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Watch posted · Sunrise 6:57 AM · sunset 4:49 PM

Water at the beach now watch it move
5.7ft
falling ▼ · predicted 5.4 ft +0.2 ft (+3") vs predicted
The shelf. Prime beachcombing and dog-walking gravel shelf.
Current off the bluff the whole shore
1.5 kt ebbing
NOAA station PUG1610, 1.9 nm NE of Foulweather Bluff · flood sets 125°, ebb 302°

Wind around the point

UW buoy, Hood Canal entrance

9kt
➤ NNW
52° 1018 mb

Skunk Bay

10kt g 11
➤ NW
52° 1016 mb

Larch House

0kt g 1
➤ S
49° 1017 mb

Kingston

0kt
➤ ENE
52° 1017 mb

Port Townsend (NDBC)

4kt g 5
➤ W
51° · water 54°

Port Townsend Airport

0kt
➤ N
52° 1018 mb

Bainbridge Island

0kt
➤ N
51°

Silverdale

0kt g 2
53° 1017 mb

Bremerton Airport

4kt
➤ ENE
54° 1018 mb

Arrows show where the wind is blowing toward. The UW buoy sits in open water off the bluff; Skunk Bay is the tip of the peninsula; Larch House is the bluff-top station in the trees.

Tide & current, last 6 h and next 36

Solid cream: Foulweather Bluff prediction. Dashed coral: the same curve shifted by today's observed surge at Port Townsend (barometer alone suggests -0.1 ft). Stations: Foulweather Bluff (harmonic), Hansville (interpolated), Port Gamble (interpolated), Port Ludlow (interpolated), Kingston (interpolated), Lofall (interpolated). Shaded bands are night.

Whale watch the whale map

Nothing reported within 30 nm in the last six hours.

Sightings within 30 nm, last 3 days

  • 7 Orca 14.7 nm NNW of the beach Biggs T37As T99s northbound (Rachel Haight)
  • 7 Orca 12.9 nm N of the beach Biggs T37As, T99s northbound spread (Rachel Haight)
  • 7 Orca 11.5 nm N of the beach Biggs T37As and T99s NB spread N to S (Rachel Haight)
  • 2 Humpback 2.4 nm NE of the beach Humpbacks N of PNP SE bound (Kathe Bradley)
  • 7 Orca 11.0 nm N of the beach Biggs T37As and T99s leaders here, trailers spread to the S, close to Whidbey shore (Rachel Haight)
  • 7 Orca 8.1 nm N of the beach Biggs T37A4, 37A2, & T99C here, close to shore; leaders further N, E of mid channel (Rachel Haight)
  • 7 Orca 8.1 nm N of the beach Biggs T37As and T99s NB (Jeff Friedman)
  • 1 Humpback 3.1 nm NNW of the beach Humpback surface active between PNP and Olele Pt, W of mid channel (Kathe Bradley)
  • 7 Orca 4.0 nm NNE of the beach Biggs T37As and T99s NB quickly, W of mid channel (Marilyn Armbruster)
  • 7 Orca 5.0 nm NE of the beach Biggs T37As and T99s WNW bound (Michelle Carlton Robertson)
  • 7 Orca 5.5 nm ENE of the beach Biggs T37As and T99s trend NW toward Double Bluff after milling/feeding, location approximate (Orca Behavior Institute)
  • 7 Orca 5.8 nm ENE of the beach Biggs T37As minus A1 and A3, T99s minus 99B, slightly spread NB past Maxwelton (Jayn Goldsen)
  • 7 Orca 6.7 nm E of the beach Biggs T37As and T99s grouped up westbound (Michele Tosh Brodsky)
  • 7 Orca 7.5 nm E of the beach Biggs T37As and T99s SE bound W of buoy (Emily Horton, Michele Tosh Brodsky)

Reports pooled by Acartia from Orca Network observers and others. Distances are from the beach.

Hydrophones

  • Beach Camp at Sunset Bay
  • Bush Point
  • Bush Point
  • Bush Point

Listen live: MaST Center Aquarium (offline) · Port Townsend · Beach Camp at Sunset Bay · Bush Point. Orcasound listeners flag what they hear; a flag is a hint, not a sighting.

Eyes on the water

Skunk Bay cam 1
Skunk Bay cam 1
Skunk Bay cam 2
Skunk Bay cam 2
Hood Canal Bridge, looking west
Hood Canal Bridge, looking west
Hood Canal Bridge, looking east
Hood Canal Bridge, looking east
Kingston ferry terminal
Kingston ferry terminal

Skunk Bay Weather cams look out from the tip of the peninsula. WSDOT cams at the Hood Canal Bridge and Kingston terminal.

Ferries & the bridge all the traffic

Forecast the beach report

Today: N wind around 5 kt. Waves around 2 ft or less.

Tonight: N wind around 5 kt, veering to S after midnight. Waves around 2 ft or less. Patchy fog after midnight.

Wed: S wind around 5 kt, rising to 5 to 10 kt in the afternoon. Waves around 2 ft or less. Patchy dense fog in the morning.