Birch Bay, United States

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About Birch Bay

Birch Bay is a town in Washington, United States. From Birch Bay you can reach 1 surf spot and 1 dive site. The nearest is Seaman Spit, a surf spot 2.2 km from the centre. Overture lists 23 places to stay within 2 km of the centre, 12 of them campsites. The nearest airport is BLI, 21 km away.

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Staying in Birch Bay

  • 23 places to stay within 2 km of the centre, 12 of them campsites (Overture places)
  • Nearest airports: BLI, 21 km, ESD, 27 km, YXX, 30 km

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Where it is

Each place is ringed by its best day this week, a surf spot for intermediates: green on a good day. The dashed circle is 20 km from Birch Bay.

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Surf within 20 km

The next 7 days. Each day's wave height, green on a good day for the level each spot suits. Pick your level for the days that suit you.

Wave height in feet, the wave energy in kJ under it.GoodUnder each day, the wind in knots: the arrow points where it blows to.A tag under a spot's name is the level its colours are for: Expert

Surf spots within 20 km of Birch Bay: Sun 18 Oct to Sat 24 Oct
SpotSun 18Mon 19Tue 20Wed 21Thu 22Fri 23Sat 24
Seaman Spit2.2 kmabout 5 min by carNeeds 5 ft+<1 ft0 kJwind from the north-north-east, 4 knots, too small for experts1 ft0 kJwind from the east-south-east, 1 knot, offshore, too small for experts1 ft2 kJwind from the north, 2 knots, too small for experts<1 ft0 kJwind from the north-east, 1 knot, too small for experts1 ft0 kJwind from the south, 4 knots, too small for experts<1 ft0 kJwind from the south-west, 3 knots, too small for experts<1 ft0 kJwind from the east-north-east, 13 knots, offshore, too small for experts
All readings for Seaman Spit: score, swell, energy, wind and temperature each day
Forecast and score for expert surfers at Seaman Spit, each day
DayScorefor ExpertSwellEnergyWindTemp
Sun 18Oct1, too smallunder 1 ft2 s0kJwind from the north-north-east, 4 knots13°C
Mon 19Oct3, too small1 ft2 smushy0kJwind from the east-south-east, 1 knot, offshore14°C
Tue 20Oct4, too small1 ft3 smushy2kJwind from the north, 2 knots17°C
Wed 21Oct1, too smallunder 1 ft2 s0kJwind from the north-east, 1 knot16°C
Thu 22Oct1, too small1 ft3 s0kJwind from the south, 4 knots12°C
Fri 23Oct1, too smallunder 1 ft2 s0kJwind from the south-west, 3 knots11°C
Sat 24Oct0, too smallunder 1 ft3 s0kJwind from the east-north-east, 13 knots, offshore8°C

Distances are in a straight line from the middle of Birch Bay, to spots that land joins: none across a bay or on another island. A drive marked "about" is our estimate: the straight line times 1.8 minutes a km, measured on the drives we have routed (half of those come within 21% of the routed time).

Dive near Birch Bay

Places to eat near Birch Bay

Within 2 km of the town centre, listed by how complete the listing is (website, opening hours, cuisine) and whether two sources name it. Not a judgement of the food: we have no reviews. Listings © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Overture Maps Foundation. Credits