Surfsand Resort
Family-owned for 60 years — 89 rooms directly on the beach at Haystack Rock, Wayfarer Restaurant on-site.
An 89-room family-owned beachfront resort in Cannon Beach, on the Oregon coast, run by the same family for sixty years. Direct beach access to Haystack Rock — the 235-foot sea stack that defines the Cannon Beach photograph — and the Wayfarer Restaurant on-site. Surfsand is the long-running Cannon Beach anchor, the alternative to renting a vacation house.
It is the working family-owned resort — solid, polished without being overdesigned, and actually on the sand.
The setting
Cannon Beach sits ninety minutes northwest of Portland, on the Oregon coast at the edge of Ecola State Park. Surfsand occupies a beachfront parcel directly facing Haystack Rock, with the public sand running along the property's western boundary. Cannon Beach's downtown — galleries, restaurants, the Tolovana Park district — is a five-to-ten-minute walk in either direction. Ecola State Park's trails are five minutes north.
The Pacific is in your face. Haystack Rock fills the window of the right rooms.
The building
A clapboard New England-influenced beach-resort architecture, with multiple wings stepping down toward the beach. Public rooms include the lobby with a fireplace, the Wayfarer Restaurant (oceanfront), the bar, and the beachfront pool deck. Materials are clapboard, painted wood, with refined-Americana touches throughout. The aesthetic is restrained New England-meets-Pacific.
The rooms
Eighty-nine rooms across multiple wings. Categories range from village-view rooms (no ocean view, lower price) to oceanfront rooms with private balconies and direct Haystack Rock views. Beds are kings or queen-doubles; bathrooms are tile, refreshed. From-rates open around $545 in season, considerably more for oceanfront. Many rooms have gas fireplaces.
Food & drink
The Wayfarer Restaurant — oceanfront, Pacific Northwest menu — runs three meals daily and is one of Cannon Beach's signature dinners. The wine list leans Oregon Pinot Noir; non-guests book regularly. The bar pours late and has the best sunset view in town. Breakfast is à la carte.
On the property
A heated indoor pool — important on the Oregon coast — a fitness room, beach service in summer (chairs, fire pits, marshmallow service for kids), and direct access to the public beach. Bicycles to borrow. There's no spa.
- Heated indoor pool
- Beach service with fire pits, marshmallow service
- Bicycles to borrow
- Wayfarer Restaurant on-site
- Open year-round
Who it's for
- Travelers doing the Oregon coast who want a beachfront resort program
- Families who want fire pits, marshmallows, and direct beach access
- Couples doing a Cannon Beach long weekend
- Anyone for whom Haystack Rock from the room is a deciding factor
Who it's not for
- Travelers seeking a small intimate inn
- Anyone allergic to family-resort programming
- Pet owners (some rooms accommodate dogs; verify on booking)
Nearby
Haystack Rock is fifty feet from the property, with tide pools at low tide. Ecola State Park is five minutes north for the cliff trails and the bigger Indian Beach. Cannon Beach's downtown galleries and restaurants are within a 10-minute walk. Tolovana Park is at the south end. For dinner outside the hotel: Newmans at 988, Driftwood Restaurant, and Sweet Basil's are the picks. Astoria is forty minutes north for The Goonies tour.
