Fall tide swings put Oregon Coast anglers to work near Buoy 10

What's next

Tide stations on the Oregon Coast show a high tide this afternoon around 4:43 PM and a low tide around 11:40 AM. With the moon in its Last Quarter phase, that exchange runs on the smaller end through midweek, meaning less current push on the swings than a new or full moon would bring. Those two turns are the windows worth building a trip around.

As ocean temperatures continue their seasonal slide toward winter lows, expect that cooling trend to hold through the month. The Buoy 10 traffic IFish.net anglers are reporting should continue as the fall season keeps boats working that stretch of the lower Columbia.

Context

Water in the mid-50s°F at the start of October is squarely on schedule for the Oregon Coast, where nearshore temperatures typically peak in late summer and ease through fall as upwelling winds back off. The coast is moving into its fall shoulder window, when effort around Buoy 10, as reflected in IFish.net's reports this week, tends to hold steady even as nearshore temperatures slide. The neap tides around this Last Quarter moon are typical for this point in the lunar cycle and should give way to a stronger swing as the moon builds toward new.