Marine Area 2

Ocean Shores North Jetty

The north side of the Grays Harbor entrance near Ocean Shores, providing shore access to bottomfish and surf species opposite the Westport jetty.

Part of Marine Area 2 — Westport / Ocean Shores

Fishing overview

Primary documented opportunities include Jetty fishing, Bottomfish, Surf fishing. Common FishyNW targets include Lingcod, Rockfish, Greenling, Surfperch. Documented access includes Jetty, Shore, Beach. Use the live marine panels below for current tides, weather, buoy observations and alerts, and verify current seasons, closures and retention rules with the official regulation sources before fishing.

Current marine observations are intentionally kept separate from FishyNW's stable fishing and access guidance so a live feed cannot be mistaken for a typical seasonal pattern.

Top species anglers target here

FishyNW documents 4 target species for Ocean Shores North Jetty, led here by Lingcod, Rockfish, Greenling, Surfperch. The cards below add fishery context from the canonical species profiles. Presence on this page does not guarantee an open season or retention opportunity, so current seasons, quotas and emergency rules remain tied to the official regulation sources below.

6 primary targets
Fishery timing at a glance

FishyNW intentionally does not paint a generic month-by-month calendar when the source data does not support one. Saltwater openings can be quota managed, emergency adjusted, run dependent, or area specific. These cards show the strongest supported timing context and route you to live rules for the actual legal season.

Fishing opportunity and seasonality

Ocean Shores North Jetty supports Jetty fishing, Bottomfish, Surf fishing. FishyNW treats these as stable fishery opportunities rather than a live statement that each fishery is open today. Saltwater seasons can be quota managed, emergency adjusted, run dependent, or subarea specific, so use the species context here for trip planning and confirm the legal season in the official sources before departure.

How anglers use this water

Documented access for Ocean Shores North Jetty includes Jetty, Shore, Beach. These are planning categories from FishyNW's existing access records, not guarantees that every site is open or suitable today. Tide stage, wind, surf, current, bar restrictions, parking, launch status and local closures can materially change whether a specific access method is practical.

Jetty fishingBottomfishSurf fishing
Shore / jetty / beach

Shore fishing

Documented shore opportunity may include beaches, jetties, piers, parks or shoreline access. Site hours, legal access and surf exposure can vary substantially.

North JettyNorth Jetty beachOcean Shores south end

Shore-based opportunity is documented here, but legal access, parking and site hours can vary by location.

Verify current public access: WDFW water access areas · WDFW public fishing piers

Local fishing geography

These are recognizable fishing places within or associated with this water. They are not substitutes for regulatory boundaries.

North Jetty
North Jetty beach
Ocean Shores south end

How this area is actually fished

  • This is the principal jetty alternative to Westport on the north side of the harbor mouth.
  • Nearby open beaches extend the trip into surfperch water when jetty conditions are poor.
  • Current near the harbor entrance can be strong even when the beach looks manageable.

Fishery relationships

FishyNW groups the species already documented for this water by the kind of trip they support. Current seasons and retention rules still come from the official regulation sources below.

Bottomfish & offshore
Shore & surf

Washington trip planning

Washington central-coast ocean fishery centered on Westport, with charter fleets, private boats, jetties, surf beaches and offshore salmon/bottomfish/halibut/tuna grounds.

Local focus: The north side of the Grays Harbor entrance can fish very differently from the Westport side because of wind, swell angle and tidal flow through the entrance.

  • The Grays Harbor entrance is the key navigation constraint for boats departing Westport or Ocean Shores.
  • Nearshore jetty and surf conditions can differ sharply from offshore conditions; check both swell and wind.
  • Offshore target distance changes substantially by fishery, so fuel range and weather margin matter.

WDFW ocean salmon, bottomfish and halibut reports

Marine conditions

FishyNW combines official NOAA/NWS observation and forecast sources for this location. Live feeds are cached and fail independently so a temporary agency outage does not break the fishing page.

Tides refreshed 19 min agoBuoy observed 28 min ago
48 hour tide curve
NOAA Westport, WA · MLLW
Incoming tide
9.4 ft7.0 ft4.6 ft2.2 ft-0.2 ft Fri 5 PMFri 11 PMSat 5 AMSat 11 AMSat 5 PMSat 11 PMSun 5 AMSun 11 AMSun 5 PMSun 11 PMMon 5 AMMon 11 AMMon 3 PM
Range shown: -0.2 to 9.4 ftNext high: 7:43 PM · 8.647 ft
Tide cycle right now
Time progress between the previous and next NOAA high/low prediction
Incoming
Low 1:22 PM · -0.12 ftHigh 7:43 PM · 8.647 ft
36% of the time interval between these tide events has elapsed. Water-level tide timing is not the same thing as tidal-current slack.
Tidal current & slack planning
Representative NOAA current station: Grays Harbor Entrance
Harmonic prediction
Flood
flowing in
Slack
current near minimum
Ebb
flowing out

FishyNW does not infer flood, ebb or slack from the tide-height curve. Use NOAA's current prediction for this specific station for the actual timing.

Open NOAA flood / ebb / slack prediction →
Observed wind
0.0 kt
Gust 1.9 kt
Water temp
61.3°F
Air temp
57.9°F
Tide
Incoming
Next high: 7:43 PM · 8.647 ft
NOAA: Westport, WA
Current station: Grays Harbor Entrance
NOAA tides & water levels · NOAA representative current prediction
Marine weather
PZZ156 · Point Grenville to Cape Shoalwater out 10 NM
No active NWS marine alert returned for this zone.
Official NWS marine forecast
Nearby ocean observation
Cape Elizabeth - 45 NM NW of Aberdeen
Wind: 0.0 kt · gust 1.9 kt
Water: 61.3°F
NOAA/NDBC station
Navigation & access notices
USCG Northwest District · Columbia River sector context

Conditions are planning information, not a go/no-go guarantee. Always check the linked official source immediately before departure, especially for bar crossings, strong-current passages, offshore runs and rapidly changing weather.

Marine safety context

The Grays Harbor entrance concentrates current and swell. Avoid climbing onto exposed rock when waves are washing the jetty.

Conditions data is intentionally not hardcoded. Use the live NOAA/NWS links and observations above for tides, currents, marine forecasts, buoy conditions and official warnings; verify bar restrictions and local notices immediately before departure.

Technical data relationships

Reference mappings FishyNW uses to connect this water with marine areas, stations and navigation context.

Regulation System
WDFW Marine Areas
Regulation Area
2
Coast Guard District
13
Destination Detail
local fishing geography

Official sources and current regulations

FishyNW organizes stable fishing knowledge but does not replace current regulations, emergency rules, closures or marine safety notices.