LOW-LOW TIDE: What it looked like on the north shore (and even lower tomorrow)

Constellation Park and Emma Schmitz Memorial Overlook get most of the love during low-low tides, but West Seattle’s north shores provide some sights too. Above are the pilings only revealed near the diagonal-parking area when the tide goes this far out (-4.0 around 11:30 am today – added, Dave Townsend and our archives remind us that the remains of Luna Park emerge in these conditions); below, further north/west, the view toward the heart of Alki:

And the northeastward view from that same spot:

Tomorrow brings the lowest low tide of the year, -4.1 feet at 12:20 pm.

Delridge Neighbor May 27, 2025 (5:44 pm)

Steve May 27, 2025 (9:04 pm)

We saw this baby octopus huddled up beside a sea star under the Fauntleroy ferry dock. This was my first encounter with one in the wild!White-and-orange tipped nudibranch:A Diamondback Tritonia nudibranch (white), Cockerell’s Dorid nudibranch (orange), and four Thick-horned nudibranchs:Alabaster nudibranch: