No wonder!

[INSAYN]

Oregon coast waves have been getting higher every year.   

http://news.opb.org/article/6601-waves-growing-oregon-coast/

[boxofrain]

Oregon coast waves have been getting higher every year.   

http://news.opb.org/article/6601-waves-growing-oregon-coast/

HMMM...so have I 
 

[demonick]

HMMM...so have I  
 

Must be global warming.

[ConeHeadMuddler]

Aha! Supports my observations! I've lived here continuously on the coast since 1985, and been surfing here since '79.
In fact this past Fall/Winter/Spring saw many periods of very large surf, with very large swells continuing for more days than I remember in the past, and many more than normal "very large swell events" than I remember in any one season here before.  And by a long shot, too.

This has been a relatively cold and wet spring and early summer, after that impossibly sunny, warm and balmy February we had. That had to be one of the warmest Febs in recordable history around here.
That heat wave we had a few weeks ago, when it got 90 F here at the beach, was the first break of warm summer-like weather we've had here this year. The last week here has been foggy, drizzly, or overcast, with conditions finally starting to look better on Friday.

My friend who does stamped concrete work has been complaining about "too short weather windows to do big pours" all year, since he has to color, stamp, and seal his work before its done. Worst year he's ever seen here on the WA coast for doing stamped, he says. We had to wait a week after I pressure washed mine, because of fog and the potential for drizzle, and finally re-sealed it yesterday.
I've noticed it because I do landscape work and like to bike, paddle and go fishing all the time.

[ConeHeadMuddler]

I just read the med/long term weather outlook on the NOAA site. Looks like the El Nino conditions we had this last winter and early spring have changed to "neutral" and are probably headed to "La Nina" conditions.
The SST (sea surface temp) is averaging -0.8 degrees C from normal, with colder SSTs  expected to persist off the NW coast through the remainder of the year.
The rest of our summer should see "average" temps and precip.
But, we are now expected to have "greater-than-average" precipitation this fall and early winter, due to the developing La Nina conditions.

Its 53 F and lightly drizzling with a low overcast and a very light WNW breeze here right now at 10am in Grayland.
SST here is back up to 55 F.