With easy access to the ocean via the wild and scenic chetco river mouth the brookings ocean tour offers a variety of experiences ranging from frequent pelican seal and sea lion sightings to picturesque coves as well as a wide range of ocean plant life at chetco point the start of your tour in the boat basin offers easy calm waters where you can view the many different commercial fishing boats and pleasure craft moored up to the docks total ocean paddling distance is about 33 miles