FOLLOWUP: 2026 West Seattle Glass Float Hunt officially over!

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(Pre-hunt example photo courtesy West Seattle Chamber of Commerce)

After nine days, this year’s West Seattle Glass Float Hunt is officially over. We’ve been updating it in our daily highlight lists every day since it began on Friday, August 7, and noted on today’s list that only one of the 105 floats remained unfound as of 6 am. Since then, according to the official Float Hunt webpage, that last one was found just before 11 am at Arthur’s in The Admiral District. The West Seattle Chamber of Commerce and West Seattle Junction Association presented the Float Hunt again this year as a way to encourage people to discover more of the peninsula’s special places, from businesses to parks. All 105 floats were hand-blown at Avalon Glassworks (before its owners retired) and were placed in spots from Alki to Highland Park to Arbor Heights. Everyone who found one gets to keep it. Congratulations to all!

Ferryboat August 17, 2026 (7:11 am)

Thank you to the WS Chamber of Commerce for organizing the WS Glass Float Hunt again this year! With big thanks to Avalon Glassworks, all the businesses that sponsored floats and/or had floats hidden inside their businesses. I hope residents went and explored businesses they had never been in before and will now patronize them. I would love if people who found floats out in our amazing parks would share where the float was found. (Example: Where was #28?–To the right of the Fauntleroy Ferry, a small oasis awaits. Wave to the salmon, and not too far from the path it could happen!) Over the weekend as I was searching at some of the locations, with many other residents we were not able to locate the beautiful hidden treasure, but three hours later the float was found…share where you found it at the location. It would help many of us know if we were at least on the right track. Thank you again to all the organizers and participants. I’m confident that a new glassblower will emerge for next year’s hunt!