Public ramp · Pierce County · Washington
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The last reading here is 43 days old — past what we'll stand behind, so we're going back to the source.
Pulling NDBC buoy 46121 · NOAA tide station 9446484
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American Lake is a public boat ramp in Pierce County, Washington, on American Lake. From here SeaStatus scores 3 waters: Nisqually Reach, Cormorant Passage and Puget Sound and Hood Canal (Area 14 of 20).
The main water here is Cormorant Passage. Inlets are scored on wind, waves and, more than on any other water, the tidal current: an ebb running against an onshore wind is what makes an inlet dangerous. Wind, and waves where it reports them, come from NDBC buoy 46121, and tide predictions come from NOAA station 9446714, Steilacoom, Cormorant Passage, the closest one to here. Its conditions are read at a reference point on the water about 3.5 mi from this ramp.
Scores are decision support, not a substitute for your own judgment or the official NWS forecast. Read the limits.
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Sources · NOAA Tide Station 9446714 · NDBC Buoy 46121