Port Townsend fishing forecast today

Tide times, wind, moon phase and the best times to fish today at Port Townsend, using NOAA tide station PORT TOWNSEND.

Puget Sound Updated 8:08 AM PST, Nov 5 NOAA station 9444900

WashingtonPacific Northwest

Small Craft Advisory until Fri 4 PM - from the National Weather Service. Details

Bite outlook today Estimate

Fair

Small craft advisory - rough water for small boats
Normal tide range (7.2 ft)
Moderate wind (up to 18 mph)

Next best time

Today 5:45 AM

Prime: Tide change + Dawn + Major moon period

Next tide

High 1:20 PM

8.8 ft

Weather

48°F, Partly Sunny

Wind 7 mph S - pressure steady

Water temp

55°F

NOAA Port Townsend, 9 min ago

Best times to fish

5:45 AM - 9:45 AMPrimeMoving water into the low tide at 6:19 AM; Dawn - low light, fish move shallow; Major solunar period (moon overhead)

12:20 PM - 1:50 PMMoving water into the high tide at 1:20 PM

2:38 PM - 5:16 PMPrimeMinor solunar period (moonset); Dusk - the evening feed

All 7 times today

12:23 AM - 1:53 AMMoving water into the high tide at 1:23 AM

2:40 AM - 3:40 AMMinor solunar period (moonrise)

5:45 AM - 9:45 AMPrimeMoving water into the low tide at 6:19 AM; Dawn - low light, fish move shallow; Major solunar period (moon overhead)

12:20 PM - 1:50 PMMoving water into the high tide at 1:20 PM

2:38 PM - 5:16 PMPrimeMinor solunar period (moonset); Dusk - the evening feed

6:56 PM - 8:26 PMMoving water into the low tide at 7:56 PM

8:44 PM - 10:44 PMMajor solunar period (moon underfoot)

Sunrise 7:02 AMSunset 4:46 PM 48-55°Fwind to 18 mph SSE

Tide chart and times4 tides today

Prime - best times todayGood - worth fishingNight

Tide times for the next 4 days

Day	Tides (feet, MLLW)
Today	High 1:23 AM (6.0 ft) Low 6:19 AM (3.1 ft) High 1:20 PM (8.8 ft) Low 7:56 PM (1.6 ft)
Fri Nov 6	High 2:43 AM (6.8 ft) Low 7:14 AM (4.1 ft) High 1:42 PM (8.7 ft) Low 8:22 PM (0.5 ft)
Sat Nov 7	High 3:47 AM (7.5 ft) Low 8:04 AM (5.0 ft) High 2:01 PM (8.5 ft) Low 8:50 PM (-0.4 ft)
Sun Nov 8	High 4:40 AM (8.2 ft) Low 8:53 AM (5.9 ft) High 2:19 PM (8.4 ft) Low 9:18 PM (-1.1 ft)

Predictions from NOAA station 9444900 (PORT TOWNSEND). Strong wind can push real water levels above or below these predictions.

Port Townsend: View from ferry to downtown Port Townsend, Washington. — Photo: Joe Mabel, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped

Satellite view of Port Townsend from above — Imagery: USGS National Map (public domain). Pin = NOAA tide station PORT TOWNSEND; the fishing area extends around it.

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Water is 55°F - who's feedingLive reading matched to each local fish's preferred temperature. A rough guide - season and size rules still apply.

Right temperature

Salmon 45-58°F
Cutthroat trout 48-62°F
Lingcod 44-55°F

Too cold - slow or moved off

Flounder likes 58°F+

Hourly weatherNWS

8 AM48°7 mphSPartly Sunny

9 AM49°8 mphSSEMostly Sunny

10 AM50°12 mphSSEMostly Sunny

11 AM50°13 mphSSEMostly Sunny

12 PM52°13 mphSEMostly Sunny

1 PM53°12 mphSEPartly Sunny

2 PM54°12 mphSEMostly Cloudy

3 PM55°10 mphSEPartly Sunny

4 PM55°10 mphSSEPartly Sunny

5 PM53°12 mphSSEMostly Sunny

6 PM53°17 mphSSEMostly Cloudy

7 PM51°18 mphSSEMostly Cloudy

8 PM51°21 mphSSEMostly Cloudy

9 PM51°22 mphSSEMostly Cloudy

10 PM51°22 mphSSEMostly Cloudy

11 PM51°21 mphSSESlight Chance Ligh

12 AM51°22 mphSSESlight Chance Ligh

1 AM51°22 mphSSE23% rain

2 AM50°22 mphSSE28% rain

3 AM49°21 mphSSE29% rain

4 AM50°23 mphSSE56% rain

5 AM50°23 mphSSE77% rain

6 AM50°23 mphSSE41% rain

7 AM50°28 mphSECloudy

Partly sunny. High near 55, with temperatures falling to around 53 in the afternoon. South southeast wind 7 to 13 mph.

Sun and moonWaning crescent

Waning crescent
11% of the moon is lit

Day	Sun	Moon	Solunar periods
Today	7:02 AM 4:46 PM	Rise 3:10 AM Set 3:08 PM	Minor 2:40 AM Major 8:12 AM Minor 2:38 PM Major 8:44 PM
Fri 6	7:03 AM 4:45 PM	Rise 4:25 AM Set 3:24 PM	Minor 3:55 AM Major 8:56 AM Minor 2:54 PM Major 9:28 PM
Sat 7	7:05 AM 4:43 PM	Rise 5:39 AM Set 3:42 PM	Minor 5:09 AM Major 9:40 AM Minor 3:12 PM Major 10:12 PM
Sun 8	7:07 AM 4:42 PM	Rise 6:53 AM Set 4:03 PM	Minor 6:23 AM Major 10:28 AM Minor 3:33 PM
Mon 9	7:08 AM 4:41 PM	Rise 8:04 AM Set 4:30 PM	Minor 7:34 AM Major 11:16 AM Minor 4:00 PM
Tue 10	7:10 AM 4:39 PM	Rise 9:12 AM Set 5:04 PM	Major 11:48 PM Minor 8:42 AM Major 12:08 PM Minor 4:34 PM
Wed 11	7:11 AM 4:38 PM	Rise 10:13 AM Set 5:47 PM	Major 12:36 AM Minor 9:43 AM Major 1:00 PM Minor 5:17 PM

Calculated for this location. Moon times are accurate to within a few minutes. Major periods are the 2 hours around the moon passing overhead or underfoot; minor periods are the hour around moonrise and moonset.

Fishing Port Townsend

Port Townsend to Olympia: piers, beaches and narrows across the inland sea around Seattle and Tacoma.

What's biting now (Fall): Coho and chum salmon in Puget Sound and rivers (by season); lingcod and rockfish rules vary.

Commonly caught in this area: Salmon in season, sea-run cutthroat, lingcod, flounder and squid in winter.

Also caught here: cabezon, kelp greenling, sea-run cutthroat.

Piers put you over deeper water without a boat. Fish the pilings for sheepshead and snapper, and cast out from the end for mackerel and pompano when they run. Many Florida piers sell a license that covers everyone fishing from that pier.

Best baits here6 fish

Salmon

Cutthroat trout

Lingcod

Flounder

Cabezon

Kelp greenling

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How the bite outlook works

The rating is our estimate, not a guarantee. It combines tide range, wind, rain and storms, temperature swings, the moon phase and how well the solunar periods line up with dawn and dusk. Fish do not read forecasts - local knowledge always wins. Read more

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