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Mukilteo Lighthouse Park

Mukilteo · Central Sound · Washington

Spearfishing here is conditional
The short answer is Limited · MA-9 rules. The exact rule, who enforces it, and what it covers are written out in the field notes below.
Diver reports today · zones from today’s forecast

Visibility Breakdown

Updated through the day · times PT

Visibility by position

Break Zone
8ft
today’s forecast
Post Break
headline zone
18ft
today’s forecast
Open Water
23ft
today’s forecast

Solid = diver report · outlined = today's forecast

Cross-section from the sand out to open water, split into 3 visibility zones: Break Zone (0-50 ft from shore), Post Break (50-200 ft from shore), Open Water (200+ ft from shore).
Shore
Break Zone
0-50 ft from shore
Post Break
50-200 ft from shore
Open Water
200+ ft from shore

Break Zone: The range of water where the waves break and sediment is stirred up.

Post Break: The range past where any waves are forming, where the water starts to have a significant increase in visibility. There might be some sediment here, but swell energy is diffused and the water is calmer.

Open Water: This zone is far out enough from the shore that the water is at its clearest. It’s deep enough that sediment is not disturbed by the wave energy at the surface. Haze can sit near the surface, so the water is usually clearer the deeper you go.

Through the day

Today's visibility readings at this spot, shown at the hour each one was taken.

Every bar is a reading for the Post Break zone.

This chart shows measured diver reports only.

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Entry type
Shore
Parking
Paid lot
Spearfishing
Limited · MA-9 rules
Difficulty
Intermediate
Popular activities
Scuba
Today's forecast

Why it reads 16–20 ft

Updated 6:10 AM PT today · October 27, 2026
Regional clarity baseline
Neutral
18ft
Moderate impact
Calm seas
Helps vis
0.1 ft
Minor swell
Short-period chop
Hurts vis
2.0 s
Moderate chop
Light wind
Helps vis
3 kt
Minor wind
Typical conditions for this spot
Neutral
-0.3 ft vs normal
Minor impact
Stale source data
Neutral
1 source cached
Minor impact

Today's forecast runs

6 AM
18ft
Morning run
10 AM
—
Pending
1 PM
—
Pending

The clarity holds through the day, with a light afternoon onshore the only disturbance to the entry shallows.

Medium confidence

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7-Day Forecast

Days 2 to 7 are Pro

Today is the live headline above. Tomorrow onward is the algorithm's forecast from predicted swell, wind, and rain, updated each morning and at 6 PM Pacific.

Today · Tue
Oct 27
16–20ft
Excellent
Open Water 23 ft
Swell under 1 ft at 7 s, wind 3 kt at 10 AM. Rain forecast, 0.2 in.
Wed
Oct 28
14
Good
Open Water 21 ft
Thu
Oct 29
9
Fair
Open Water 14 ft
Fri
Oct 30
16
Excellent
Open Water 24 ft
Sat
Oct 31
19
Excellent
Open Water 27 ft
Sun
Nov 1
11
Good
Open Water 17 ft
Mon
Nov 2
13
Good
Open Water 20 ft
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Getting there

Map and parking

47.9495° N · 122.3061° W
Map of Mukilteo Lighthouse Park
Address
Snohomish County, WA
Parking
Paid lot

Large paid lot at Lighthouse Park at $3/hour; Mukilteo residents may obtain a free annual permit through the city Passport portal. Restrooms are on site at the beach.

Field notes

About Mukilteo Lighthouse Park

Mukilteo Lighthouse Park anchors the north end of the Central Sound region at the western foot of Front Street in Mukilteo, immediately west of the Mukilteo-Clinton ferry terminal. Entry is directly out from the beach in front of the restrooms. Two clay walls run parallel to the shoreline: a smaller wall at roughly 40 feet and a larger wall at roughly 67 feet. Past the second wall, the seabed slopes steeply into depths well beyond recreational limits. Giant Pacific octopus, resident fish, shrimp, and crabs are documented across the clay wall structure.

From the Nautilids who hunt it

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