By Nisqually Valley News staff<\/p>\n
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) shellfish managers on Wednesday confirmed razor clam digging opportunities at Long Beach, Twin Harbors, Copalis and Mocrocks beaches from Nov. 3 to 9.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe upcoming digs have some of the lowest tides of the season,\u201d said Bryce Blumenthal, a WDFW coastal shellfish biologist. \u201cFall weather has arrived with high winds and seas, so be sure to check the forecasted weather and prepare accordingly before coming out to dig.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Washington state Department of Health requires test samples for marine toxins, and domoic acid levels must fall under the guideline level before a beach can open for digging. Domoic acid, a natural toxin produced by certain types of marine algae, can be harmful or fatal if consumed in sufficient quantities.<\/p>\n
Final approval usually occurs about a week or less \u2014 sometimes two to three days \u2014 before the start of each digging series.
More information about domoic acid, as well as current levels at ocean beaches, is available on the WDFW\u2019s domoic acid webpage.<\/p>\n
The following digs during later afternoon and evening (noon to midnight only) low tides will proceed as scheduled:
\u2022 Nov. 3, Monday, 4:30 p.m.; -0.1 feet; Long Beach, Twin Harbors, Mocrocks
\u2022 Nov. 4, Tuesday, 5:15 p.m.; -1.1 feet; Long Beach, Twin Harbors, Mocrocks
\u2022 Nov. 5, Wednesday, 6:01 p.m.; -1.7 feet; Long Beach, Twin Harbors, Copalis
\u2022 Nov. 6, Thursday, 6:46 p.m.; -2.0 feet; Long Beach, Twin Harbors, Copalis
\u2022 Nov. 7, Friday, 7:34 p.m.; -1.9 feet; Long Beach, Twin Harbors, Mocrocks
\u2022 Nov. 8, Saturday, 8:25 p.m.; -1.5 feet; Long Beach, Twin Harbors, Mocrocks
\u2022 Nov. 9, Sunday, 9:19 p.m.; -0.9 feet; Long Beach, Twin Harbors, Copalis<\/p>\n
Below are additional tentative dates:
\u2022 Nov. 18, Tuesday, 5:18 p.m.; 0.0 feet; Long Beach, Twin Harbors, Copalis
\u2022 Nov. 19, Wednesday, 5:52 p.m.; -0.3 feet; Long Beach, Twin Harbors, Mocrocks
\u2022 Nov. 20, Thursday, 6:25 p.m.; -0.4 feet; Long Beach, Twin Harbors, Mocrocks
\u2022 Nov. 21, Friday, 6:59 p.m.; -0.4 feet; Long Beach, Twin Harbors, Copalis
\u2022 Nov. 22, Saturday, 7:34 p.m.; -0.3 feet; Long Beach, Twin Harbors, Copalis
\u2022 Nov. 23, Sunday, 8:12 p.m.; -0.1 feet; Long Beach, Twin Harbors, Mocrocks
\u2022 Dec. 2, Tuesday, 4:11 p.m.; -0.6 feet; Long Beach, Twin Harbors, Copalis
\u2022 Dec. 3, Wednesday, 4:59 p.m.; -1.4 feet; Long Beach, Twin Harbors, Mocrocks
\u2022 Dec. 4, Thursday, 5:47 p.m.; -1.9 feet; Long Beach, Twin Harbors, Mocrocks
\u2022 Dec. 5, Friday, 6:34 p.m.; -2.1 feet; Long Beach, Twin Harbors, Copalis
\u2022 Dec. 6, Saturday, 7:22 p.m.; -1.9 feet; Long Beach, Twin Harbors, Copalis<\/p>\n
\u2022 Dec. 7, Sunday, 8:10 p.m.; -1.4 feet; Long Beach, Twin Harbors, Mocrocks<\/p>\n
\u2022 Dec. 8, Monday, 8:59 p.m.; -0.8 feet; Long Beach, Twin Harbors, Mocrocks<\/p>\n
\u2022 Dec. 18, Thursday, 5:34 p.m.; -0.2 feet; Long Beach, Twin Harbors, Copalis<\/p>\n
\u2022 Dec. 19, Friday, 6:09 p.m.; -0.4 feet; Long Beach, Twin Harbors, Mocrocks<\/p>\n
\u2022 Dec. 20, Saturday, 6:44 p.m.; -0.5 feet; Long Beach, Twin Harbors, Mocrocks<\/p>\n
\u2022 Dec. 21, Sunday, 7:19 p.m.; -0.4 feet; Long Beach, Twin Harbors, Copalis<\/p>\n
\u2022 Dec. 22, Monday, 7:54 p.m.; -0.3 feet; Long Beach, Twin Harbors, Copalis<\/p>\n
\u2022 Dec. 23, Tuesday, 8:31 p.m.; -0.1 feet; Long Beach, Twin Harbors, Mocrocks<\/p>\n
\u2022 Dec. 31, Wednesday, 3:55 p.m.; -0.6 feet; Long Beach, Twin Harbors, Copalis<\/p>\n
\u2022 Jan. 1, Thursday, 4:47 p.m.; -1.2 feet; Long Beach, Twin Harbors, Copalis<\/p>\n
\u2022 Jan. 2, Friday, 5:37 p.m.; -1.6 feet; Long Beach, Twin Harbors, Mocrocks<\/p>\n
\u2022 Jan. 3, Saturday, 6:23 p.m.; -1.7 feet; Long Beach, Twin Harbors, Mocrocks<\/p>\n
\u2022 Jan. 4, Sunday, 7:07 p.m.; -1.5 feet; Long Beach, Twin Harbors, Copalis<\/p>\n
\u2022 Jan. 5, Monday, 7:50 p.m.; -1.1 feet; Long Beach, Twin Harbors, Copalis<\/p>\n
\u2022 Jan. 6, Tuesday, 8:32 p.m.; -0.5 feet; Long Beach, Twin Harbors, Mocrocks<\/p>\n
Most successful digging occurs between one and two hours before the listed time of low tide.<\/p>\n
On all open beaches \u2014 Long Beach, Twin Harbors, Copalis and Mocrocks \u2014 the daily limit is 15 clams per person. Each digger\u2019s clams must be kept in a separate container, and all diggers must keep the first 15 clams they dig, regardless of size or condition.<\/p>\n
Diggers must have a valid 2025-2026 license. Licenses can be purchased from\u202fWDFW\u2019s licensing website\u202fand from hundreds of license vendors around the state. All diggers age 16 or older must have a fishing license to harvest razor clams on any beach.\u202fWDFW recommends diggers buy their license before visiting coastal beach communities.<\/p>\n
During the fall, beaches still have a lot of soft sand built up, which can make beach driving hazardous. WDFW asks that diggers carefully drive on the uppermost part of the hard-packed sand near the high tide line to avoid crushing clam bed and buried female Dungeness crab.<\/p>\n
Be sure to obey the 25-mph speed limit and avoid parking on the beach approaches, which creates congestion leading on and off the beach.
Kalaloch Beach off the northern Olympic Peninsula coast won\u2019t be open due to continuing issues with depressed populations of harvestable clams.<\/p>\n
The 2025-2026 Razor Clam Management Plan is available on the WDFW\u2019s website. WDFW welcomes public input on proposed razor clam schedules and considers this feedback when finalizing each season\u2019s digs.<\/p>\n
Public comments may be emailed to: razorclams@dfw.wa.gov. For more information, refer to the WDFW\u2019s razor clam webpage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Nisqually Valley News staff Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) shellfish managers on Wednesday confirmed razor…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":37969,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[131,133,132],"class_list":["post-37968","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-long-beach","tag-long-beach","tag-long-beach-headlines","tag-long-beach-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37968","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37968"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37968\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37969"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}