CatchWindow fishing intelligence

Port Angeles, WA Daily Water Report — October 6, 2026

Port Angeles gets an emphatic green light for small-craft time today: kayaking is the standout at 9.5/10 and boating follows at 8.9/10, with unusually light wind and very small seas doing the heavy lifting. This is not a day for heroic seamanship; it is a day for tidy plans, warm layers, and enjoying how little the water is arguing back. The best all-around window is late morning through early afternoon. Waves bottom out near 0.12 m around 10 AM, while the forecast wind stays mostly under 4.3 knots through the day. The 9:01–11:01 AM solunar major period also lines up neatly with that calm stretch for anglers, and fishing rates a solid 7.8/10. A second major period runs 9:01–11:01 PM, but darkness and the late 11:48 PM high tide make that a more specialized proposition rather than the day’s easy choice. Tide timing offers useful options for shoreline explorers and wildlife watchers: the morning low is essentially zero at 5:52 AM, before sunrise, while the afternoon high reaches 1.95 m at 1:46 PM. The 7:03 PM low of 1.33 m arrives near dusk, so it is less of an exposure opportunity than the morning low. Wildlife scores 7.6/10, helped by the low-tide timing and light wind, though the early low requires dawn discipline. Sailing is only middling at 5.2/10—not because the water is rough, but because there is scarcely any breeze to work with. Cloud cover is forecast at 100 percent, temperatures run from 9.9 to 15.5 C, and the marine water temperature is 13.7 C. Atmospheric visibility is forecast around 12.8 km, but that says nothing about underwater visibility. No diving score is available today, so leave that activity ungraded rather than assumed. Compared with the recent reconstructed CatchWindow history, today is calmer than the last several days and improves kayaking sharply from yesterday’s 8.1/10; boating remains near its recent high standard. Pressure is steady near 1020 hPa, and no rain window is indicated. Wednesday stays very calm, while Thursday builds modestly and Friday looks notably rougher, with waves potentially reaching 1.3 m and rain chances rising to 53 percent. Best bet: launch late morning, when the sea is at its smallest and the day is still comfortably on your side.