Washington razor clam season 2026–27
Tentative dates in the fall, toxin tests before every series, evening digs until the new year and morning digs in spring. Here is how it works and where it stands today.
WDFW postponed all Washington razor clam digs until further notice on Tuesday, October 6, 2026 because marine toxin (domoic acid) levels are rising above the Department of Health limit. No beach is open for digging. New dates will be announced when toxin tests allow, and DigTide will alert you the moment that happens.
Updated Oct 7, 12:07 PM PT · Full schedule
How a Washington razor clam season works
The season is not a single opening. WDFW publishes a tentative list of dig dates for the fall and winter, usually in late September, chosen around the lowest tides of each month. Each series of dates is then approved, or not, about a week before it starts, once razor clams from each beach have passed two rounds of marine toxin tests run by the Department of Health.
Digs run on evening low tides from October into the new year and on morning low tides from March through May. The five managed beaches are Long Beach, Twin Harbors, Copalis, Mocrocks and Kalaloch, and not every beach opens on every date. Long Beach and Twin Harbors usually share dates, Copalis and Mocrocks often alternate, and Kalaloch opens rarely.
Tentative, approved, postponed
Tentative dates are the plan. Approved dates are legal to dig once WDFW announces the toxin tests have passed. A postponement means the tests failed or are trending the wrong way, and no beach opens until a later announcement. All three states show in DigTide and on this site as soon as WDFW publishes them.
Beach status right now
Copalis Beach
Digs postponed by WDFW until further notice (marine toxins)
PostponedMocrocks
Digs postponed by WDFW until further notice (marine toxins)
PostponedLong Beach
Digs postponed by WDFW until further notice (marine toxins)
PostponedTwin Harbors
Digs postponed by WDFW until further notice (marine toxins)
ClosedKalaloch
Closed by the WA Department of Health (marine biotoxin)
How to follow the season
WDFW posts approvals as news releases on its razor clam page, usually on a weekday afternoon. DigTide checks that page every ten minutes during those hours and pushes an alert to anyone watching the beach the moment a series is approved, with the tide and the digging window for the first date. The free tier carries closure and postponement alerts for everyone.
Hear it the minute a series is approved.
Watch your beaches in DigTide and the approval comes to you, with the window for the first date.