Hammond Boat Basin
Boat launch- Lands
- Ocean Dungeness; sturgeon in the estuary.
- Best on
- Cross the bar only on a calm slack.
- Access
- Estuary launch; big water, big boat.
Places / Open Coast
Astoria · Clatsop Beaches
Where the river meets the surf: razor-clam beaches, ocean crab, and the summer commingling ground of white and green sturgeon.
Now · Thursday, September 3
Weather
58°F
Overcast · wind 5 mph
Water temp
65°F
50–60°F crabs best
Seas / safety
11.5 ft
Building seas · wind 19 kt
Next tide
Low 1:25 AM
next low 1:25 AM · 0.2′
Tide
When to go — crab feed on the slack
Go at 8:03 AMhigh slack · ~13h out
At Columbia River Mouth, the peak is the high slack: the incoming carries the saltiest, cleanest water and the crab up the bay. Fish the last of the flood into it, along the channel edge.
Low-water windows ahead. Pick a day
Live · NOAA CO-OPS 9439040 · Open-Meteo · NDBC 46050. Clams and crab work best on the low.
Local provisions
Clatsop razor-clam beaches close Jul 15–Sep 30. Sturgeon here are a mix of legal white and protected green; ID before you keep. Surf and bar conditions gate access.
The actual places you stand: what each lands, when it turns on, and how you get on it.