Beach report
Right now: 6 kt at the buoy from the S, 0 kt at Skunk Bay · tide 7.5 ft and rising · current 1.8 kt · water 54° · air 48° · Mostly Cloudy · posted 10:15 AM
Paddleboard & kayak
Poor6 kt wind, 1.8 kt current
Best: Thu 7 AM–10 AM
Calm wind, slack-ish current, enough water to launch without a long carry.
Small boat
Good6 kt wind
Best: Wed 10 AM–11 AM · Thu 7 AM–10 AM
Wind under about 10 knots and no wind-against-current chop in the channel.
Sailing
Good6 kt
Best: Wed 10 AM–6 PM · Thu 7 AM–6 PM
8 to 16 knots is the sweet spot; under 4 is drifting.
Beach walk
Poorupper gravel only
Best: Wed 5 PM–6 PM · Thu 7 AM–11 AM · Thu 5 PM–6 PM
Best when the tide is under 7 feet with the shelf open, best of all on the flats.
Tide pools & beachcombing
Noflats covered
Best: nothing good in the next day and a half
Needs a low tide near zero in daylight, and a minus tide is the prize.
Kite
No6 kt, not much beach
Best: Wed 11 AM–1 PM · Wed 2 PM–6 PM · Thu 10 AM–2 PM
10 to 18 knots of steady onshore wind with beach to stand on.
Coho from shore
Poorslack-ish water
Best: Thu 6 AM–10 AM
Moving water around the low, dawn or dusk, light wind at your back.
Cold plunge
Fairwater 54°
Best: Wed 11 AM–noon · Thu 9 AM–1 PM
Calm, some sun, and the water close at hand rather than across the flats.
Sunset
Nochance light rain, Wed 4 PM
Best: Thu 4 PM–5 PM
The beach faces west. Partly cloudy skies make the best ones.
Scored hour by hour for the next 36 hours from the NOAA tide and current predictions at Foulweather Bluff, the UW buoy and Skunk Bay winds for this hour, the National Weather Service hourly forecast after that, and today's sun. Rules of thumb for this beach, not a forecast; use your eyes at the water.