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Cape Flattery

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Today in Cape Flattery

Tide and weather hold across the whole Cape Flattery coastline — check here, then pick your beach.

Tide station · Neah Bay
56°Air
51°Water
Overcast·H:62° L:54°
Sunrise 6:50a · Sunset 7:38p
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8a55°
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10a58°
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12p61°
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Tide · todayNow 6.0ft · NOAA predictions, Neah Bay station
0ft2ft4ft6ft8ft12a6a12p6p12a7.5ft1:55a0.2ft8:12a7.8ft2:17p0.1ft8:45pNOW
High 7.5ft · 1:55aLow 0.2ft · 8:12aHigh 7.8ft · 2:17pLow 0.1ft · 8:45p

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All Cape Flattery spots

4 spots · live vis
Listed from north to southDuncan Rock (48.41° N)Sekiu Jetty (48.27° N)
4 spots · 25 mi of coastOrdered by latitude — Duncan Rock sits at 48.41° N, Sekiu Jetty at 48.27° N.

Cape Flattery · 4 spots

Roughly 25 coast miles run from the Sekiu Jetty west along Highway 112 to Duncan Rock, the northwesternmost dive site in the contiguous United States. Cold, clear Pacific water pushes into the strait here, and a $20 per vehicle Makah Recreation Pass covers diving on tribal lands and waters.

Map legend
No take / closed

No fishing or harvest of any kind. Special closures restrict entering the area at all.

  • SMR · State Marine Reserve
  • SMCA (No-Take) · No-Take State Marine Conservation Area
  • FMR · Federal Marine Reserve
  • Special Closure · Seabird and marine mammal buffer
Restricted take

Most take is prohibited. Each site writes its own short list of exceptions, commonly shore angling or spearing white seabass and pelagic finfish. Check the site rules before hunting.

  • SMCA · State Marine Conservation Area
  • FMCA · Federal Marine Conservation Area
Managed area

State-managed waters with their own recreational rules. Commercial take is prohibited in marine parks; recreational management areas are run for specific uses such as waterfowl hunting.

  • SMP · State Marine Park
  • SMRMA · State Marine Recreational Management Area
Visibility pins

Pin color is the spot's forecast visibility tier for today.

  • 20–30+ ft · Perfect
  • 15–20 ft · Excellent
  • 10–15 ft · Good
  • 5–10 ft · Fair
  • 0–5 ft · Poor
  • No forecast yet

MPA boundaries are drawn from CDFW's official dataset but are approximate on this map and not for navigation. Verify the boundary and current regulations with CDFW before harvesting.

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