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Slack from current station PUG1503 (predicted)
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
Dungeness and red rock crab in Marine Area 9 (Admiralty Inlet). Open days, size, limits, and closures change every year and mid-season.
NON-AUTHORITATIVE. Check current WDFW rules before you go. This app does not track open days, size, limits, or closures.
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.
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.
Coming soon: Late-summer plankton bloom
Seasonal notes are informational only. Not legal, safety, or fishing advice. Verify crabbing and shellfish regulations with WDFW before you go. Tides: predicted (harmonic), NOAA CO-OPS 9447427. Water & wind observations from the ORCA Point Wells mooring, University of Washington NWEM, enabled by NANOOS and the Washington Ocean Acidification Center. Wind climatology from ORCA Point Wells hourly history. Forecast from NWS.