I've lived in Western Oregon most of my life, most of my relatives spent their lives on the Oregon Coast and its coast range, Astoria, Newport, Reedsport, Coos Bay, and Florence. The Pacific is wild. Every year tourists get swept out to sea because they turn their backs on the ocean for a selfie and a sneaker wave gets them. They walk out on the rocks too far when the tide is rising and weather coming in and get stuck. Even experienced commercial fishing boats go down. I wouldn't e er go out on a kayak without an experienced guide that knows the weather and the sea especially on the west coast of the Americas.