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The Colvos Passage is a tidal strait within Puget Sound in the American state of Washington running west of Vashon Island between the island and the Kitsap Peninsula. It lies just north of the Dalco Passage. Colvos Passage has a permanent predominantly northbound current, in contrast to the rest of Puget Sound which varies with the tide.
The maximum tidal currents, in the range of 9 to 10 knots, occurs at Deception Pass. [3] ... U.S. Coast Survey nautical chart of Puget Sound, Washington Territory, 1867.
As tides change in the South Puget Sound, Hammersley Inlet is the only artery through which all water must flow between the Oakland Bay and the greater Puget Sound. As tides change, they force the water through narrow, winding, shallow, Hammersley, producing erratic currents up to 5 knots (9 km/h).
Saratoga Passage lies in Puget Sound between Whidbey Island and Camano Island. Saratoga Passage extends about 18 miles in a northwesterly direction from its entrance between Sandy Point on the Whidbey Island side and Camano Head on the other. At its northern end, Saratoga Passage connects with Penn Cove and Crescent Harbor, and leads east into ...
According to Puget Sound Energy, which serves approximately 1.2 million electric and over 900,000 natural gas customers in the Puget Sound area, as of 11:59 p.m. local time Wednesday, they have ...
Its northern boundary is defined as a line running between Point Wilson and Point Partridge, and it extends south to the southern end of Whidbey Island and Point No Point on the Kitsap Peninsula, where it joins the Central Basin of Puget Sound's Main Basin. Admiralty Inlet's area is 437 square kilometres (169 sq mi), with a volume of 15,200 ...
The tidal currents carried the entrapped drowned migrants' bodies to San Juan Island to the north and west of the pass; many ended up in Dead Man's Bay. View looking south from Pass Island. From left to right, are visible Strawberry Island, part of Ben Ure Island, the bulk of Whidbey Island and the south span of the Deception Pass Bridge.
Latest weather forecast calls for a light-and-sound show around the Puget Sound region. Craig Sailor. June 14, 2024 at 8:30 AM. Tony Overman/toverman@theolympian.com.