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Dungeness Spit / Flats

48.20°N · 123.10°W

BoatMarine Area 6Dungeness Crab · Open

Dungeness Spit / Flats Fishing Forecast

Updated today

Dungeness Crab fishing at Dungeness Spit / Flats looks good today.
The best time to go is 7 AM to 7 PM, with the tide flooding.

ReelCaster scores every hour at Dungeness Spit / Flats from 0 to 100, reading the tide, current, wind and weather for Dungeness Crab. The higher the score, the better your odds. Green means go.

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Every spot is scored for today, out of 100. Green is worth the trip, amber is fair, red is slow.

Best score for the day · 11 AM
86/100
GOOD

Now 24 · 5 AM PDT

BEST WINDOW
7 AM-7 PM
Tide flooding
WDFW · Marine Area 6 · Dungeness Crab openRegulations ↗5 per day · min 6.3"
14-Day Forecast
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24-Hour Conditions

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Conditions
Time
5 AM
Now
Score
24
Tough
Tide
1.5 ft ▲
Flooding
Current
—
Flood
Wind
8 kn
W · steady
Sea state
Flat
0.5 ft chop
Air temp
52°
Cold
Weather
Clear
1% cloud
Hour 5 AM. Score 24 Tough. Tide 1.5ft Rising ▲. Current +1.3kn Flood. Wind 8kn W G11. Sea 0.5 ft chop Flat. Air 51.6°.
Why this score
Current
1.1 kn
Prime

Current regulations

In effect now

What you can keep at this spot today

Dungeness Crab
Retention open
Daily limit
5 per day
Possession
Not published
Size
Minimum 6.3"
Annual quota
Not published
Other
Closed outside WDFW's announced crab seasons. Open Oct 1 to Dec 31 2026.
Other species here
Lingcod ClosedCoho Salmon ClosedRockfish (Aggregate) ClosedChinook Salmon Closed
Always check with WDFW ↗

Source: WDFW · Marine Area 6 · synced today

Seasonality

52-week view · today highlighted

When Dungeness Crab is best at this spot

Shoulder seasonShoulder season for Dungeness Crab
~10 more weeks in shoulder
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Peak seasonShoulder seasonOff seasonClosed
SPOT PROFILE
DEPTH
30-200 ft
Sand
STRUCTURE
Flat
Outer Exposed

Dungeness Spit and its adjacent flats form an outer-exposed sand bottom off Port Angeles, Washington, where depths run from 5 to 40 feet across open, current-swept ground. The flats hold Dungeness Crab alongside a rotating cast of finfish, with Lingcod peaking January through April, Pacific Halibut March through August, and both Chinook and Coho Salmon moving through from June into September. Halibut come to drift fishing across the sand with herring, salmon bellies, octopus, or squid, while Lingcod respond to jigging with metal jigs, swimbaits, and leadhead jigs over the same shallow ground. Chinook and Coho hold to trolling with whole herring, flashers, hootchies, and trolling spoons, with mooching cut-plug herring a workable alternative when fish sit deeper in the water column. Rockfish round out the mix on the exposed structure, taking metal jigs, leadhead jigs, and swimbaits worked near the bottom.

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