Birch Bay Coast Conditions

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Birch Bay, Whatcom County, Washington. Its own tide, water, and roads come first, and every reading is dated and linked back to whoever published it.

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TodayWeather, the highway, the air and fire danger

Weather

Highways

On the WaterTides, the bars, the marine forecast and shellfish

Tides

Bar conditions

SafetyBeach advisories, earthquakes and tsunami

MoreAlerts, scanner feeds, and what this is

Scanner feeds

Public-safety radio from this county that somebody is streaming online, with what the feed actually carries.

What is streamed is each county’s. In Whatcom, fire dispatch for the whole county, the sheriff and Bellingham police on one feed, and the north-county fire district that answers Blaine, Birch Bay and Ferndale; nothing streamed is Point Roberts’ own, and nothing separates Lummi Island. In the islands, the sheriff’s dispatch and Shaw Island’s fire department. In Skagit, one feed carrying the county’s police on one side and fire and EMS on the other, and the State Patrol. In King, Seattle Fire, the sheriff’s southwest precinct that answers Burien and Vashon, Federal Way’s police and the State Patrol; nothing streamed is Vashon’s own fire district. What each feed carries is its own listing on Broadcastify, not something this page has checked against the radio.

Run by volunteers, not by any agency. It plays an ad first, runs a minute or so behind the radio, and can go quiet without notice; Broadcastify’s page shows whether it is on. Not a way to get help: call 911.

Whatcom County

Whatcom County fire dispatch Listed as the county’s all-fire dispatch feed.
Whatcom County sheriff, Bellingham police and WWU police Its own listing names all three on one feed.
North Whatcom Fire and Rescue The fire district for Blaine, Birch Bay and Ferndale, one frequency.
Whatcom County fire talk channels Listed as V-Fire 2, 3 and 5: the follow-up to dispatches, meant to be listened to alongside the dispatch feed.
DNR Northwest Region fire dispatch Listed as fire dispatch and tactical for Whatcom, Skagit and Island counties.

San Juan County

San Juan County sheriff dispatch Listed as the sheriff’s dispatch for the islands.
Shaw Island Fire Listed as the Shaw Island fire department, one island’s own.

Skagit County

Skagit County police and fire A stereo feed: police on the left (the sheriff, Mount Vernon, Burlington, Sedro-Woolley), fire and EMS on the right. Its listing warns some channels are moving to encryption.
State Patrol, Skagit and Island dispatch Listed as the Washington State Patrol’s dispatch for the two counties: I-5 and SR 20.

Island County

Island County public safety Listed as the county’s law, fire and EMS dispatch, Whidbey and Camano.
Camano Island Fire and Rescue Listed as the island’s own fire district.
NOAA Weather Radio, Puget Sound marine (WWG24) The weather service’s own broadcast for this water, read by machine.

Snohomish County

Snohomish County fire, primary response Listed as the county’s primary fire and EMS dispatch.
Snohomish County fire, secondary The second dispatch channel, for events already running.
State Patrol, District 7 Listed as the Washington State Patrol’s Snohomish County dispatch: I-5, US 2 and the state routes.

King County

Seattle Fire Listed as the Seattle Fire Department’s dispatch.
Seattle Fire, and Seattle Police east and south precincts Fire dispatch with the two police precincts on the same feed.
King County Sheriff, southwest dispatch Listed as the sheriff’s southwest precinct: Burien, SeaTac and Vashon Island.
Federal Way Police The city’s police dispatch.
State Patrol, District 2 Listed as the Washington State Patrol’s King County dispatch: I-5, I-90, 520 and the state routes.
Marine VHF from Ballard, channels 13, 14 and 16 The working and calling channels on the Sound off Seattle, as heard from Ballard.

Every link opened and checked September 21, 2026. Feeds on Broadcastify: Whatcom, San Juan, Skagit, Island, Snohomish, King.