Rialto Beach Conditions & Surf Report

Rialto Beach is a wild, iconic stretch of Washington's Olympic National Park coast, piled with silvery driftwood logs and studded with sea stacks offshore. A short walk north leads to Hole-in-the-Wall, a sea arch surrounded by tide pools. Rugged and dramatic, it's a quintessential Pacific Northwest wilderness beach. The Pacific here is cold year-round — typically the upper 40s to mid-50s°F — so most visitors come for the scenery rather than swimming. Sneaker waves, cold water, and drifting logs are the real hazards, so check the safety flag above, never turn your back on the ocean, and keep well back from the surf line.