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West Bay Park

West Bay Park is a public kayak and canoe launch on West Bay near Olympia, Washington.

Aerial view of West Bay, July 2017
West Bay, the water this launch is on. Aerial view of West Bay, July 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)
Car parking
Yes (paved)
Tidal
Yes
Coordinates
47.05257, -122.91313

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 West 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 PZZ135, Puget Sound and Hood Canal. Zone forecast: winds, seas, warnings.

Tides

Predicted highs and lows at NOAA's Olympia, Budd Inlet station, 0.7 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 5:00 am 0.2 ft · High 12:40 pm 14.8 ft · Low 7:23 pm 6.5 ft · High 11:32 pm 10.3 ft
Tue Nov 3 Low 6:09 am 1.4 ft · High 1:29 pm 15.0 ft · Low 8:19 pm 4.8 ft
Wed Nov 4 High 1:15 am 10.5 ft · Low 7:18 am 2.6 ft · High 2:09 pm 15.1 ft · Low 9:03 pm 3.2 ft
Thu Nov 5 High 2:42 am 11.2 ft · Low 8:23 am 3.7 ft · High 2:41 pm 15.1 ft · Low 9:40 pm 1.6 ft
Fri Nov 6 High 3:52 am 12.2 ft · Low 9:21 am 4.7 ft · High 3:09 pm 15.0 ft · Low 10:13 pm 0.3 ft
Sat Nov 7 High 4:50 am 13.2 ft · Low 10:14 am 5.8 ft · High 3:35 pm 14.7 ft · Low 10:43 pm -0.7 ft
Sun Nov 8 High 5:41 am 14.1 ft · Low 11:03 am 6.7 ft · High 4:00 pm 14.4 ft · Low 11:13 pm -1.4 ft

On West Bay

Bay in Washington. All launches on West Bay.

Community

Where people who use West Bay talk about it.

Nearby launches

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.