Strait of Juan de Fuca
5 spots tracked
Today in Strait of Juan de Fuca
Tide and weather hold across the whole Strait of Juan de Fuca coastline — check here, then pick your beach.
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Rocky Reef
Kelp ForestStrait of Juan de Fuca · 5 spots
The eastern Strait of Juan de Fuca concentrates the Olympic Peninsula's shore diving, from the bull kelp reef at Salt Creek to the wharf and jetty dives around Port Townsend. The entire region sits in WDFW Marine Area 6, where rockfish retention is closed, and Tongue Point Marine Life Sanctuary is its only marine preserve.
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
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
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
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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