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Port Intelligence Brief

Port Angeles, United States

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69 Verified Intelligence Items

65Verified
Intelligence

31Official
Sources

91%Overall
Confidence

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CoordinatesN 48 7' .0012"
W 123 25' 59.9988"

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Harbor ProfileAlaska-Canada coastal waters; North Pacific Ocean
Size: Small

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EntranceTidal Range: 3.94 ft
Depth: 61.01 ft

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Port StatusPort of Entry: Yes
Shelter: Good

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Last UpdateJun 28, 2026
09:30 ET

🧭 Approach & Entrance 6 items

🛟 Shelter & Refuge 7 items

⚠ Local Cautions 8 items

🛒 Crew Rest & Resupply 7 items

☎ Harbor / Authority 6 items 🔒

📡 Contacts & VHF 5 items 🔒

🛥 Marinas 7 items 🔒

⛽ Fuel & Utilities 8 items 🔒

🛂 Clearance & Formalities 8 items 🔒

🚑 Medical & Emergency 7 items 🔒

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Current Briefing

Approach & Entrance

Port Angeles approach intelligence includes pilotage, entrance channel depths, harbor communications, traffic density, anchoring restrictions, and operational cautions for arrival planning.

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Verified Intelligence

Vessel Traffic / Vts / Traffic Separation

Official Source · Verified Jun 27, 2026

U.S. waters east of Port Angeles are covered by Vessel Traffic Service Puget Sound ("Seattle Traffic"); traffic separation schemes apply in approaches to the Strait of Juan de Fuca; VTS calling frequency: VHF 5A (156.25 MHz) / use VHF 14 or 13 as directed for local passing arrangements.

95% Confidence

Anchoring Restrictions (Non‑Anchorage Area)

Official Source · Verified Jun 27, 2026

Port Angeles Harbor contains a designated non‑anchorage area under 33 CFR §110.229 (explicit coordinates listed in regulation); no vessel may anchor within this area at any time and transit must be by most direct route without unnecessary delay.

95% Confidence

Entrance Aids / Precautionary Buoy

Official Source · Verified Jun 27, 2026

A lighted buoy marks the precautionary area between Race Rocks and Port Angeles; that buoy is RACON‑equipped and Coast Pilot recommends leaving these buoys to port when transiting inbound.

93% Confidence

Pilotage / Pilot Station

Official Source · Verified Jun 27, 2026

Puget Sound Pilots maintain a pilot station at Port Angeles; Washington State pilotage regulations cover the Puget Sound district and boarding/deboarding at Port Angeles is regulated (see WAC 363-116 and Puget Sound Pilots operations). Pilots recommended for mariners unfamiliar with the area; pilotage compulsory for certain classes (per state law and Coast Pilot guidance).

92% Confidence

Tides / Local Gauge And Current Character

Official Source · Verified Jun 27, 2026

NOAA tide station Port Angeles (Station ID 9444090) is the local tide gauge for datum and observations; inside Ediz Hook currents are commonly weak/variable, but the Strait entrance may have strong, irregular currents in bad weather — exercise extreme caution.

90% Confidence

Charted Local Shoal / Berthing Caution

Official Source · Verified Jun 27, 2026

Coast Pilot notes a charted 25‑ft (approx.) shoal about 100 feet east of the face of a specific mill/wharf in the harbor (local reported alongside depths vary; tugs recommended for docking/undocking at some terminals).

88% Confidence