West Seattle weekend scene: Low-low tide @ Fauntleroy ferry dock

June 5, 2016 7:33 pm
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Thanks to Joel Schoenberg for the photo from today’s low-low tide:

This is the Fauntleroy Ferry Dock right at the lowest point of today’s low tide. The pilings are completely out of the water. The other side of the dock where the ferries meet the dock was much deeper, of course. The ferry employees said that the biggest problem is actually that there isn’t enough water for the propellers to provide enough thrust, especially the reverse thrust needed while docking. So slowing down while docking becomes difficult and they risk slamming into the pilings instead of gently docking. Luckily our ferry fleet can float in just 12 feet of water.

If you can get outside at midday, it’ll be -3.2 feet – same as today – again tomorrow, at 12:24 pm.

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