Depoe Bay

Depoe Bay is a city in Lincoln County, Oregon, located on US Route 101 on the Pacific Ocean. The population was 1,398 at the time of the 2010 census. The bay of the same name is a 6-acre harbor promoted by the city as the world's smallest navigable harbor. Depoe Bay is widely known as “the whale watching capital of the Oregon coast”. It is blessed to have a resident pod of grey whales which makes its very home here 10 months out of the year.

Depoe Bay, located 10 miles south of Lincoln City, is surrounded by contemporary timeshare condominiums but preserves some of its traditional coastal beauty. It claims to have the "world's smallest navigable port" and the "world's whale-watching capital" — quite strong claims for such a little town. Year-round, the major attractions in the region are whale watching and charter fishing, but 5 miles south of town lies the Devil's Punchbowl, an amazing collapsed sea cave that churns with waves and has beautiful tidepools nearby (get there via Otter Crest Loop, a scenic road).