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South Sound Kayak Tours

South Sound Kayak Tours

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South Sound Kayak Tours is a kayak tour operator in Olympia. They offer guided kayak tours on South Puget Sound, including trips to Hope Island Marine Park, the Olympia waterfront, and sunset tours. Tours are three hours long and run daily from April to October.

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Disciplines
Kayaking, Sea Kayaking, Guided Tours

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Typical flow by month

1945 to 2026

The water at South Sound Kayak Tours typically runs highest in January, at a median 587 cfs, and lowest in September, at 93 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 8,150 cfs, in 1996.

Typical flow by month at Deschutes River at E ST Bridge at Tumwater, WA, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)Relative level
January587373 to 976
February552373 to 850
March508358 to 747
April430339 to 584
May270220 to 364
June190155 to 231
July126105 to 146
August10287 to 120
September9379 to 111
October11488 to 178
November341186 to 665
December495324 to 874

Typical is the median of each month’s daily median values, and the usual range runs from the median 25th to the median 75th percentile, across about 52 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Deschutes River at E ST Bridge at Tumwater, WA (site 12080010). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

Current conditions

89Go/ 100 conditions scoreBest day: Sat, Sep 26 (93)

Streamflow

69 cfs

Below normal (16th)

Water level

24.50 ft

High today

72°F

Wind

8 kt

Gusts 13 kt

Rain chance

1%

Week ahead

Mon72°F1%
Tue70°F3%
Wed69°F2%
Thu65°F70%
Fri67°F73%
Sat67°F2%
Sun53°F15%

Forecast from Open-Meteo global models (NOAA & ECMWF).

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