Towhead Island Boat Launch
Towhead Island Boat Launch is a free public boat ramp on Hale Passage near Fox Island, Washington.
- Free
- Tidal
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
- Boat ramp
- Fee
- Free
- Ramp surface
- paving_stones
- Car parking
- Yes (unpaved)
- Restrooms
- No
- Hours
- Dawn to Dusk
- Tidal
- Yes
- Coordinates
- 47.27389, -122.65134
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 Hale Passage 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
- Weather forecast for this launch · National Weather Service
- Tide predictions at Arletta, Hale Passage · NOAA, 0.4 mi away
Marine advisories
Advisories in effect load here; without them, see the NWS zone forecast below.
National Weather Service marine zone PZZ135, Puget Sound and Hood Canal. Zone forecast: winds, seas, warnings.
Tides
Predicted highs and lows at NOAA's Arletta, Hale Passage station, 0.4 mi from this launch, in local time above MLLW. Predictions, not observations: wind and weather move the real tide. Full predictions at NOAA.
| Mon Nov 2 | Low 4:43 am 0.2 ft · High 12:26 pm 13.6 ft · Low 7:06 pm 6.2 ft · High 11:18 pm 9.5 ft |
|---|---|
| Tue Nov 3 | Low 5:52 am 1.4 ft · High 1:15 pm 13.7 ft · Low 8:02 pm 4.7 ft |
| Wed Nov 4 | High 1:01 am 9.6 ft · Low 7:01 am 2.5 ft · High 1:55 pm 13.8 ft · Low 8:46 pm 3.0 ft |
| Thu Nov 5 | High 2:28 am 10.3 ft · Low 8:06 am 3.5 ft · High 2:27 pm 13.8 ft · Low 9:23 pm 1.5 ft |
| Fri Nov 6 | High 3:38 am 11.2 ft · Low 9:04 am 4.6 ft · High 2:55 pm 13.7 ft · Low 9:56 pm 0.3 ft |
| Sat Nov 7 | High 4:36 am 12.1 ft · Low 9:57 am 5.6 ft · High 3:21 pm 13.5 ft · Low 10:26 pm -0.7 ft |
| Sun Nov 8 | High 5:27 am 12.9 ft · Low 10:46 am 6.5 ft · High 3:46 pm 13.1 ft · Low 10:56 pm -1.4 ft |
On Hale Passage
Sound in Washington. All launches on Hale Passage.
Community
Where people who use Hale Passage talk about it.
Nearby launches
- Horse Head Bay Public Boat Launch · 1.9 mi · Horsehead Bay
- 37th Street NW Boat Launch · 2.2 mi · Wollochet Bay
- Wollochet Harbor Club Boat Launch · 2.3 mi · Wollochet Bay
- Point Fosdick Boat Ramp · 2.5 mi · Wollochet Bay
- Titlow Park · 5.1 mi · Titlow Lagoon
- Home Boat Ramp · 5.1 mi · Von Geldern Cove
Sources
- Pierce County Boat Ramps (unincorporated Pierce County, Washington) record toehead-fox-island · Pierce County GIS Data Terms of Use (free, as is, no warranty, no County logo); credit Pierce County Planning and Public Works
- Washington Ecology Shoreline Public Access sites with a boat launch (Puget Sound and the coast) record WS18860 · Washington Department of Ecology, Category 1 public information; use of Ecology data with credit to Ecology and a link to the data page; commercial and political use prohibited
- OpenStreetMap w422551943 © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL
Why it is listed as public: listed by Pierce County Boat Ramps (unincorporated Pierce County, Washington) and 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.