LONG BEACH — Nineteen days of razor clam digging in April on the Long Beach Peninsula have been adopted tentatively by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife.
Final confirmation will come about a week before the scheduled digging, depending on the results of marine toxin tests.
The dates are April 3 through 12 and April 20 through 28.
Long Beach currently is open to digging daily through March 31.
Razor clam diggers will need a new annual license beginning April 1.
An annual license costs $14.10 and is valid April 1 through March 31. A three-day razor clam license costs $9.70. An annual combination fishing and shellfish licenses costs $55.35.
Low tides during the 19 days in April are: April 3, 4:13 p.m., 0.5 feet; April 4, 5:04 p.m., 0.1 feet; April 5, 5:51 p.m., 0.0 feet; April 6, 6:36 p.m., 0.0 feet; April 7, 7:07 a.m., -0.6 feet; April 8, 7:54 a.m., -1-1 feet; April 9, 8:42 a.m., -1.3 feet; April 10, 9:32 a.m., -1.2 feet; April 11, -0.9 feet; 10:23 a.m.; April 12, 11:19 a.m., -0.4 feet; April 20, 6:25 a.m., 0.6 feet; April 21, 7:01 a.m., 0.2 feet; April 22, 7:35 a.m., 0.0 feet; April 23, 8:08 a.m., -0.2 feet; April 24, 8:42 a.m., -0.2 feet; April 25, 9:18 a.m., -0.2 feet; April 26, 9:56 a.m., -0.1 feet; April 26, 9:56 a.m., -0.1 feet; April 27, 10:39 a.m., 0.1 feet and April 28, 11:28 a.m., 0.3 feet.
The Long Beach Razor Clam Festival will be April 9 and 10 and include free razor clam digging and cleaning lessons. For more about the festival, the web site is http://longbeachrazorclamfestival.com.
