Crossing the Columbia River Bar: Graveyard of the Pacific

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Crossing the Columbia River Bar: Graveyard of the Pacific
Columbia River Bar: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbi...
From Wiki: The Columbia Bar, also frequently called the Columbia River Bar, is a system of bars and shoals at the mouth of the Columbia River spanning the U.S. states of Oregon and Washington. The bar is about 3 miles (5 km) wide and 6 miles (10 km) long.
The bar is where the river's current dissipates into the Pacific Ocean, often as large standing waves. The waves are partially caused by the deposition of sediment as the river slows, as well as mixing with ocean waves. The waves, wind, and current are hazardous for vessels of all sizes. The Columbia current varies from 4 to 7 knots westward, and therefore into the predominantly westerly winds and ocean swells, creating significant surface conditions. Unlike other major rivers, the current is focused "like a fire hose" without the benefit of a river delta. Conditions can change from calm to life-threatening in as little as five minutes due to changes of direction of wind and ocean swell. Since 1792, approximately 2,000 large ships have sunk in and around the Columbia Bar, and because of the danger and the numerous shipwrecks the mouth of the Columbia River acquired a reputation worldwide as the Graveyard of the Pacific.
Graveyard of the Pacific: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graveya...
List of Oregon shipwrecks: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
The Wreck or the Peter Iredale: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_I...
Peter Iredale was a four-masted steel barque sailing vessel that ran ashore October 25, 1906, on the Oregon coast en route to the Columbia River. She was abandoned on Clatsop Spit near Fort Stevens in Warrenton about four miles (6 km) south of the Columbia River channel. Wreckage is still visible, making it a popular tourist attraction as one of the most accessible shipwrecks of the Graveyard of the Pcific.
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@TerryT0114 Год назад

The sound of this video could help me fall asleep at night. I'll have to find a longer version.

@BM22TechReview Год назад

Crossing the bar would be relaxing, if it weren't for the pucker-factor for a potential rogue wave. The one time we were hit sideways by a rogue wave, which almost rolled us, our Go Pros were off to save battery-life for the actual fishing. Missed the perfect video...

@TheLegendarySuperSaiyanBroly Год назад

Put it on loop in the settings.

@allenra530 6 лет назад

That was an unusually calm day for the region. One of my uncles used to fish out there and he showed us some photos of some really rough days, taken from shore after they ran the boat back to Astoria. They were never foolish enough to stay out for "just one more set."

@BM22TechReview 6 лет назад

Yes, this was very calm. But what makes the Columbia River Bar so dangerous, is that it can change from calm to deadly, in a matter of minutes. I've crossed the bar when it started off this calm, and then out of nowhere it was waves over the bow and people were tying off to the safety lanyards on our 72 ft. sailboat.

@jefish12 4 года назад

@@BM22TechReview how does the Coumbia bar compare to Depot Bay?

@jimrutin 2 года назад

Thank you for this video. It brings back memories. On May 4th 2004 I put at the mouth (from the parking lot at Fort Canby). I canoed in a 17.6 Old Town to the Snake River. I would not trade the experience for all the money in the world, and I would not do it again for all the money in the world. 😳 😆. Thanks again.

@matthewadams9900 5 лет назад

I love it when the bar is like this....

@TheLegendarySuperSaiyanBroly Год назад

Dude, thanks for this awesome video! Many thanks to you and your crew!

@BM22TechReview Год назад

Thanks for watching the video.

@WORRO 6 лет назад

Nice little run bro. A few of those swells were decent. I miss hitting the Gulf of Mexico,, MS ain't fun. Thumb's up thanks for the memories~John

@BM22TechReview 6 лет назад

Thanks, and this was a very calm day. We run the cameras now every trip because it can turn from what you see here, to swells that can swallow a supertanker.

@user-yg6dk9eh8g 5 лет назад

Fun ride!

@BM22TechReview 5 лет назад

Thanks, and yes this one was. But there was one bad run, that we didn't get on film, where the boat got hit by a sneaker wave, and it almost rolled completely over. One minute the boat is plowing forward through the waves, and the next minute it was on it's side with sea water coming in the driver's side window.

@differenceofexistence Год назад

Hummmm....never mind. I'll live vicariously through your video. 😉

@BM22TechReview Год назад

The thing about crossing this bar, is that the conditions change so quickly due to the converging currents. So, it can go from sunny and smooth as glass, to overcast and swells taller than your boat, in just a few minutes.

@13ewc 4 года назад

Caught the bar on a good day!

@BM22TechReview 4 года назад

Yeah, it's funny how that works. On the way back in, when the cameras were off (cards full, batteries dead), we got hit by a sneaker wave coming from the side, and we almost lost a couple of fishing poles; you know it's bad when you are suddenly sideways and look to the right and see sky, and then look to the left and see water coming in.

@differenceofexistence Год назад

Beanmeister! I'm in town! Will you take me for a ride? Please? 😄

@whocares8064 Год назад

My fiance is sailing this this weekend!! On a 41 ft sailboat and hasn't sailed in years!!

@BM22TechReview Год назад

I used to have a 27 ft sailboat. It felt very small once I got out in the ocean.

@frankberry4742 3 года назад

ok so this is how you run the bar when you have. 1. pre trip inspection .2 checked weather and tide. 3 waited to run out with wind and tide in your favor.

@JA-nz5zp 4 года назад

Very hypnotic video. What was the make and size of boat you were in?

@BM22TechReview 4 года назад

24 ft Hewes craft.

@kimmackinnon7753 3 года назад

Could you possibly capture and post a bad day?

@BM22TechReview 3 года назад

The problem is, this bar changes so quickly, you don't know how it will be, from day to day, hour to hour, or minute to minute. Cameras have to always be running, working, and ready to go when you leave the dock. We've had a sneaker wave hit us so hard, we were on our side, and nearly capsized. But it was on the way in, after a day of tuna fish 150 miles out, and the camera's batteries were dead. So to answer you...yes, we try to have the cameras up and running each time we cross, and we see what we see. But remember, as much as I love making videos, the purpose of crossing the bar is to go ocean fishing, so that is our main focus. It's not worth the risk (because this is a dangerous bar) to spend a day crossing back and forth over the bar, in hopes of catching a near miss or near sinking on video. So all we can do, is try to set the cameras to catch the video when and if something actually goes wrong.

@mymusings1293 5 лет назад

This almost put me to sleep from the outboard motor's white noise. ZZzzzzzzzzz

@BM22TechReview 5 лет назад

There is that of course...but the boat jostling around on the waves will keep you awake :)

@kennyc388 4 года назад

I'd have no second thoughts about going through this in my sea kayak???? WTF

@BM22TechReview 4 года назад

I did have a plan...where I'd bring my kayak out here to the bar, and if it was calm enough, try to paddle out in it. But every time we tried it, it was way too rough. The other issue is, that no matter how buoyant your kayak is, or how good your life jacket is, when you come across places like this where several currents come together, you are at risk of getting sucked under. I learned that the hard way when I approached within 100 yards of the base of Willamette Falls in Oregon City (if you don't know that one, do a quick G search). It's not an overly large falls, but there is very good salmon fishing in that area as the fish rest before swimming up the fish ladder. The currents around it are horrendous; my kayak was sucked straight down under water, and luckily I was wearing a break-away skirt which allowed me to escape.

@mitchsnyder77 3 года назад

About how deep is the water there?

@BM22TechReview 3 года назад

It is dredged to 55 feet officially (60 to 65 when actually dredged). Not counting sandbars, the average depth runs from 45 feet 50 feet, but because the bottom is very active and always changing, we've seen much deeper on our depth finder. BTW my first answer usually is, the depth is a lot deepen when you're on top of a 20 foot swell, and a lot shallower when you're down in the trough :)

@wontee2 5 лет назад

Some say he is still heading that way.

@TheAzerbijian 4 года назад

wontee2 🤣

@jenniferlans8687 3 года назад

wow the little lakes around my home are much worse then that ! Nice to know its a piece of cake for them

@BM22TechReview 3 года назад

The problem with the Columbia River Bar, is that it can change from this, to 20 foot swells in the blink of an eye. On one trip we had a calm day like this, and were hit sideways by a sneaker wave, and it almost rolled the boat. There is a reason this bar is considered one of the most dangerous in the world.

@jenniferlans8687 3 года назад

But if its dangerous why show it to people to show its so calm and any one can come out here ?

@BM22TechReview 3 года назад

We try to film the bar each time we cross it... just in case something happens. Sometimes the footage is good enough to upload, sometimes not. When the poor weather sets in, you'd think it would make for a better video, and sometimes that's true...unless the cameras fog up, or there is too much rain or wave splash on the cameras, or the visibility is hampered by heavy fog. Also, there have been times when the camera batteries were depleted when we returned from a day of ocean fishing, and missed some very good footage. In addition to the converging currents, one of the things that makes this bar so dangerous, is that it can be so calm...and then not. As a kid, we'd cross the bar in a 12 ft boat, with a small motor on it; as an adult, I've even crossed the bar in a kayak...all with no trouble at all. But I've also crossed the bar on a 40 ft boat, that barely made it safely across.

@jakethedog2934 3 года назад

My friend wants to spearfish there with just us 3. Idk if i should tho

@BM22TechReview 3 года назад

I've spear fished for lingcod on the central Oregon coast near cape Lookout, but that was a long time ago. I've never seen a shark diving or surfing off Oregon, but they are there.

@jakethedog2934 3 года назад

Ya have huh? Damn. Also what i kinda am concerned about is the currents in the bar. Never seen a shark in my life before Sounds pretty uncomfortable either way

@BM22TechReview 3 года назад

Currents are always tricky...especially for divers. I always check the currents before getting into the water, because things can change quickly. For the most part, I've found currents to be my friend...they bring the fish in to you (as they follow the food source), making life easier. With that said, the current here changes rapidly, so I always check prior to getting in the water, and look for any changes while I'm in the water. And it's always the subtle current that gets you; when you surface and find you're miles away from the boat, when it seemed that I had not moved at all. Eventually I learned to always carry signal flares...just in case. And these days (I'm smarter than when I was younger), we always leave someone up in the boat (dive tender) to monitor conditions and track us on the fish finder...which of course was not the case when we were younger. Good luck.

@jakethedog2934 3 года назад

Hey thats actually smart! That's cool. I don't got much fear in the water but i rarely ever dive but I train a lot for it though. Hoping to experience something new soon, thanks good luck to you too.

@UpsheetscreekWOapaddle 2 года назад

Perhaps it was a nice day? Try again and come back and tell me ALL about it 😂

@BM22TechReview 2 года назад

The bar conditions can change minute to minute.

@OneBlueFroggy 3 года назад

This looks more like a simulation, not a drop of water ever touched that boat ! ✌️ 🇨🇦. 😳

@BM22TechReview 3 года назад

A lucky calm day, and the boat being up on a good plane makes a world of difference.

@brianmaguire4424 2 года назад

That is as tame as can be.

@BM22TechReview 2 года назад

And that's how it tricks you. It can be "tame as can be" and then in minutes change to be the worst thing you've ever seen. It was a calm day the time a sneaker wave came in from the side and nearly rolled us; instantly the sidewall of the cabin was our floor. And anything loose on the deck became property of the river (unsecured poles, tackle boxes, and clothing).

@brianmaguire4424 2 года назад

@@BM22TechReview I have crossed it a bunch, only at the helm a few. I was not kidding anyone, that is as tame as it gets. It can kick your ass. I have never crossed without a life persevere on, even on the Shake and bake. . 2 hours later it is a monster. If you get a swell coming in, say you were out too long fishing on an outgoing tide trying to come - uhhh.. This crossing had no wind waves. You got unlucky with the sneaker. I have never crossed it in Feb. - God bless you. Get a fiberglass boat that won't sink and self bails.

@golfandhike5598 Год назад

Not much going on in the video.

@BM22TechReview Год назад

Yes, some days you just get lucky.

@seanhaberle6676 2 года назад

Really, is that it................come to Bass Strait Australia where men are men!

@BM22TechReview 2 года назад

There are good days, and bad days...and this bar is known to change from calm to dangerous in a matter of minutes.

@jimthomas8193 2 года назад

You made a video of a few rollers... seriously??

@BM22TechReview 2 года назад

The bar changes from minute to minute; the camera has to always be on.

@nishkatupacs1479 5 лет назад

Should have cut 15 mins off.

@matthewadams9900 5 лет назад

AT least. lol

@BM22TechReview 5 лет назад

I have shorter edited versions of various bar crossings. But when I post those, people claim that it's being edited to make it look worse than it really was. On many videos (like I did with my Atlantis submarine ride), I post a condensed version, and then a full version. Last week I filmed an hour's worth of video in a shark cage up on the North Shore; 5 minutes of sharks is pretty cool, but a whole hour of sharks can be a bit boring :)

@nishkatupacs1479 5 лет назад

@@BM22TechReview Wasnt my intention to give you shit. I had it on and kept waiting and waiting to the point I forgot what I was watching. With that said, stay safe out there. I live in Coos , I know how bad it can get. So again, I apologize if I did that.👍

@BM22TechReview 5 лет назад

Thanks, and I do "get it." And here's something funny. About 6 months ago heading back in to Garibaldi; as we were crossing the bar, we got hit by a rouge wave that nearly rolled us. The boat was on its side (the cabin wall became the floor); it righted itself soon enough...but the worst part was that our GoPro cameras were out of battery, and none of it was captured on film. I hate missing shots like that :)