I lived in Utah the first 43 years of my life and had only seen the ocean once as a kid, so it was amazing to me. Literally a 3-minute walk from our house to the beach.
I loved the coast, but my wife hated the weather, so we made a concession and moved inland a bit. Still only an hour away to Reedsport, 2.5 hours to Newport (we lived in South Beach).
Dockside Charters out of Depoe Bay are great to fish with.