National Wildlife Refuge · FWS · WA
Grays Harbor National Wildlife Refuge
Alerts and conditions
Weather Small Craft Advisory issued November 8 at 2:01PM PST until November 9 at 4:00PM PST by NWS Seattle WA
* WHAT...Bar conditions severe, becoming rough on Monday.
Combined seas 18 to 22 ft with breakers, subsiding to 14 to 16
ft tonight, then to 10 to 12 ft on Monday morning.
* WHERE...Grays Harbor Bar.
* WHEN...Until 4 PM PST Monday.
* IMPACTS...Conditions will be hazardous to small craft
especially when navigating in or near harbor entrances.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Maximum ebb currents will occur around 345
PM Sunday, 400 AM Monday, and 415 PM Monday. The afternoon ebbs
on Sunday and Monday will be strong.
What to do: A Small Craft Advisory for rough bar means that wave conditions are expected to be hazardous to small craft in or near harbor entrances.
Read the full alert · Until Nov 10, 2026, 12:00 AM
History
The designation history for this site (every law, proclamation and order, and the administration behind each) is being researched and checked by the Library’s historians.
What to see and do
Plan your visit
Check the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for current hours, fees and access.
Whose lands these are
These lands are the ancestral and present-day homelands of Native nations. A section on whose lands these are is being prepared with tribal review. In the meantime, Native Land Digital offers a starting point.
Pair it with
- Copalis National Wildlife Refuge FWS · 30 miles
- Willapa National Wildlife Refuge FWS · 42 miles
- Olympic National Forest USFS · 52 miles
- Lewis and Clark National Historical Park NPS · 53 miles
- Lewis and Clark National Wildlife Refuge FWS · 54 miles
- Julia Butler Hansen Refuge for the Columbian White Tail Deer FWS · 56 miles