This section of U.S. 101 even more closely hugs the sea than does the section to the north.
Villages are fewer because the Coast Range here presses closer to the sea.
The bridge deck, rising to 138 feet above the channel water, is high enough to permit the passage of ocean-going craft. The north shore rises sheer 150 feet, but the south shore is low, with partly wooded dunes. A large hotel was built, but development lagged. Today the village consists of a store, a post office, and several cabin camps. Sea lions still bask on the rocks offshore.