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Highliner Charters

Highliner Charters

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Highliner Charters is a fishing charter operator based in Anacortes, Washington. They offer guided salmon, halibut, and lingcod fishing charters in the San Juan Islands. The captain is Coast Guard certified, licensed, and insured.

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Salmon & Steelhead

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Typical flow by month

1943 to 2026

The water at Highliner Charters typically runs highest in January, at a median 395 cfs, and lowest in August, at 30 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 8,510 cfs, in 2009.

Typical flow by month at Samish River near Burlington, WA, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)Relative level
January395257 to 600
February324226 to 502
March324227 to 438
April254200 to 349
May150103 to 206
June9060 to 130
July4434 to 62
August3026 to 38
September3125 to 42
October7738 to 143
November272167 to 431
December345227 to 532

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 58 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Samish River near Burlington, WA (site 12201500). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

Current conditions

96Go/ 100 conditions score

Waves

1.8 ft @ 3s

Wind

6 kt

Gusts 13 kt

Water

62°F

Air

53°F

Streamflow

15 cfs

Much below normal (5th)

Water level

4.14 ft

Rain chance

3%

Forecast outlook

Thu1.8ft67°F
Fri1.7ft72°F
Sat2.5ft69°F
Sun2.0ft66°F
Mon1.3ft71°F
Tue1.7ft75°F

Forecast from Open-Meteo global models (NOAA & ECMWF). See full conditions →

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