Spouting Horn

[AlanLichty]

The Spouting Horn is one of the features in Cook's Chasm at Cape Perpetua on the Oregon Coast. Its basically a hole in the basalt above a small underwater cavern the waves have carved out through the years. Whenever an incoming wave slams into the cavern a spray of water shoots up out of the hole. This was a fairly blustery day last fall with winds too strong to fly my drone and a lot of salt spray in the air from the waves crashing into the basalt. Not the highest waves I have seen out there by any means but a far cry from calm waters.

C&C always welcome.

 

[Jameel Hyder]

Nice catch. A couple of times that I visited this place, the water was relatively calm (unfortunately). Haven't witnessed the horn spouting in person.

 

[AlanLichty]

Nice catch. A couple of times that I visited this place, the water was relatively calm (unfortunately). Haven't witnessed the horn spouting in person.

Thanks Jameel - I usually am only out along that part of the coast between October and May so it's usually quite active. On a high swell day the spout can easily reach upwards of 20-30 feet high. Those aren't very good days for keeping your lens dry.

 

[JimFox]

The Spouting Horn is really cool. I remember going by there like 40 years ago to see the Spouting Horn and not knowing that Thors Well was right there not far away. At least back then Thors Well didn't have the name, or at least no one I knew mentioned it.

Good job on capturing this.

 

[AlanLichty]

The Spouting Horn is really cool. I remember going by there like 40 years ago to see the Spouting Horn and not knowing that Thors Well was right there not far away. At least back then Thors Well didn't have the name, or at least no one I knew mentioned it.

Good job on capturing this.

Thanks Jim - my wife and I stopped there when we first visited the Oregon coast prior to moving to the NW. At the time the Devil's Churn and Cook's Chasm were the primary tourist attractions along with the viewpoint up on top of Cape Perpetua. That was back in film days. I don't recall seeing anything about Thor's Well at the time. I was looking around for more spectacular views of the Spouting Horn when I came across the unprocessed shot of the Well I posted this morning. I do have several videos of the Chasm and the Spouting Horn I haven't really done any with with too. I lost count of how many dozen times I have stopped at this place over the years but I have close to 3000 images from there.

 

[JimFox]

Thanks Jim - my wife and I stopped there when we first visited the Oregon coast prior to moving to the NW. At the time the Devil's Churn and Cook's Chasm were the primary tourist attractions along with the viewpoint up on top of Cape Perpetua. That was back in film days. I don't recall seeing anything about Thor's Well at the time. I was looking around for more spectacular views of the Spouting Horn when I came across the unprocessed shot of the Well I posted this morning. I do have several videos of the Chasm and the Spouting Horn I haven't really done any with with too. I lost count of how many dozen times I have stopped at this place over the years but I have close to 3000 images from there.

I think you are right, it was Devil's Churn and Cook's Chasm that was the draw. I should some day go back to my photos and see if I have any of Thors Well in them before I realized it was Thor's Well. I haven't made anywhere near as many trips as you. Maybe around 6 times? The last few times, I altered the timing on my trip to try and get there when Thors Well was working, but not so high you can't stand there.

 

[AlanLichty]

I think you are right, it was Devil's Churn and Cook's Chasm that was the draw. I should some day go back to my photos and see if I have any of Thors Well in them before I realized it was Thor's Well. I haven't made anywhere near as many trips as you. Maybe around 6 times? The last few times, I altered the timing on my trip to try and get there when Thors Well was working, but not so high you can't stand there.

I had done quite a number of trips along US101 (always stopping for shots) prior to getting my RV but immediately discovered that if I stayed at the Carl Washburne state park campground no one from work could call or page me given no cellular coverage. That was only about 10 minutes down the coast from Thor's Well so I could drop by any time of the day to take advantage of the light and the weather.

 

[Bob Israel]

Very cool Alan. It looks like steam coming from the rocks.

 

[AlanLichty]

Very cool Alan. It looks like steam coming from the rocks.

Thanks Bob - on a really rowdy day the spray can shoot up 30' or so.

 

[Beth]

very cool!

 

[AlanLichty]

very cool!

Thanks Beth - its a fun place to visit when the swells are up.