Edmonds, WA
Today
range 14 ft · waning crescent (spring)
Tide curve for 2026-07-12 at EDMONDS — 2 highs, 2 lows Night — dark until sunrise 5:24a. Low light, usually the calmest water; bioluminescence lives here. Night — dark after sunset 9:07p. Low light, usually the calmest water; bioluminescence lives here. 0 4 8 12a 3a 6a 9a 12p 3p 6p 9p 0 ft · minus below Slack water — the current eases for about 109 min around 11:37a. The calmest, safest window to be on the water (from the current station). Slack water — the current eases for about 198 min around 6:07p. The calmest, safest window to be on the water (from the current station). Slack water — the current eases for about 135 min around 11:30p. The calmest, safest window to be on the water (from the current station). now 2:06 am ▲ 10.9 ft 9:36 am ▼ -3.1 ft · minus 5:43 pm ▲ 10.9 ft 10:23 pm ▼ 8.3 ft slack ~109m slack ~198m slack ~135m sandbar ~-1 ft
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Legend & how to read

Drag anywhere on the chart to read the tide, temp and wind at that time. Tap or drag the strip below, or use ← →, to change days.

Orange line = air temp (NWS forecast: solid where observed, dashed ahead). Blue line = measured water temp. Sky icons show sun/cloud at each mark; wind arrows point downwind, in knots.

Slack from current station PUG1503 (predicted) — a window is where the current runs under 0.2 kt

Sun, Jul 12 · waning crescent
↗ Rising to a 10.9 ft high
High at 5:43 pm, then low 8.3 ft at 10:23 pm · slack now, until 12:38 pm
56.9°F
water
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wind · none
0.1 kt
current · slack
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conditions · no wind
★ Big minus-tide beach day (spring tide)★ Dark, moonless night — bioluminescence conditions are right tonight (seasonal peak is late summer)

A year in the water

cool things worth being here for
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today
Herring / forage-fish spawn
Gray whales passing through
Spring plankton bloom
Minus-tide beach mornings ● now
Crabbing — Dungeness & red rock ● in window
Salmon runs ● now
Moon jelly blooms ● now
Bioluminescence
Late-summer plankton bloom
Perseid meteor shower
Humpback whales
Squid runs at the pier
King tides
Geminid meteor shower
wildlifeplanktontidesregulationsphenomenasky
Minus-tide beach morningshappening now

Late spring through mid-summer brings the year's big daytime minus tides — the water pulls way back and the beach opens up. The best mornings for tidepooling, moon snails, sand dollars, and a long flat walk out.

Best: biggest daytime low tides, late morning to midday

In the water now

Crabbing — Dungeness & red rock

Edmonds sits right on the Marine Area 9/10 boundary (Edwards Point): the town and its beaches — Brackett's Landing, the ferry, the fishing pier, Marina Beach — read as Area 10 (Seattle-Bremerton), with Area 9 waters just to the north. Confirm your exact spot's area and its current open days, size, and limits with WDFW before you go — they change every year and mid-season.

NON-AUTHORITATIVE — this app does not track open days, size, limits, or area boundaries. Check current WDFW rules for your marine area before you go.

source · verified 2026-07-11 · not authoritative
Salmon runs

Puget Sound salmon move through the Sound in summer and fall (pink salmon return in odd-numbered years). Notable this time of year, not fishing advice.

source · verified 2026-07-09 · not authoritative
Minus-tide beach mornings

Late spring through mid-summer brings the year's big daytime minus tides — the water pulls way back and the beach opens up. The best mornings for tidepooling, moon snails, sand dollars, and a long flat walk out.

source · verified 2026-07-09 · not authoritative
Moon jelly blooms

Late summer packs the shallows and the marina with drifting smacks of moon jellies — pale, pulsing, and harmless. Easy to spot from a dock, and mesmerizing when the low sun catches them.

source · verified 2026-07-10 · not authoritative

Coming soon: Bioluminescence, Late-summer plankton bloom

Sources & fine print

Seasonal notes are informational only — not legal, safety, or fishing advice. Verify crabbing and shellfish rules with WDFW before you go. Tides: predicted (harmonic), NOAA CO-OPS 9447427. Water & wind from the ORCA Point Wells mooring (UW NWEM, enabled by NANOOS and the WA Ocean Acidification Center); wind climatology from its hourly history. Current speed is PREDICTED at NOAA station PUG1503, ~2.9 mi west, at a subsurface bin — a nearby estimate, not a surface reading at Edmonds. Air temp & wind forecast from NWS for the Edmonds waterfront.