Rough Weather on the Bar

These pictures are a sample of why the Columbia River Entrance Bar is considered one the most dangerous bar crossings in the world.

1 outbound on rough bar	02a Hyundai Container ship with bulk carrier shipping water over bow, Columbia River Bar Channel, March 2003	02 Pilot Boat Columbia inbound on a rough breaking bar	36 PeterIredale at High Tide
38 Buoy 8 on a strong ebb	38c buoy 10 submerging on strong ebb tide and large swell	39a outbound on rough bar	39 rough seas at south jetty
40 rough seas columbia river bar	41 Breakers off Buoy 12 ebb tide	42 setting sun columbia river bar	43 Clatsop Spit buoy 8
44 Outbound taking seas head on	45 Outbound view from wheelhouse of rough bar	46 Outbound with view of conditions from Pilot copter Seahawk	47 Inbound tanker taking quartering swell crossing bar

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