Can I paddle at Priest Point Park, Olympia today?
South Sound · Hour-by-hour go / maybe / no-go calls for paddleboards and kayaks from live NWS wind, gust and chop forecasts, plus NOAA tides and water temperature.
Conditions snapshot
As of Wed, Nov 4, 9:05 AM PST. Updated hourly; open this page in a browser for the live hour-by-hour calls.
- Right now: Go for beginner, intermediate and experienced paddlers. (Glassy)
- Forecast this hour: wind 2 mph from the S, gusts 5 mph, chop 0.0 ft, air 46°F.
- Water: 55°F at Tacoma.
- Tide: rising, 4.7 ft; high 14.6 ft at 1:54pm.
- Best window today: Beginner: 9am–12pm, Go, wind 2–7 mph, gusts 9. Intermediate: 9am–2pm, Go, wind 2–9 mph, gusts 12. Experienced: 9am–4:52pm, Go, wind 2–10 mph, gusts 14.
- Best window tomorrow: Beginner: 7:01am–4:51pm, Maybe, wind 8–10 mph, gusts 13. Intermediate: 10am–1pm, Go, wind 9 mph, gusts 13. Experienced: 7:01am–4:51pm, Go, wind 8–10 mph, gusts 13.
Local notes
Budd Inlet drains to mudflats at low tide: time your trip around high water.
About this launch
- Faces W (270°). Wind from the E blows offshore here, pushing you away from the beach, so it lowers the call once it reaches about 8 mph. Wind from the W blows onshore and builds chop on the way in.
- Open water: forecast chop counts toward the call.
- Suitable for all skill levels when the wind and water allow.
- Marine forecast zone: Puget Sound and Hood Canal (PZZ135).
- Tides: NOAA predictions for Budd Inlet (station 9446807). Water temperature: NOAA sensor at Tacoma.
- Location: 47.0790, -122.8960 (South Sound).
How the calls work, with the wind limits for each skill level: how it works.
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