Lowest Daytime Tides of the Year this Weekend

Tide Table for Olympia, WA

June 11 - June 17

 

South Puget Sound will experience its lowest daytime tides of the year over the next 5 days with the lowest being -3.6 feet on Saturday at 1:22PM (Olympia). Get out and see the incredible diversity of species which Puget Sound's intertidal habitat holds.

Just in time to see what goes on
For areas with commercial intertidal geoduck farms there should be a flurry of activity taking place. Geoduck from the following areas were found to have arsenic levels below that which China considers safe. NOAA and the Department of Health will issue certificates allowing export to China from the following areas:

Stretch Island
West Key Peninsula
Nisqually Reach
Quilcene Bay
Hammersley Inlet
Discovery Bay
Totten Inlet
Spencer’s Cove
Eld Inlet
North Bay