The Seattle Aquarium's summer beach-naturalist program, now in its 11th year, helps showcase for visitors Puget Sound's natural wonders at low tide.

Families with children age 6 and up can join a free beach walk from noon to 2 p.m. July 23 and 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Aug. 20 at Discovery Park. Call 206-386-4236 the morning of the walk to register.

Another world comes out during the extreme ebb tides of spring and summer on Puget Sound, when geoducks poke their siphons into the air, purple sea stars cling to the undersides of rocks and tiny ...

A shellfish farmer on Little Skookum Inlet in south Puget Sound reported the muddy sand on his beach reaching 135 degrees. “It was a Murphy’s Law of extreme heat and the lowest tides of the ...

Living in the Puget Sound-area, ... It is easy to find crabs of all sizes and colors when exploring a Puget Sound beach at low tide. ... barnacle-encrusted rocks to release a tiny crab flurry.

The lowest tides of the year are coming to Puget Sound ... Beach naturalists—tidepool experts—will be on hand ... They hand-placed 33 tons of rocks into a knee-high wall designed to ...

HANSVILLE -- I have always been intrigued by the name Point No Point whenever I looked at a map of northern Kitsap County or wrote about how good the salmon fishing was off the point.

Diver Jackie Keleher prepares to enter Puget Sound near Tacoma’s Owen Beach on Monday, July 24, 2023. A group of three divers is surveying kelp in the area. ...

“He said, ‘Doug, I think it’s a shark out on the beach,’” Mackenzie said, standing along the waters of Puget Sound Tuesday. “I then came all the way down to the beach and investigated ...

Not your typical Puget Sound beach. ... It is a walk of maybe 20 yards from the parking lot to the beach. But if you walk along the path past the keeper's quarters, ...