Cascade Head Sea Cave

I've done this numerous times along with dozens of other sea caves along the West Coast. Ironically this is not nearly the longest cave in Oregon, because until two extremely long caves were surveyed in New Zealand in 2012 the "World's longest sea cave" happened to be our own Oregon Sea Lyon Caves. Also, Cape Falcon and Cape Lookout may have longer caves than Cascade Head's two large caves. Cape Falcon's has a chamber where three tubes meet with a small roof collapse giving it a beautiful skylight with bright colors from various algae. Cape Lookout's feature's a large opening with a central divider. The cave on the left is a very long one with an early section that is too narrow to paddle at normal tides which opens into a foggy 20 ft. wide tunnel that leads to a low ceiling that leads to another long foggy 20 ft. tunnel with and intimidating thunderous sound beyond where it gets dicey. I think it may actually go all the way through the cape ending in too tight of a constriction to navigate by kayak, perhaps even completely submerged.

Also, I can't see why a rising tide should be a problem in the Cascade Head cave given its very high ceiling and lack of current. There is a rock just before the entrance that can cause trouble at low tides with normal or above summer surf. The inside is much wider than the entrance, so surf in the cave is not a problem and there is a beach in the back with some rocks just short of that beach. I hope out here in low tides and walk the boat to this beach. Bill