Our family took a trip up to Friday Harbor from Port Townsend a couple of weeks ago. Went in the afternoon after a low tide. Had some big swells on the way up and the winds picked up and we found ourselves in a nasty whitewater rip at the entrance to San Juan Pass off Cattle Point. Real scary for us when waves came in three directions at once and came over the windshield. Probably about an 8 foot wave. My wife was ready to call the Coast Guard and we probably should have. My son was crying. I calmed the family down and said we were going to power through it and we did. Our 22 footer handled it pretty well. We wondered why we were the only boat out there. Make sure you check conditions before leaving, don't go during the rip and file a trip plan. I was praying that I was at the river on the bank fishing for summeruns.

Anyway I went to Kings Marine in Friday Harbor the next day asking for information. They said try Pile Point, Eagle Point and Cattle Point. They said it was pretty rough and best time to go was in the morning before the winds kicked up. I wasn't to anxious to go back to the south side of the island. We went to Roche Harbor and tried the northwest side of San Juan around Smugglers Cove. No bites. Went back to Friday Harbor and caught some rock crab off the docks that my son had spotted. Went back the next morning to PT and it was real calm.