Edmonds, WA
Today
range 15.3 ft · new (spring)
Tide curve for 2026-07-15 at EDMONDS — 2 highs, 2 lows Night — dark until sunrise 5:27a. Low light, usually the calmest water; bioluminescence lives here. Night — dark after sunset 9:05p. Low light, usually the calmest water; bioluminescence lives here. 0 4 8 12 12a 3a 6a 9a 12p 3p 6p 9p 12p Calm water — the current barely moves overnight here, staying near its turn from 12:53a to 5:04a. Not a brief slack window; the whole stretch is slack (from the current station). Slack water — the current eases for about 59 min around 1:46p. The calmest, safest window to be on the water (from the current station). Slack water — the current eases for about 60 min around 8:21p. The calmest, safest window to be on the water (from the current station). now 12:12 am ▼ 7.2 ft 4:58 am ▲ 10.6 ft 12:04 pm ▼ -3.5 ft · minus 7:42 pm ▲ 11.8 ft minus below calm overnight slack ~59m slack ~60m sandbar ~-1.8 ft Night — dark until sunrise 5:27a. Low light, usually the calmest water; bioluminescence lives here. Night — dark after sunset 9:05p. Low light, usually the calmest water; bioluminescence lives here. 0 4 8 12 12a 3a 6a 9a 12p 3p 6p 9p 12p Calm water — the current barely moves overnight here, staying near its turn from 12:53a to 5:04a. Not a brief slack window; the whole stretch is slack (from the current station). Slack water — the current eases for about 59 min around 1:46p. The calmest, safest window to be on the water (from the current station). Slack water — the current eases for about 60 min around 8:21p. The calmest, safest window to be on the water (from the current station). now 12:12 am ▼ 7.2 ft 4:58 am ▲ 10.6 ft 12:04 pm ▼ -3.5 ft · minus 7:42 pm ▲ 11.8 ft minus below calm overnight slack ~59m slack ~60m sandbar ~-1.8 ft
7/12 2026-07-12 — waning crescent moon 2026-07-13 — new moon 2026-07-14 — new moon 7/15 2026-07-15 — new moon 2026-07-16 — waxing crescent moon 2026-07-17 — waxing crescent moon 7/18 2026-07-18 — waxing crescent moon 2026-07-19 — waxing crescent moon 2026-07-20 — first quarter moon 7/21 2026-07-21 — first quarter moon 2026-07-22 — first quarter moon 2026-07-23 — first quarter moon 7/24 2026-07-24 — waxing gibbous moon 2026-07-25 — waxing gibbous moon 2026-07-26 — waxing gibbous moon 7/27 2026-07-27 — full moon 2026-07-28 — full moon 2026-07-29 — full moon
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

Wed, Jul 15 · new
→ Turning to a 10.1 ft high
High at 5:57 am, then low -2.7 ft at 12:51 pm · slack now, until 5:55 am
55.6°F
water temp
6.4 kt
wind · undefined
0.2 kt
current · slack
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water conditions ?
★ 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 ● now
Late-summer plankton bloom ● now
Perseid meteor shower
Humpback whales
Squid runs at the pier
King tides
Geminid meteor shower
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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

Bioluminescence

Noctiluca and other dinoflagellates glow in the shallows on still summer nights. Best when the water is warm and calm, well after dark, with little moon.

source · verified 2026-07-09 · not authoritative
Late-summer plankton bloom

Late-summer blooms (including the ones behind bioluminescence) show up as a chlorophyll rise on the buoy.

source · verified 2026-07-09 · not authoritative
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
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.