. From downtown Gold Beach, drive about 1.7 mi north on Highway 101, turn onto Wedderburn Loop, and continue 0.8 mi west.

Field notes

About Gold Beach North Jetty

Gold Beach North Jetty runs from the north side of the Rogue River mouth at Wedderburn, about 1.7 miles north of downtown Gold Beach in Curry County. The rock rubble structure stretches roughly 3 miles north to Otter Point along Bailey Beach. Divers enter from the jetty and work rubble ledges to about 30 feet at the tip on high tide. Water temperature runs 45 to 57 degrees Fahrenheit through the year, and visibility spans 5 to 20 feet depending on ocean and river conditions.

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