For those interested, I put some photos in
SleepyC album showing the State Park dock at low (-2.5) tide. There are some notations showing shallow points and good safe approaches, (all easy to do), on some of the photos. The stakes referred to are fiberglass or aluminum, about 4 ft high, and only show at about a 0 tide level. As long as you are within the 30 feet of the dock, you should be fine. Also, for those coming in late, there are 6 SP mooring floats about 100 feet off the dock to the east, and on a line parallel to the dock.
Link to the photos:
http://www.c-brats.com/modules.php?set_ ... _album.php
Low tides for the weekend are in the -0.5 range about 0330 - 0530. the highs are around noon to 1430 and are in the 7 ft range.
Approach to Sequim Bay: There are 2 buoys, #2 is the outer mark, a red lighted, and the second is not lighted, and about a half mile along Travis Spit, just prior to the entrance to the bay. There is a non drying shoal between those two buoys. Best not to take shortcuts.
Around the bend, into the bay, there are 2 green can buoys, once they line up you can parallel that line into the bay, and watch for the third green can, which will have an opposing red to starboard, as the channel entry/exit.
Just past the channel exit, to stbd, is the entrance to John Wayne Marina, marked by a flashing red beacon to stbd, several pilings, and a rock breakwater to port. The active Navy ship "Olympic Venture" is often docked just inside the breakwater. Now there is a bit of entertainment if you get a chance, watch it back into the dock from out in the bay.
As is common in the PNW waters, there are always crab trap floats, especially in the bay. Keep a sharp lookout, as I am sure you always do.
Hope some of this is helpful.
Harvey
SleepyC
(When we leave on the weekend with the water tank full, it makes a difference in the boat trim from coming back with that tank empty.) Especially in view of the recent PR campaign by the state and local LE re: "drive loaded, or hammered and get nailed."