Happy Coast Haven - Rockaway Beach Vacation Rental

06/12/2024

06/12/2024

This summer marks the 48th Annual Rockaway Beach Kite and Art Festival, held June 14th, 15th, and 16th (Father's Day weekend) at Rockaway Beach! 🌅🪁

This is the perfect event to come out and enjoy our coastal skies, filled with vibrant color and dreams of flight. Kite enthusiasts are encouraged to bring their own kites to fly. 🪁

The festival also features some amazing live music, kite exhibitions, an array of incredible vendors and artisans, and tasty meals all weekend. Come hungry, bring a camera, and be ready to have some fun! 🤩

04/06/2024

This bright light was annoying me in the night so I put a filtration sticker over it.

We love making continuous improvements each time we visit ourselves.

04/06/2024

04/06/2024

Spring cleaning got to our sign! A big thanks for our tourism grant from Visit Tillamook Coast and our friends at PSI Printing in Bay City for this big beautiful new sign. See you soon!

04/06/2024

Walk to the beach with us.

30 seconds to watch, 5 minutes real time.

Cute dog optional.

05/04/2023

Mother's Day weekend is still open! Save 15% with coupon code MOMS

04/07/2023

Mother's Day is coming up. If you want to spend a 3-day weekend at the beach, use code MOMS for 10% off!

04/07/2023

Dogs love the beach. That's why we allow well-behaved dogs!

04/07/2023

So beautiful out here

09/13/2022

Rockway Beach Kite Festival returns this weekend, Sept. 16-18. Get all the details at http://www.rockawaybeach.net/events/kite-festival/

09/12/2022

Happy Monday to you! We have a limited time brownie flavor available: strawberry! 🍓 Chocolate and strawberry = scrumptious! Pair the brownie with hot coffee or espresso and you have quite the treat. 😋 Stop by and see us. We are located across from the Wayside in Rockaway and open Fri-Mon, 9am-3pm. See you soon!

09/12/2022

Such a loss to the community 🥲

08/11/2022

Troxels is where you'd pick up in Rockaway, but it still might be challenging to get down to the beach downtown. The beach access at the north end of Nedonna is a little more friendly, even though it's longer from parking lot to ocean.

If mobility issues are keeping you from enjoying our beaches, we can help. There are now nine beach wheelchairs available for use in several popular towns and parks on the Tillamook Coast: Manzanita (2), Rockaway Beach, Port of Garibaldi, Pacific City (2), Nehalem Bay State Park, Cape Lookout State Park, and Barview Jetty County Campground.

The chairs can be reserved in advance, and they are free to use, although donations are welcome to cover maintenance costs. Go to tillamookcoast.com/mobility for reservation information.

Greater access to outdoor recreation is an initiative of the Tillamook Coast Visitors Association. In addition to the nine beach wheelchairs, there are also three kayak launchers for those with who prefer getting into kayaks without tipping or losing balance: in Wheeler, Garibaldi and Tillamook.

“My mother had Parkinson’s Disease, and as her mobility decreased, her ability to enjoy the outdoors also decreased,” said Nan Devlin, executive director of Tillamook Coast Visitors Association. “She passed away in 2006, but I would have loved to have been able to be on the beach with her in her final years, just as we did when spending our summers on the Oregon Coast as a family. We hear from people – both visitors and locals – how much it means to them to be able to enjoy being with their family and friends on the beach.”

Kilchis Point Reserve and Old Growth Cedar Trail in Rockaway Beach are built as ADA-friendly trails. Both places accommodate regular wheelchairs, scooters, walkers and strollers.

“Manzanita Visitor Center has offered beach wheelchairs for several years, but the chairs were at the end of their usability and needed replacement,” said Devlin. “We hope to make more mobility equipment available in the future, but this is a strong start.”

07/29/2022

Let's talk about the rocky relationship with jetties.

Walking out on a jetty is a good way to get close to the ocean. It’s also a good way to become *part* of the ocean.

If you happen to be hitting the coast this summer – or anytime – remember: Jetties are potentially very dangerous places to be. Here’s why:

🌊 Waves have literally zero chill and will not hesitate to remove you from a jetty in a most impolite manner. Don’t blame the waves. Blame you. Waves are just doing what waves do: crash into things.

🌊 Jetties are sensitive and could take offense to being trampled all over.

🌊 Sea spray might make rock surfaces slippery. We don’t need to tell you what could happen next, but we will: You will probably slip and, absolute best-case scenario, embarrass yourself as you succumb to gravity.

🌊 You could fall into a crevasse or sinkhole.

🌊 Hidden caverns within the structure could suddenly collapse.

🌊 If you happen to fall into the water, waves and strong currents could prevent your safe recovery.

🌊 Jetties are made of giant rocks that could shift and fall. And trust us: You won’t get no satisfaction from these rolling stones. Err, you WILL get no satisfaction. Or … what we mean to say is they’ll crush you. And not in a cute "Little Miss/Mr./Mx. Jetty Crush" way.

Bottom line: Our jetties were built to aid ships traveling between rivers and the ocean—not for recreational use.

Stay safe out there!

11/05/2021

If we've said it once, we've said it a million times: Giant waves have zero chill. Case in point: king tides.

The first king tides of the winter season are expected to arrive at the Oregon coast this weekend (Nov. 5-7).

King tides are extremely high tides that occur each winter when the moon, earth, and sun align at their closest points.

Along with high tides comes increased risk for anyone daring to step out onto a jetty. Here are some tips to help you stay safe:

🌊 Probably just avoid jetties altogether. Let’s get that right out of the way. If you’re walking out on a jetty during the highest tides of the year, then you’re pretty much saying to yourself, “You know what? I’d like to see if there’s an afterlife.” Or, at the very least, “I’ve always wanted to be a fish.”

🌊 Never turn your back on the ocean. And that’s not just because it’s rude. Sneaker waves could surge with deadly force and remove you from your immediate location in a most impolite manner.

🌊 Assume that nothing is high enough—not even the love you bring Steve Winwood (oh oh). Even if you’re up on a jetty and you feel like Leo DiCaprio on the Titanic, a wave might surprise you with other plans. "Oh! You wanted to go for a swim? Say no more!"

🌊 Stay in shallow water. Of course, if you’re going into the water at all in these parts during November, then we have some questions.

🌊 Stay off logs in the surf or on wet sand. Log some hours elsewhere.

🌊 At the very least, for the love of Green Peter, look at the tide tables: tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/tide_predictions.html?gid=1409

Stay safe out there, everyone, and remember: Jetties are potentially very dangerous places to be. They’re there to aid ships traveling between rivers and the ocean—not for recreational uses. Plus, they’re sensitive to being stepped on.

📸 Slightly dramatic depiction of a massive wave about to ruin someone's day

10/22/2021

Very hazardous sea conditions will exist on Sunday and Monday. A large westerly swell will produce hazardous beach conditions with waves crashing over jetties, water moving logs on beaches and sneaker waves running much higher up the beach than usual.

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