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Kayak rack for Cascade Marine Trail

Kayak rack for Cascade Marine Trail is a free public kayak and canoe launch on Oak Bay near Port Hadlock, Washington.

Aerial view of the shoreline beach where kayaks land, with forest behind, August 2017
Aerial view of the shoreline beach where kayaks land, with forest behind, 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)
Fee
Free
Tidal
Yes
Website
parks.wa.gov
Coordinates
48.00906, -122.69047

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 Oak 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 PZZ134, Admiralty Inlet. Zone forecast: winds, seas, warnings.

Tides

Predicted highs and lows at NOAA's Mystery Bay, Marrowstone Island station, 3.4 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 3:59 am -0.1 ft · High 11:54 am 8.5 ft · Low 7:19 pm 5.3 ft · High 9:47 pm 5.6 ft
Tue Nov 3 Low 5:06 am 0.9 ft · High 12:34 pm 8.4 ft · Low 7:52 pm 4.1 ft · High 11:49 pm 5.4 ft
Wed Nov 4 Low 6:11 am 2.0 ft · High 1:08 pm 8.4 ft · Low 8:21 pm 2.8 ft
Thu Nov 5 High 1:38 am 5.7 ft · Low 7:11 am 3.0 ft · High 1:35 pm 8.3 ft · Low 8:48 pm 1.6 ft
Fri Nov 6 High 2:58 am 6.4 ft · Low 8:06 am 4.1 ft · High 1:57 pm 8.2 ft · Low 9:14 pm 0.5 ft
Sat Nov 7 High 4:02 am 7.1 ft · Low 8:56 am 5.0 ft · High 2:16 pm 8.1 ft · Low 9:42 pm -0.4 ft
Sun Nov 8 High 4:55 am 7.8 ft · Low 9:45 am 5.8 ft · High 2:34 pm 7.9 ft · Low 10:10 pm -1.1 ft

On Oak Bay

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Community

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Nearby launches

Sources

Why it is listed as public: parks.wa.gov: this park is only accessible by beachable watercraft, and the wide pebble beach disappears at high tide; hence, the kayak rack.. Something wrong, or is this launch private? Send a correction; it goes to a person.