14-day outlook · San Juan and Rosario Straits · tides at Shaw Island, Ferry Terminal, Harney Channel
BuiltThu Oct 29, 2026 · 12:00:33 PDT
Version1.12.5 2026-10-11TidesNOAA 9449904 Shaw Island, Ferry Terminal, Harney Channel
DatumMLLW, feet
This page may be out of date. It was built a while ago, and the forecast is meant to refresh every hour. Treat the numbers below as history until it catches up — what runs the build.
7 straight days in the green band, Nov 1–7, with Sunday the 1st the standout
Wind goes past the 10-knot green line on 3 days — Thu the 29th, Fri the 30th, Sat the 31st. Everything else is inside the line, so rain and cloud decide the rest. 2 days carry meaningful rain, heaviest on Thursday.
Sunday Nov 1 is the pick: peak wind 7.0 kt, 0.00 in of rain, 50°F at the warmest, and a 9.1 ft tidal range. Thursday the 5th is the next best at 3.3 kt.
Green — comfortableYellow — workableOrange — rough for a small boatRed — small-craft advisory rangeGray — no forecast
Green up to 12 kt and 2 ft — comfortableYellow to 18 kt or 4 ft — workable, you will notice itOrange to 24 kt or 6 ft — rough for a small boatRed beyond 24 kt or 6 ft, or any time NWS has a Small Craft Advisory or worse in effectGray past the model’s reach — tide only, no wind forecast exists yet
The listed salmon season ran Aug 1 – Sept 30 and the 2026–27 rules show no October opening for the area at large. Closed now; the September rule released Chinook, sockeye and chum. The bays below set their own dates.
Dungeness crab
Open
Winter: Oct 1 – Dec 31 7 days a week
5 males min. 6¼″
Winter season reopened Oct 1 – Dec 31, seven days a week (WDFW emergency rule, Sept 29, 2026). Males only, minimum 6¼″; release soft-shell, females and undersized. Retain the back shell in the field. A winter catch record card is required.
Red rock & tanner crab
Open
Oct 1 – Dec 31 same as Dungeness
6 either sex
Red rock minimum 5″, tanner 4.5″, either sex — six of each per day. Open the same winter dates as the Dungeness season, Oct 1 – Dec 31.
Bellingham Bay
Closed
Aug 1 – Sept 30
3 Chinook min. 22″
A three-fish limit and Chinook retention (22″ minimum) while open — different from the area-wide rule in both. Closed Oct 1 – June 30.
Hale Pass
Closed
Sept 1 – 30
3 Chinook min. 22″
Opened Sept 1 after being closed all summer; three fish, Chinook 22″ minimum. Closed Oct 1 – June 30.
Year-round closures
Closed
All year
—
Lummi Bay, Samish Bay, the Yellow and Low Islands Preserve, and southern Rosario Strait / eastern Strait of Juan de Fuca are closed to salmon year-round. Know where the lines are before you set up a troll.
Pacific halibut
Check
Dates set separately
1 annual limit 6
No minimum size. Dates are set by quota and close early when it is taken. Descending device required aboard. Confirm on WDFW's halibut page.
Lingcod
Closed
May 1 – June 15 (spear May 21 – Jun 15)
1 26″–36″
Hook and line May 1 – June 15; spearfishing May 21 – June 15, maximum 36″. Closed the rest of the year.
Cabezon
Open
May 1 – Nov 30
1 min. size 18″
Open now. Counts toward the bottomfish aggregate.
Rockfish
Closed
Closed all year
—
Closed to fishing for, retaining or possessing. Carry a descending device.
Clams, oysters, mussels
Check
By beach
—
Each beach has its own season and biotoxin status, and several San Juan beaches are private. Biotoxins are not destroyed by cooking or freezing. Check the DOH map the day you dig.
Area 7 is two crab areas, not one. WDFW splits it at the San Juans: the south half (San Juan Islands and Bellingham) and the north half (Gulf of Georgia) have different opening dates — the north opened a month later. The season shown here is the south half, which is the water this page's forecast covers.
The bays are the exception, not the rule. Bellingham Bay and Hale Pass allow three fish and Chinook retention where the area-wide rule allows two and no Chinook. The boundaries are printed in the rules and are not obvious on the water.
This is a convenience summary, not the regulations.
Seasons move on short notice, and this table was transcribed from the published rules and has not been checked by hand.
Confirm on WDFW's emergency rules page or the Fish Washington app
before you leave the dock, and check shellfish on the
DOH
Shellfish Safety Map or the biotoxin hotline at 1-800-562-5632.
No recent WDFW notices mention this water. That is not the same as nothing having changed — check the links above before you fish.
What people are catching · Marine Area 7
WDFW dockside sampling · 8 ramps · last 45 days
Ramp by ramp
WDFW samplers meet boats at the ramp and count what is in them. These are the checks in Marine Area 7 over the last 45 days — fish actually counted, not fish reported. Sorted by anglers checked.
Ramp
Sampled
Anglers
Fish
Per angler
Mostly
Last
Cornet Bay Public Ramp
13 checks
627
889
1.42
Coho 885, Chinook 3, Halibut 1
Oct 4
Washington Park Launch Ramp
12 checks
242
292
1.21
Coho 286, Chinook 4, Halibut 2
Oct 4
Bellingham Ramp (Glenn St.) Squalicum Harbor
10 checks
155
220
1.42
Coho 218, Chinook 2
Sep 30
Port of Friday Harbor Marina, San Juan Is
10 checks
89
116
1.30
Coho 116
Sep 30
Fort Casey Public Ramp and Shore (Keystone)
1 check
4
7
1.75
Coho 7
Sep 27
Everett Ramp
2 checks
3
3
1.00
Coho 3
Sep 18
John Wayne Marina
1 check
3
5
1.67
Coho 5
Sep 18
Port Townsend Boat Haven Ramp
1 check
2
2
1.00
Coho 2
Sep 17
Per angler is fish divided by anglers checked at that ramp, across every check in the window — it mixes salmon, lingcod and halibut trips together, and one good weekend can carry a whole month. A ramp with few checks is a small sample, not a slow ramp. Figures come from WDFW's Puget Sound sampling summaries, which are published on WDFW's own schedule and can run a week or more behind.
Days 1–5 · Marine forecast
NWS PZZ135, issued 153 AM PDT Thu Oct 29 2026
ThuOct 29 · todayRoughpeak 16.9 kt SE · 2 ft (zone forecast)
Wet — 0.61 in through the day, wind easing off through the day, peaking 16.9 kt SE, 50°F at the warmest. Both the wind and the sea are over the suggested limits.
12 PM · now
49°
← ESE 16.7 kt
Light rain
ebb 0.3 kt
5 PM
49°
← ESE 12.8 kt
Heavy rain
flood 0.5 kt
11 PM
45°
↙ ENE 12.4 kt
Partly cloudy
slack
Peak wind vs. suggested limit16.9 kt at 1 PM · suggested limit 10 kt
04812 kt
Wind through the daymodel, hourly
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Tide · Shaw Island, Ferry Terminal, Harney Channel
range 10.9 ft
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Low
01:15
-2.7 ft
High
09:12
8.1 ft
Low
13:49
7.1 ft
High
18:02
7.5 ft
Current
max 2.41 kt
Flood
01:42
2.41
Slack
06:18
—
Ebb
10:21
0.81
Slack
13:04
—
Flood
15:43
1.04
Slack
18:19
—
Ebb
20:56
1.03
Slack
23:02
—
Sun 07:52 – 17:58
Daylight 10h 06m
Moon Waning gibbous, 88%
Rain 0.61 in
Visibility Fog watch · spread 2.0°F
Limiter Wind and seas over limit
Open Crab · Cabezon
Sources split — the zone forecast has wind to 10 kt, the model 16.9 kt. Taking the zone forecast; it is the authoritative product at this range. Range 10.9 ft. High 8.1 ft at 09:12. Low -2.7 ft at 01:15. Big range — expect real current in the channel.
FriOct 30Workablepeak 11.5 kt NE · Chop, 1–2 ft
Showery, 0.19 in, wind easing off through the day, peaking 11.5 kt NE, 46°F at the warmest. Showers are the only thing against it.
5 AM
44°
↙ NE 7.6 kt
Light showers
flood 1.1 kt
11 AM
44°
↓ N 7.0 kt
Rain
ebb 0.9 kt
5 PM
46°
↙ NE 9.1 kt
Overcast
flood 1.0 kt
11 PM
45°
↙ ENE 6.2 kt
Partly cloudy
ebb 0.3 kt
Peak wind vs. suggested limit11.5 kt at 1 AM · suggested limit 10 kt
04812 kt
Wind through the daymodel, hourly
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Tide · Shaw Island, Ferry Terminal, Harney Channel
range 10.6 ft
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Low
02:05
-2.5 ft
High
10:16
8.1 ft
Low
15:00
7.3 ft
High
18:37
7.1 ft
Current
max 2.36 kt
Flood
02:29
2.36
Slack
07:15
—
Ebb
11:28
0.93
Slack
14:16
—
Flood
16:48
1.01
Slack
19:30
—
Ebb
21:53
0.82
Slack
23:50
—
Sun 07:54 – 17:56
Daylight 10h 02m
Moon Waning gibbous, 80%
Rain 0.19 in
Visibility Fog watch · spread 1.4°F
Limiter Showers
Open Crab · Cabezon
Sources split — the zone forecast has wind to 5 kt, the model 11.5 kt. Taking the zone forecast; it is the authoritative product at this range. Range 10.6 ft. High 8.1 ft at 10:16. Low -2.5 ft at 02:05. Big range — expect real current in the channel.
SatOct 31Fogpeak 10.3 kt NNW · Chop, 1–2 ft
Dry, wind building to 10.3 kt NNW by 11 PM, 50°F at the warmest. Wind and water are both fine; you will not be able to see — dense fog 05:00–12:00, worst around 09:00.
5 AM
42°
← E 6.8 kt
Fog
flood 1.7 kt
11 AM
45°
↓ NNE 2.7 kt
Fog
ebb 0.8 kt
5 PM
48°
↓ NNW 8.2 kt
Partly cloudy
flood 0.8 kt
11 PM
47°
↓ NNW 10.3 kt
Partly cloudy
ebb 0.7 kt
Peak wind vs. suggested limit10.3 kt at 11 PM · suggested limit 10 kt
04812 kt
Wind through the daymodel, hourly
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Tide · Shaw Island, Ferry Terminal, Harney Channel
range 10.0 ft
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Low
03:00
-2.0 ft
High
11:21
8.1 ft
Low
16:42
7.1 ft
High
19:29
6.6 ft
Current
max 2.20 kt
Flood
03:24
2.20
Slack
08:31
—
Ebb
12:28
1.09
Slack
15:21
—
Flood
17:53
1.10
Slack
20:53
—
Ebb
23:03
0.67
Sun 07:55 – 17:54
Daylight 9h 59m
Moon Waning gibbous, 71%
Rain 0.00 in
Visibility Dense fog 05:00–12:00 · 100%
Limiter Fog
Open Crab · Cabezon
Best windowAny time — inside the limits right through the daylight hours.
Sources split — the zone forecast has wind to 5 kt, the model 10.3 kt. Taking the zone forecast; it is the authoritative product at this range. Range 10.0 ft. High 8.1 ft at 11:21. Low -2.0 ft at 03:00.
Dry, clear throughout, wind easing off through the day, peaking 7.0 kt NNW, 50°F at the warmest.
5 AM
46°
↓ NNW 6.0 kt
Clear
flood 1.6 kt
11 AM
49°
↓ NNW 7.0 kt
Clear
ebb 0.8 kt
5 PM
50°
↓ NNW 4.5 kt
Clear
flood 1.0 kt
11 PM
44°
↓ NNW 1.4 kt
Clear
ebb 0.6 kt
Peak wind vs. suggested limit7.0 kt at 10 AM · suggested limit 10 kt
04812 kt
Wind through the daymodel, 4 points, 6-hourly
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Tide · Shaw Island, Ferry Terminal, Harney Channel
range 9.1 ft
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Low
02:59
-1.1 ft
High
11:20
8.0 ft
Low
18:40
6.4 ft
High
20:11
5.9 ft
Current
max 1.94 kt
Slack
00:51
—
Flood
03:32
1.94
Slack
08:53
—
Ebb
12:21
1.21
Slack
15:14
—
Flood
17:55
1.31
Slack
21:16
—
Ebb
23:18
0.68
Sun 06:57 – 16:53
Daylight 9h 56m
Moon Waning gibbous, 61%
Rain 0.00 in
Visibility Fog watch · spread 1.1°F (spread only)
Limiter Nothing — clean
Open Crab · Cabezon
Best windowAbout 10 AM to 4 PM.
Range 9.1 ft. High 8.0 ft at 11:20. Low -1.1 ft at 02:59.
MonNov 2Goodpeak 5.0 kt NNE · Ripples, under 6 in
Dry, overcast all day, wind steady, peaking 5.0 kt NNE, 49°F at the warmest.
5 AM
40°
↑ SSE 1.4 kt
Overcast
flood 1.7 kt
11 AM
46°
↑ SSW 0.6 kt
Partly cloudy
ebb 0.3 kt
5 PM
49°
↓ N 1.2 kt
Overcast
flood 0.5 kt
11 PM
44°
↓ NNE 2.3 kt
Overcast
ebb 0.1 kt
Peak wind vs. suggested limit5.0 kt at 10 PM · suggested limit 10 kt
04812 kt
Wind through the daymodel, 4 points, 6-hourly
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Tide · Shaw Island, Ferry Terminal, Harney Channel
range 8.2 ft
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Low
04:03
-0.1 ft
High
12:10
8.0 ft
Low
19:23
5.3 ft
High
22:03
5.3 ft
Current
max 1.66 kt
Slack
01:08
—
Flood
04:58
1.66
Slack
10:03
—
Ebb
13:10
1.26
Slack
15:58
—
Flood
18:52
1.60
Slack
22:25
—
Sun 06:58 – 16:51
Daylight 9h 53m
Moon Last quarter, 50%
Rain 0.00 in
Visibility Fog watch · spread 0.0°F (spread only)
Limiter Nothing — clean
Open Crab · Cabezon
Best windowAbout 10 AM to 4 PM.
Range 8.2 ft. High 8.0 ft at 12:10. Low -0.1 ft at 04:03.
Days 6–10 · Model guidance
MET Norway, run 2026-10-29T17:18:54Z
TueNov 3Excellentpeak 7.2 kt NNW · Light chop, ~1 ft
Dry, gray to start and clearing out by evening, wind building to 7.2 kt NNW by 10 PM, 52°F at the warmest.
5 AM
44°
↓ N 4.1 kt
Overcast
flood 0.9 kt
11 AM
52°
↓ NNE 2.3 kt
Mostly clear
slack
5 PM
51°
↓ NNW 5.4 kt
Clear
flood 0.1 kt
11 PM
48°
↓ NNW 7.2 kt
Clear
flood 0.1 kt
Peak wind vs. suggested limit7.2 kt at 10 PM · suggested limit 10 kt
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Wind through the daymodel, 4 points, 6-hourly
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Tide · Shaw Island, Ferry Terminal, Harney Channel
range 7.1 ft
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Low
05:10
0.9 ft
High
12:50
8.0 ft
Low
19:56
4.1 ft
Current
max 1.93 kt
Ebb
00:33
0.82
Slack
02:46
—
Flood
06:35
1.48
Slack
11:02
—
Ebb
13:55
1.25
Slack
16:35
—
Flood
19:45
1.93
Slack
23:23
—
Sun 07:00 – 16:50
Daylight 9h 50m
Moon Waning crescent, 40%
Rain 0.00 in
Visibility Fog watch · spread 1.3°F (spread only)
Limiter Nothing — clean
Open Crab · Cabezon
Best windowAbout 10 AM to 4 PM.
Range 7.1 ft. High 8.0 ft at 12:50. Low 0.9 ft at 05:10. Neap tides — little water moving.
WedNov 4Excellentpeak 7.6 kt N · Light chop, ~1 ft
Dry, clear early, clouding over later, wind easing off through the day, peaking 7.6 kt N, 53°F at the warmest.
5 AM
46°
↓ N 7.6 kt
Mostly clear
slack
11 AM
51°
↓ NNE 5.6 kt
Clear
flood 0.2 kt
5 PM
53°
↓ N 4.5 kt
Clear
slack
11 PM
48°
↓ N 5.6 kt
Partly cloudy
flood 0.6 kt
Peak wind vs. suggested limit7.6 kt at 4 AM · suggested limit 10 kt
04812 kt
Wind through the daymodel, 4 points, 6-hourly
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Tide · Shaw Island, Ferry Terminal, Harney Channel
range 6.0 ft
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High
00:05
5.1 ft
Low
06:15
2.0 ft
High
13:24
8.0 ft
Low
20:25
2.8 ft
Current
max 2.23 kt
Ebb
01:49
1.06
Slack
04:37
—
Flood
08:08
1.46
Slack
11:54
—
Ebb
14:37
1.20
Slack
17:09
—
Flood
20:32
2.23
Sun 07:02 – 16:48
Daylight 9h 47m
Moon Waning crescent, 30%
Rain 0.00 in
Visibility Fog watch · spread 1.1°F (spread only)
Limiter Nothing — clean
Open Crab · Cabezon
Best windowAbout 10 AM to 4 PM.
Range 6.0 ft. High 8.0 ft at 13:24. Low 2.0 ft at 06:15. Neap tides — little water moving.
ThuNov 5Goodpeak 3.3 kt SSE · Ripples, under 6 in
Dry, wind steady, peaking 3.3 kt SSE, 52°F at the warmest.
5 AM
46°
↙ NE 1.7 kt
Overcast
ebb 0.4 kt
11 AM
51°
↑ SSE 3.3 kt
Overcast
flood 0.7 kt
5 PM
52°
↑ S 0.6 kt
Overcast
ebb 0.2 kt
11 PM
46°
↑ SSE 1.6 kt
Partly cloudy
flood 1.4 kt
Peak wind vs. suggested limit3.3 kt at 10 AM · suggested limit 10 kt
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Wind through the daymodel, 4 points, 6-hourly
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Tide · Shaw Island, Ferry Terminal, Harney Channel
range 6.3 ft
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High
01:54
5.5 ft
Low
07:15
3.0 ft
High
13:51
7.9 ft
Low
20:52
1.6 ft
Current
max 2.43 kt
Slack
00:18
—
Ebb
03:04
1.29
Slack
06:13
—
Flood
09:16
1.50
Slack
12:42
—
Ebb
15:17
1.14
Slack
17:42
—
Flood
21:14
2.43
Sun 07:03 – 16:47
Daylight 9h 43m
Moon Waning crescent, 20%
Rain 0.00 in
Visibility Fog watch · spread 1.8°F (spread only)
Limiter Nothing — clean
Open Crab · Cabezon
Best windowAbout 10 AM to 4 PM.
Range 6.3 ft. High 7.9 ft at 13:51. Low 1.6 ft at 20:52. Neap tides — little water moving.
FriNov 6Goodpeak 4.3 kt NNE · Ripples, under 6 in
Dry, overcast all day, wind building to 4.3 kt NNE by 10 PM, 54°F at the warmest.
5 AM
46°
↑ SSE 3.1 kt
Overcast
ebb 1.2 kt
11 AM
52°
↑ SSE 1.4 kt
Mostly clear
flood 1.3 kt
5 PM
54°
↓ N 0.6 kt
Overcast
ebb 0.6 kt
11 PM
44°
↓ NNE 4.3 kt
Overcast
flood 2.1 kt
Peak wind vs. suggested limit4.3 kt at 10 PM · suggested limit 10 kt
04812 kt
Wind through the daymodel, 4 points, 6-hourly
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Tide · Shaw Island, Ferry Terminal, Harney Channel
range 7.3 ft
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High
03:14
6.1 ft
Low
08:10
4.1 ft
High
14:13
7.8 ft
Low
21:18
0.5 ft
Current
max 2.50 kt
Slack
01:12
—
Ebb
04:15
1.44
Slack
07:26
—
Flood
10:09
1.49
Slack
13:26
—
Ebb
15:56
1.08
Slack
18:16
—
Flood
21:53
2.50
Sun 07:05 – 16:45
Daylight 9h 40m
Moon Waning crescent, 13%
Rain 0.00 in
Visibility Fog watch · spread 0.0°F (spread only)
Limiter Nothing — clean
Open Crab · Cabezon
Best windowAbout 10 AM to 4 PM.
Range 7.3 ft. High 7.8 ft at 14:13. Low 0.5 ft at 21:18. Neap tides — little water moving.
SatNov 7Goodpeak 9.5 kt SSE · Chop, 1–2 ft
Dry, overcast all day, wind building to 9.5 kt SSE by 4 PM, 54°F at the warmest.
5 AM
44°
↓ NNE 2.7 kt
Overcast
ebb 1.4 kt
11 AM
46°
← ESE 5.2 kt
Overcast
flood 1.4 kt
5 PM
54°
↑ SSE 9.5 kt
Overcast
ebb 0.9 kt
11 PM
—
No guidance
Peak wind vs. suggested limit9.5 kt at 4 PM · suggested limit 10 kt
04812 kt
Wind through the daymodel, 3 points, 6-hourly
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Tide · Shaw Island, Ferry Terminal, Harney Channel
range 8.1 ft
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High
04:18
6.8 ft
Low
09:00
5.0 ft
High
14:32
7.7 ft
Low
21:46
-0.4 ft
Current
max 2.43 kt
Slack
02:07
—
Ebb
05:24
1.47
Slack
08:26
—
Flood
10:58
1.41
Slack
14:07
—
Ebb
16:35
1.02
Slack
18:51
—
Flood
22:30
2.43
Sun 07:06 – 16:44
Daylight 9h 37m
Moon Waning crescent, 6%
Rain 0.00 in
Visibility Fog watch · spread 0.0°F (spread only)
Limiter Nothing — clean
Open Crab · Cabezon
Range 8.1 ft. High 7.7 ft at 14:32. Low -0.4 ft at 21:46. Neap tides — little water moving.
Days 11–14 · Climate outlook
No model guidance at this range
SunNov 8Tilt onlyCPC tilt
Past the model's reach. Only the seasonal tilt from here — the tide below is still exact.
Temperature
No forecast
Beyond model range
Precipitation
No forecast
Beyond model range
Wind & sea
No forecast
Beyond model range
No wind or sea-state guidance exists at this range — nothing here is a forecast you can plan a departure on. The tide, sun and moon beside it are exact.
Tide · Shaw Island, Ferry Terminal, Harney Channel
range 8.6 ft
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High
05:11
7.4 ft
Low
09:49
5.8 ft
High
14:50
7.5 ft
Low
22:14
-1.1 ft
Current
max 2.29 kt
Slack
03:04
—
Ebb
06:27
1.41
Slack
09:20
—
Flood
11:47
1.30
Slack
14:50
—
Ebb
17:15
0.96
Slack
19:26
—
Flood
23:06
2.29
Sun 07:08 – 16:42
Daylight 9h 34m
Moon Waning crescent, 2%
Precip tilt No forecast
Open Crab · Cabezon
Range 8.6 ft. High 7.5 ft at 14:50. Low -1.1 ft at 22:14.
MonNov 9Tilt onlyCPC tilt
Past the model's reach. Only the seasonal tilt from here — the tide below is still exact.
Temperature
No forecast
Beyond model range
Precipitation
No forecast
Beyond model range
Wind & sea
No forecast
Beyond model range
No wind or sea-state guidance exists at this range — nothing here is a forecast you can plan a departure on. The tide, sun and moon beside it are exact.
Tide · Shaw Island, Ferry Terminal, Harney Channel
range 9.3 ft
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High
05:59
7.8 ft
Low
10:37
6.4 ft
High
15:10
7.4 ft
Low
22:44
-1.4 ft
Current
max 2.13 kt
Slack
04:02
—
Ebb
07:24
1.28
Slack
10:13
—
Flood
12:37
1.18
Slack
15:35
—
Ebb
17:55
0.88
Slack
19:58
—
Flood
23:40
2.13
Sun 07:09 – 16:41
Daylight 9h 31m
Moon New moon, 0%
Precip tilt No forecast
Open Crab · Cabezon
Range 9.3 ft. High 7.8 ft at 05:59. Low -1.4 ft at 22:44.
TueNov 10Tilt onlyCPC tilt
Past the model's reach. Only the seasonal tilt from here — the tide below is still exact.
Temperature
No forecast
Beyond model range
Precipitation
No forecast
Beyond model range
Wind & sea
No forecast
Beyond model range
No wind or sea-state guidance exists at this range — nothing here is a forecast you can plan a departure on. The tide, sun and moon beside it are exact.
Tide · Shaw Island, Ferry Terminal, Harney Channel
range 9.6 ft
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High
06:44
8.1 ft
Low
11:28
6.9 ft
High
15:33
7.2 ft
Low
23:17
-1.5 ft
Current
max 1.15 kt
Slack
04:57
—
Ebb
08:18
1.15
Slack
11:07
—
Flood
13:29
1.06
Slack
16:24
—
Ebb
18:35
0.77
Slack
20:28
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Sun 07:11 – 16:39
Daylight 9h 28m
Moon New moon, 0%
Precip tilt No forecast
Open Crab · Cabezon
Range 9.6 ft. High 8.1 ft at 06:44. Low -1.5 ft at 23:17.
WedNov 11Tilt onlyCPC tilt
Past the model's reach. Only the seasonal tilt from here — the tide below is still exact.
Temperature
No forecast
Beyond model range
Precipitation
No forecast
Beyond model range
Wind & sea
No forecast
Beyond model range
No wind or sea-state guidance exists at this range — nothing here is a forecast you can plan a departure on. The tide, sun and moon beside it are exact.
Tide · Shaw Island, Ferry Terminal, Harney Channel
range 9.6 ft
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High
07:28
8.2 ft
Low
12:24
7.1 ft
High
15:57
7.0 ft
Low
23:53
-1.4 ft
Current
max 2.03 kt
Flood
00:14
2.03
Slack
05:43
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Ebb
09:12
1.05
Slack
12:04
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Flood
14:24
0.94
Slack
17:16
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Ebb
19:15
0.64
Slack
20:58
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Sun 07:13 – 16:38
Daylight 9h 25m
Moon Waxing crescent, 3%
Precip tilt No forecast
Open Crab · Cabezon
Range 9.6 ft. High 8.2 ft at 07:28. Low -1.4 ft at 23:53.
Reading this page
Where these numbers come from, and what they are not. There is no Coast Guard wind or sea limit for recreational boats — the USCG regulates equipment, documentation and conduct, not whether a day is pleasant. The one official line is the National Weather Service’s Small Craft Advisory: sustained winds between 20 and 33 knots, or seas above a height set per region, for conditions “that might be hazardous to small craft”. The 10 knots and 1 foot used here sit at roughly half that wind and a fraction of that sea. They are a comfort threshold for a small motor yacht, not a safety one.
So read the colors accordingly.Green is comfortable: up to 12 kt and 2 ft. Yellow is workable — past comfortable, nowhere near hazardous. Orange is getting serious for a small boat: past 18 kt or 4 ft. Red is advisory range, and a day also goes red whenever NWS has an actual Small Craft Advisory or worse in effect for this zone — their declaration beats any number here. Gray is beyond the model's reach. Nothing on this page knows your boat, your crew or your experience, and green is worth considering, never permission. Read the live product before anything above green: NWS PZZ135 and current warnings.
Every day gets a full tile, in date order, today first. Each shows conditions at four points through the day, the day's peak wind against the suggested 10-kt limit, the full tide curve with all four turns, and sun, daylight, moon and rain totals.
This page is generated by a script on the server, not written by hand. The numbers come straight from the sources below; the prose is assembled from the same numbers by rule. Where it reads a little flat, that is why.
The harvest table is verified by hand, not scraped. It was last checked on Oct 5, 2026. The WDFW rule feed is read every run, and if anything new mentions this water a banner appears above the table — but the table itself does not change until a human updates it.
Tides are exact for all 14 days — they're astronomical, not forecast. The shaded band on each chart is daylight, sunrise to sunset.
Visibility is on every day, and fog can take one off the green band. Warm air holds more water than cold. The dew point is where what it already carries becomes all it can hold, and the spread is how far it has left to cool; close that gap and the water condenses out. Under 4°F is a watch, under 2°F fog is likely. Clear, still nights radiate heat to the sky and cool the air to exactly that point — which is why the calmest day here is often the foggiest: the wind that would clear the fog is the wind that would have spoiled the day. Patchy fog or worse in daylight caps a day at workable.
Sea state is estimated from wind over Possession Sound's short fetch. The zone forecast's "2 ft or less" floor is too coarse to score against a 1-foot threshold, so light-wind days are refined from wind speed. Where the zone forecast gives a harder wave number, that number wins. Wind is also weighted by the fetch of the direction it comes from — the same speed builds a bigger sea with twenty miles of open water behind it than with one.
Confidence drops as you go down the page. The bar under each heading shows roughly how much to trust that block. The last days carry no wind guidance at all — their tiles show the tide, which is exact, and nothing that pretends to be a forecast.
Zone forecast issued 153 AM PDT Thu Oct 29 2026. Its day names are mapped from its own issuance date, not today's, so a stale product can't silently shift the week.
Model run 2026-10-29T17:18:54Z. Beyond about day three the data is 6-hourly, which in Pacific time lands on 5 AM, 11 AM, 5 PM and 11 PM — the four columns each tile shows. Nothing is interpolated.
Currents are trolling information, not a go/no-go factor. They come from NOAA station PUG1723 bin 18, and this water runs slack — well under a knot at every stage of every tide in the run. That is too little to build wind-against-tide chop, so current is deliberately not fed into the day ratings. What it is good for is the gap between speed over ground and speed through water when you are trolling, and knowing when the water goes still.