West Coast Bancorp

5335 Meadows Rd., Suite 201

Lake Oswego, OR 97035

February 11, 2010

VIA EDGAR

ATTN: Gregory Dundas
Division of Corporation Finance
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C.  20549-7010

Re:	West Coast Bancorp
		Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on Form S-3
	File No. 333-163896

Ladies and Gentlemen:

West Coast Bancorp (the “Company”) hereby requests that the effective date of the Company’s Amendment No. 1 to the Rights Offering Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-163896) be accelerated by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) to 4:00 p.m., New York City time, on February 12, 2010 or as soon as practicable thereafter.

In connection with the foregoing request for acceleration of effectiveness, the Company hereby acknowledges the following:

·should the Commission or its staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, declare the filing effective, it does not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the filing;

·the action of the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, in declaring the filing effective, does not relieve the Company from its full responsibility for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the filing; and

·the Company may not assert the declaration of effectiveness as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States.

Please contact James R. Gilmartin at (212) 403-1134 or Sabastian V. Niles at (212) 403-1366 of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz with any questions you may have concerning this request, and please notify either of them when this request for acceleration has been granted.

			Very truly yours,
				West Coast Bancorp
			By:		/s/ Richard R. Rasmussen
			Name:		Richard R. Rasmussen
			Title:		Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
cc:	Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz
		James R. Gilmartin
		Sabastian V. Niles