Tierra Del Mar

• Wind directionWSW (250°) → WNW (290°)
• Ideal speed12–20 mph
• Upper limits≤ 25 mph base · gusts ≤ 28

West-facing coastal beach/dune soaring site on the Oregon Coast just north of Pacific City (Tierra del Mar dunes, near Cape Kiwanda), ~36 ft MSL. Works on onshore sea breeze blowing straight into the dune face: ideal is a west wind (roughly WSW-W-WNW, ~250-290 deg). SW and NW are marginal/cross-soarable edges per the orientation hint. Lift is ridge/dune soaring in a low band right in front of the dune, not thermal. Soaring typically begins around 12-15 mph onshore; mid-teens to ~20 mph is the sweet spot; the low dune means it stays usable into ~25 mph though the lift band is shallow. Best in the afternoon once the sea-breeze cycle is established. A popular, beginner-friendly training/teaching site (used by Pacific City schools such as White Owl Paragliding) with steady, reliable PNW coastal winds. Hazards: low launch height (limited margin for error/penetration on light gear), beach/foredune obstacles, possible rotor/lee turbulence if wind goes too cross (toward S/N), and standard ocean/beach hazards. No club or USHPA site guide with explicit numeric direction/speed limits was located; numbers are inferred from the SW/W/NW orientation, the site's Pacific-facing dune geometry, and general coastal dune-soaring practice.