Waves of foam lap the beach in Tolovana Saturday, Dec. 13.

A string of heavy storms and winds pounded the North Coast over the past several days, leading to high waves in Cannon Beach. One of those breached a concrete barrier and slammed through the ground floor of the Surfsand Resort Friday afternoon, Ryan Snyder, president of Martin Hospitality, said Sunday.

Eleven rooms were impacted. No one was hurt.

The wave was the “perfect culmination” of elements, Snyder said, .

“It’s happened before in the past,” he said. “We’ve had water hit the sea wall. There was no wind at the time of the breach, and so there was no wave being knocked down by wind. It was the perfect culmination. We just got hammered.”

Guests and staff were never in danger, Snyder said.

Staff was able to reassign guests to other accommodations. “They were very understanding,” Snyder said.

Throughout the weekend, trucks worked to pump debris from the first floor, working through scattered downpours Saturday and Sunday.

“It’s nature taking its course,” Snyder said. “We have systems that are in place to help remediate this when it happens, but obviously we need to re-evaluate all of those, so that’s kind of what we’re doing. We’re getting those rooms cleaned out right now and trying to assess what we’re going to do going forward.”

Meanwhile, high winds, partial power outages and road closures across the region, with a high wind alert throughout Saturday and Sunday. The worst damage in the area was south toward Tillamook County and Nehalem, which faced flooding and road closures.

On Saturday afternoon, the state Department of Transportation reported the road surface on U.S. Highway 101 in Wheeler had collapsed. Drivers were diverted to alternate routes.

Entrances to the Columbia River are only accessible to commercial traffic after the U.S. Coast Guard placed restrictions in response to severe sea conditions, heavy rain, flooding and large amounts of debris in the water.