Seven days of razor clam digs begin Thursday at Long Beach, Twin Harbors, Copalis and Mocrocks with additional dates planned through early March.
“Low swell and nice weather resulted in successful razor clam digging for those who came out to the coast to celebrate the New Year,” state Department of Fish and Wildlife Coastal Shellfish Manager Bryce Blumenthal said in a news release. “Hopefully, similar conditions will come together for these upcoming digs during the Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday weekend.”
Copalis and Mocrocks beaches are not open every day during the series of digs, so diggers need to check which beaches are open before heading out.
Digging is not allowed before noon when low tide occurs in the afternoon or evening. Most successful digging occurs between one and two hours before low tide.
The following digs during afternoon low tides have been scheduled: Thursday at Long Beach, Twin Harbors and Mocrocks; Friday and Saturday at Long Beach, Twin Harbors and Copalis; Sunday and Monday at Long Beach, Twin Harbors and Mocrocks; Tuesday and Wednesday at Long Beach, Twin Harbors and Copalis.
The daily limit is 15 clams per person. Each digger’s clams must be kept in a separate container, and all diggers must keep the first 15 clams they dig, regardless of size or condition.
Kalaloch Beach off the northern Olympic Peninsula coast is not open due to continuing issues with small populations of harvestable clams.
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