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Watch posted · Sunrise 6:59 AM · sunset 4:47 PM

Water at the beach now watch it move
8.0ft
rising ▲ · predicted 7.5 ft +0.5 ft (+6") vs predicted
Upper gravel. Steep gravel slope, narrow walking.
Current off the bluff the whole shore
2.0 kt flooding
NOAA station PUG1610, 1.9 nm NE of Foulweather Bluff · flood sets 125°, ebb 302°

Wind around the point

UW buoy, Hood Canal entrance

6kt
➤ S
46° 1018 mb

Skunk Bay

0kt
➤ NNW
47° 1016 mb

Larch House

0kt
➤ ENE
47° 1016 mb

Kingston

2kt g 4
➤ SW
47° 1016 mb

Port Townsend (NDBC)

8kt g 10
➤ SSE
45° · water 54° 1018 mb

Port Townsend Airport

3kt
➤ SE
45° 1018 mb

Bainbridge Island

0kt g 4
➤ SSE
47°

Silverdale

0kt
43°

Bremerton Airport

0kt
➤ N
43° 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

28 Southern Resident Orca 3.3 nm NNE of the beach, 18 min ago.

Sightings within 30 nm, last 3 days

  • 28 Southern Resident Orca 3.3 nm NNE of the beach J pod southbound, breaching (Melissa Bird)
  • 28 Southern Resident Orca 3.9 nm N of the beach J pod southbound (Melissa Bird, Alexandra Spallone McDermott)
  • 28 Southern Resident Orca 7.7 nm N of the beach J pod southbound spread out, long down times (Rachel Haight)
  • 28 Southern Resident Orca 8.2 nm NNW of the beach SRKWs southbound (Rachel Haight, Cindi Crowder Rausch)
  • 28 Southern Resident Orca 9.8 nm NNW of the beach SRKWs on Bush Point hydrophone, presumably southbound (Serena Tierra)
  • 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)

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

Hydrophones

  • Bush Point
  • Bush Point — SRKWs
  • Bush Point
  • Bush Point
  • Bush Point
  • 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: S wind around 5 kt, rising to 10 to 15 kt. Waves around 2 ft or less. Patchy fog early this morning. A chance of rain late.

Tonight: S wind 15 to 20 kt. Waves around 2 ft or less. Rain in the evening.

Thu: S wind 5 to 10 kt, rising to 10 to 15 kt in the afternoon. Waves around 2 ft or less.