The effects of Water Temperature
Fish are cold blooded, which means their metabolism is strongly influenced by the temperature of their surrounding environment. Fish want to stay comfortable. Consequently, even a small change or break will cause fish to move from one location to another.
In general, this behavior varies for each species and place, so we can not specify an ideal water temperature, however as a general rule we will try to avoid the temperatures abnormally cold in summer and too warm in winter. Remember, look for the comfort zones and you will find the fish.
At this moment the current water temperature in Bellingham is -. The average water temperature in Bellingham today is -.
We consider the waves in the open sea.
The waves you will find on the shore can be slightly affected by the orientation of the coastline and the seabed of the beaches, although in most cases they are usually equivalent.
Today Sunday, 17th of February of 2019, the sun rose in Bellingham at 7:13 am and sunset will be at 5:37 pm. In the high tide and low tide chart, we can see that the first high tide was at 4:35 am and the next high tide will be at 1:43 pm. The first low tide was at 9:04 am and the next low tide will be at 9:26 pm.
Today we have 10 hours and 24 minutes of sun. The solar transit was at 12:25 pm.
The tidal coefficient today is 86, a high value and therefore the range of tides and currents will also be high. At noon the tidal coefficient increases to 93. The day ends with a tidal coefficient of 99.
We can compare these levels with the maximum high tide recorded in the tide tables for Bellingham which is of 9.8 ft and a minimum height of -3.6 ft.
The following graph shows the progression of the tidal coefficient in the month of February of 2019.These values give us a rough idea of the tidal amplitude in Bellingham, forecast in February.
Large coefficients indicate important high and low tides; major currents and movements usually take place on the sea bed. But bear in mind that this tidal amplitude may be greatly affected by the weather and you should also consult the weather forecast in Bellingham and the wind and wave forecast in Bellingham before you go fishing.
The moon set at 6:07 am at 302° northwest. Eventually, the moon will rise again in the northeast (60°) at 3:17 pm.
When the solunar period coincides with sunrise or sunset, we can expect more activity than initially planned. These peak periods are reflected in green. We additionally point out in the chart the periods of greatest activity during the year with a big blue fish on the period bar + info
USA: AL | CA | CT | DC | DE | FL (east) | FL (gulf) | FL (west) | FL (keys) | GA | LA | MA | MD | ME | MS | NC | NH | NY | OR | PA | RI | SC | TX | VA | WA
Chuckanut Bay (5 mi.) | Fishermans Cove (Gooseberry Point) (8 mi.) | Village Point (Lummi Island) (10 mi.) | Point Migley (Lummi Island) (10 mi.) | Sandy Point (Lummi Bay) (10 mi.) | Ferndale (12 mi.) | Cherry Point (14 mi.) | Tide Point (Cypress Island) (16 mi.) | Strawberry Bay (Cypress Island) (16 mi.) | Anacortes (Guemes Channel) (17 mi.) | Peavine Pass (17 mi.) | Echo Bay (18 mi.) | East Sound (Orcas Island) (18 mi.) | Ship Harbor (Fidalgo Island) (18 mi.) | Padilla Bay (Swinomish Channel Entrance) (20 mi.) | Armitage Island (20 mi.) | Turner Bay (21 mi.) | Blaine (Semiahmoo Bay) (21 mi.) | Upright Head (Lopez Island) (21 mi.) | Burrows Bay (Allan Island) (22 mi.) | Patos Island Wharf (22 mi.) | Shaw Island (23 mi.) | Orcas (Orcas Island) (23 mi.) | White Rock (23 mi.) | Yokeko Point (Deception Pass) (24 mi.) | Bowman Bay (24 mi.) | Sneeoosh Point (24 mi.) | La Conner (Swinomish Channel) (24 mi.) | Ala Spit (Whidbey Island) (24 mi.) | Cornet Bay (Deception Pass) (24 mi.) | Crescent Beach (27 mi.) | Friday Harbor (27 mi.) | Aleck Bay (Lopez Island) (28 mi.) | Narvaez Bay (28 mi.) | Tumbo Channel (28 mi.) | Richardson (Lopez Island) (28 mi.) | Roche Harbor (San Juan Island) (32 mi.)