LIVE CONDITIONS
Puget Sound Live Fishing Conditions
Tide times, current, moon phase, weather, wind, and water temperature — the conditions that actually decide whether a trip's worth making — usually means checking a tide table, a current table, a moon calendar, a marine forecast, and a water temp chart across a handful of different tabs. Here they're all in one place, live from NOAA and the UW/NANOOS ORCA mooring network. Each pier's page below pairs its own live reading with a real fishing report — recent, angler-submitted creel reports, not a periodic survey.
What's below is a Puget Sound-wide reference reading from Seattle's own NOAA station; for the exact numbers where you're actually fishing, jump to your specific pier below — all 55 public piers around the Sound have their own live reading matched to its nearest real station.
Tide Right Now
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Current Right Now
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This Week's Squid Conditions
How each night matches WDFW's own guidance (high tide, cloudy or rainy) — not a prediction of catch success. Sound-wide reference from Seattle's own station; jump to your pier below for the exact numbers where you're fishing.
Why These Conditions Matter for Puget Sound Fishing
Tide movement concentrates baitfish and pushes salmon and squid through the specific pinch points, current seams, and drop-offs a jig actually needs to reach — a flat, slack tide fishes very differently than a strong ebb or flood. Moon phase drives the solunar feeding windows anglers have tracked for a century, and for squid specifically, darker nights tend to concentrate fish tighter around a pier's lights. Wind and sky cover shape both comfort and visibility, barometric pressure trend is a classic signal for whether fish are actively feeding, and water temperature drives where baitfish — and the salmon and squid following them — actually sit in the water column.
Find your pier for every one of these readings matched to its real nearest NOAA or UW/NANOOS station, or read the full guides on jigging for salmon and squid jigging in Puget Sound.