DAY 1: West Seattle Glass Float Hunt begins

August 8, 2025 11:50 am

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As announced earlier this summer, today is the first day of this year’s West Seattle Glass Float Hunt, a collaboration between the West Seattle Junction Association and West Seattle Chamber of Commerce. Over the next week, a total of 100 glass floats like the one shown above, crafted by Avalon Glassworks, will have been hidden all around West Seattle – both inside local businesses and outdoors. Get the daily clues – and see where floats already have been found (eight as of this writing!) – at westseattlefloathunt.com.

7 Replies to "DAY 1: West Seattle Glass Float Hunt begins"

No luck chuck August 8, 2025 (6:38 pm)

We searched for hours at EC Hughes…curious where someone found it?? Happy hunting!
- HowdyNeighbor August 8, 2025 (7:40 pm)
  
  There were so many of us searching this afternoon/evening! It looks like someone found it early this morning and maybe the website never updated lol would also like to know the winning location
- Tony August 8, 2025 (8:02 pm)
  
  I was there looking for hours as well. Then at about six PM, the website updated and showed that someone had found it early this morning. Request to anyone searching: If you find one, could you please update the website immediately? Tons of people at EC Hughes wasted several hours looking for a float that was long gone.
  - Float Maker August 9, 2025 (7:39 am)
    
    If you think your time was “wasted,” you are doing it wrong! The joy is the hunt, meeting your neighbors, supporting local businesses, and being outdoors.
    - ACE August 9, 2025 (4:42 pm)
      
      100% agree with you Float Maker. I had a lovely morning exploring WS and came up empty on the float search. Fun anyway!Who know who else is missing the point? The woman who parked her car (and left it running) in the middle of the pedestrian cross walk at Alki Beach Park so she could walk around and hunt for the float around 10:30 AM this morning. There is no need to illegally park at a crosswalk that is busy with walkers, bikers, strollers, etc.over a glass float.
    - Frust Rated August 10, 2025 (1:32 pm)
      
      I do get that perspective; I really do. But I’ve now shown up at multiple locations where there are dozens of people already looking and dozens more arriving by the time I’ve left . And I can only assume it’s like this at each possible location all day until it’s marked found. That’s a lot of driving for a lot of people, who could be having just as much fun meeting neighbors and exploring new places at a place where there is a chance of actually finding one :) I don’t know if any of the float fairies are out watching/observing, but it’s pretty wild how many people you see at each clue site right now.
SLJ August 9, 2025 (7:48 am)

I love this local tradition! One of the many things that makes West Seattle special.

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