Photo Release: Station Tillamook stands taut watch

Fireman Mirayah Fino with Coast Guard Station Tillamook Bay stands watch at the station in Garabaldi, Ore., June 4, 2013. Station Tillamook Bay is one of only 20 Surf Stations in the U.S. Coast Guard. The bar at the entrance of the bay is one of the most treacherous bars on the Oregon coast. The station was established in 1908, with Surfman Robert Farley as the station keeper. After relocating the original station house to Garibaldi, the present moorings and the station facility were completed June 4, 1982. The station's crew is responsible for protecting life and property in over 2,000 square miles of the Pacific Ocean. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Zac Crawford)

Petty Officer 3rd Class Richard Ferguson, machinery technician with Coast Guard Station Tillamoom Bay, stands watch in the 68-foot-high tower on the Tillamook Bay North Jetty in Garabaldi, Ore., June 4, 2013. Watch-standers get a bird’s-eye view of all maritime activity surrounding the Tillamook Bay bar. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Zac Crawford)

Petty Officer 3rd Class Richard Ferguson, machinery technician with Coast Guard Station Tillamoom Bay stands watch in the 68-foot-high tower on the Tillamook Bay North Jetty in Garabaldi, Ore., June 4, 2013. Watch-standers get a bird’s-eye view of all maritime activity surrounding the Tillamook Bay bar. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Zac Crawford)