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Cox Point

49.09°N · 125.89°W

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Best score for the day · 10 AM
90/100
GOOD

Now 68 · 8 PM PDT

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Conditions
Time
8 PM
Now
Score
68
Fair
Tide
2.8 ft ▼
Ebbing
Current
Ebb
Wind
3 kn
WNW · steady
Sea state
Flat
1.0 m @ 5 s W
Air temp
13°
Mild
Weather
Clear
14% cloud
Hour 8 PM. Score 68 Fair. Tide 2.8ft Falling ▼. Current -0.8kn Ebb. Wind 3kn WNW G8. Sea 1.0 m @ 5 s W Flat. Air 13.1°.
Why this score
Current
Slack
Prime

Current regulations

In effect now

What you can keep at this spot today

Halibut
Retention open
Daily limit
2 per day
Possession
2 in possession
Size
Maximum 112 cm
Gear
angling, spear fishing while diving
Annual quota
Not published
Other
Annual aggregate limit 10 (Apr 1, 2026 to Mar 31, 2027). Max size 112 cm head-on (85 cm pectoral/head-off). Possession limit equals daily limit. Must record all retained halibut on licence.
Other species here
Copper Rockfish ClosedLingcod Retention openChinook Salmon Retention openCoho Salmon Retention openCod Retention openBlack Rockfish Closed
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Source: DFO/MPO · synced today

Seasonality

52-week view · today highlighted

When Halibut is best at this spot

Shoulder seasonShoulder season for Halibut
~2 more weeks in shoulder
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SPOT PROFILE
DEPTH
261-658 ft
Rock
LAUNCH
Not mapped
PEAK
Shoulder
STRUCTURE
Drop Off
Outer Exposed

Cox Point is an outer-exposed rocky drop-off off Tofino, British Columbia, where the bottom falls from roughly 260 to 660 feet. The structure draws Chinook Salmon peaking May through August and Coho Salmon running June through October, both worked by trolling anchovy, herring, hoochies, and trolling spoons over the shelf. Deeper along the drop-off, Pacific Halibut hold from March through June and respond to drift jigging with leadhead jigs and soft plastics or bait fishing salmon heads and squid on the bottom. Lingcod and Black Rockfish stack over the rock from May into September, taking metal jigs, leadhead jigs, and soft plastic swimbaits worked close to structure. Copper Rockfish are present across a long window from February through October, holding tight to the rocky bottom and hitting jigs and cut bait.

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