Hammersley Inlet

Hammersley Inlet, in southwestern Puget Sound in the U.S. state of Washington, is an arm of water opening north of Arcadia and leading to the city of Shelton and Oakland Bay.

[1] Hammersley Inlet connects the Oakland Bay and Shelton to the greater Puget Sound.

As tides change, they force the water through narrow, winding, shallow, Hammersley, producing erratic currents up to 5 knots (9 km/h).

The NOAA chart for the inlet is #18457, but most locals rely on the placemats from the Shelton Yacht Club.

[2] There are few aids to navigation on Hammersley, as the many log booms towed through the inlet over the years have destroyed them.