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 Sunset Beach (Whidbey Island) is -. The average water temperature in Sunset Beach (Whidbey Island) 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, 7th of August of 2022, the sun rose in Sunset Beach (Whidbey Island) at 5:54:44 am and sunset was at 8:36:59 pm. In the high tide and low tide chart, we can see that the first low tide was at 6:09 am and the next low tide at 5:55 pm. The first high tide was at 3:05 pm and the next high tide at 11:02 pm.
Today we had 14 hours and 42 minutes of sun. The solar transit was at 1:15:51 pm.
The tidal coefficient today is 53 (average). At noon the tidal coefficient increases to 57. The day ends with a tidal coefficient of 61.
We can compare these levels with the maximum high tide recorded in the tide tables for Sunset Beach (Whidbey Island) which is of 8.5 ft and a minimum height of -3.9 ft.
The following graph shows the progression of the tidal coefficient in the month of August of 2022.These values give us a rough idea of the tidal amplitude in Sunset Beach (Whidbey Island), forecast in August.
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 Sunset Beach, the wind in Sunset Beach and the surf forecast in Sunset Beach before you go fishing.
The moon set at 12:37 am at 233° southwest. Then, the moon rose at 131° southeast at 5:27 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
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Point Partridge (Whidbey Island) (4 mi.) | Coupeville (Penn Cove, Whidbey Island) (5 mi.) | Crescent Harbor (Whidbey Island) (5 mi.) | Smith Island (5 mi.) | Keystone Harbor (Admiralty Head) (9 mi.) | Cornet Bay (Deception Pass) (10 mi.) | Bowman Bay (10 mi.) | Ala Spit (Whidbey Island) (10 mi.) | Yokeko Point (Deception Pass) (10 mi.) | Aleck Bay (Lopez Island) (11 mi.) | Sneeoosh Point (12 mi.) | Port Townsend (12 mi.) | Burrows Bay (Allan Island) (12 mi.) | La Conner (Swinomish Channel) (13 mi.) | Marrowstone Point (13 mi.) | Richardson (Lopez Island) (14 mi.) | Turner Bay (14 mi.) | Greenbank (Whidbey Island) (14 mi.) | Padilla Bay (Swinomish Channel Entrance) (16 mi.) | Ship Harbor (Fidalgo Island) (16 mi.)