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Fishing Bay Waterfront Park

Fishing Bay Waterfront Park is a public kayak and canoe launch on Fishing Bay near Eastsound, Washington.

Aerial view of the street-end access between houses down to the gravel beach and the water, August 2017
Aerial view of the street-end access between houses down to the gravel beach and the water, August 2017 Photo: USDA Farm Service Agency, NAIP · Public domain · via USGS The National Map

Status not reported No closure has been posted for this launch, but its agency does not publish open or closed status. Check with the managing agency before you tow.

At the launch

Type
Carry-in (canoe and kayak)
Ramp surface
unpaved
Car parking
Roadside
Tidal
Yes
Coordinates
48.69436, -122.90835

Directions (Google) Apple Maps

Boating rules

  • No-discharge zone: WAC 173-228 bans vessel sewage discharges, whether treated or not, in the No Discharge Zone. It became effective May 10, 2018. · all of Fishing Bay rule

From the boating rules map of Washington Department of Ecology, read October 20, 2026. A map of rules is a guide: the regulation's text and the posted signs govern.

Conditions

Marine advisories

Advisories in effect load here; without them, see the NWS zone forecast below.

National Weather Service marine zone PZZ133, Northern Inland Waters Including The San Juan Islands. Zone forecast: winds, seas, warnings.

Tides

Predicted highs and lows at NOAA's Rosario, East Sound, Orcas Island station, 3.7 mi from this launch, in local time above MLLW. Predictions, not observations: wind and weather move the real tide. Full predictions at NOAA.

Tide predictions, Mon Nov 2 to Sun Nov 8
Mon Nov 2 Low 3:42 am -0.2 ft · High 12:15 pm 8.4 ft
Tue Nov 3 Low 4:41 am 0.9 ft · High 12:49 pm 8.3 ft · Low 7:34 pm 4.0 ft · High 11:59 pm 4.9 ft
Wed Nov 4 Low 5:43 am 2.0 ft · High 1:15 pm 8.1 ft · Low 8:05 pm 2.7 ft
Thu Nov 5 High 1:49 am 5.3 ft · Low 6:46 am 3.1 ft · High 1:37 pm 8.0 ft · Low 8:36 pm 1.5 ft
Fri Nov 6 High 3:08 am 6.0 ft · Low 7:43 am 4.1 ft · High 1:55 pm 7.9 ft · Low 9:08 pm 0.4 ft
Sat Nov 7 High 4:16 am 6.6 ft · Low 8:36 am 5.0 ft · High 2:08 pm 7.8 ft · Low 9:39 pm -0.3 ft
Sun Nov 8 High 5:13 am 7.3 ft · Low 9:28 am 5.7 ft · High 2:21 pm 7.7 ft · Low 10:10 pm -0.9 ft

On Fishing Bay

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Community

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Sources

Why it is listed as public: listed by Washington Ecology Shoreline Public Access sites with a boat launch (Puget Sound and the coast). Something wrong, or is this launch private? Send a correction; it goes to a person.