Regarding the Ocean Shores jetty, Neil Fergusson wrote:

"1. What are the best TIDES for 'rock-type shorebirds' ?
(Rock SP, Surfbird, Black Turnstone, etc.)
2. How do the the tide times differ from those in the
Seattle ? Is there an easy conversion ?"

The ocean tides at Ocean Shores generally lag Seattle tides by approximately
3 hours, but this is not very reliable and is variable. Pick up a tide
booklet at any sporting goods, map store, book store, Ernst Hardware, etc.,
- they cost less than a buck and last for a year and list ocean tides as
well as Puget Sound tides.

My experience with the rock shorebirds on the Ocean Shores jetty is that
they can be found near the base of the main jetty (near shore) at high tide,
usually on the north side. As the tide recedes they move seaward,
eventually to the extreme outer end of the jetty. If the tidal exchange is
fairly large (ie, the low tide will be fairly low), about mid-ebb tide they
leave this part of the main jetty, and fly east, past the sewage lagoon, and
land on the opposite end of the jetty which becomes exposed during lower
tides. This part of the jetty is quite a bit more "friendly" to navigate as
it is much shorter and doesn't have crashing waves. Access this end of the
jetty by parking at the sewage lagoon, walk south to the bay, then east a
short distance to where the jetty extends into the water.

Good birding!

Dave Nunnallee
dnun461 at ecy.wa.gov
Bellevue, WA