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Alki Beach

Seattle, King County · 98116

West Seattle's city beach, where low tides reveal small frosted glass in a wide range of colours, including Rainier beer brown.

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Sunset over the shoreline at Alki Beach, Seattle
Photo: “Sunset. Alki Beach, Seattle. (March, 2014) 2” by senapa, CC BY-SA 3.0

About Alki Beach

Alki Beach is Seattle's best-known urban beach, a short drive or water-taxi ride from downtown. A Beachcombing Magazine writer describes regular hunts here, with the big tidal range exposing glass among the stones at low water.

Sea glass at Alki Beach

Mostly small (under half an inch) white and brown pieces, plus greens, aqua and cobalt; rarer lavender, grey, red, pink, orange, yellow and UV Depression-era glass, sea pottery and bonfire glass. Go around low tide.

Visiting Alki Beach

Parking
Free street parking in the surrounding residential area.
Safety
Check the tide times before you go and head out on a falling tide, so you're never cut off. Keep away from the bottom of cliffs, wear sturdy shoes on rocks, and follow the collecting rules above.
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