Lincoln City Spot Guide

With the exception of Boiler Bay to the south, Lincoln City is all beachbreak, thus only really rideable when it's small and clean. Summertime is good for the area, but that's about it. The long beach at the end of NW 15th Street has a rock shelf, but it's basically all sandbars that can get hollow. Other surf spots include Road's End and the Salmon Rivermouth, north of town, which gets epic but is laborious to reach. Just above tiny Depoe Bay is Boiler Bay, one of the more frequently surfed breaks despite its gnarly rock factor. It's a righthand tube that grinds along the perimeter of a wide, flat shelf with truckloads of rocks and currents -- an easy place to hurt yourself. There are lots of gnarly reefs and rocks way outside, so wear a leash.