Geoduck Dig
Dig a geoduck before the tide takes it back.
A faithful little sim of intertidal geoduck digging in the Pacific Northwest. Find a show, tell a geoduck from a horse clam, then race the sand cave-in, the suction, and the incoming tide to lift the clam out whole.
Tide window 2:45
- Geoducks0/3
- Haul0.0 lb
- Snapped0
- Horse clams0
Pick a tool, then click a show on the flat.
Dug 0.0 ft · body ≈ 0.0 ft
Suction rock to relieve · R
Pull tension release in the green
How the real dig works
- A geoduck never runs. Only its long siphon retracts — the body stays put, 2-3 ft straight down.
- A real "show" is a dimple the size of a quarter, or a neck tip poking above the sand at a −2.0 ft tide.
- Geoduck neck: oval with two siphon holes. Horse clam: round neck with a leathery tip. Learn the difference.
- Pull by the neck and it tears off the shell. You must dig down to the body, loosen it, then lift.
- Plastic tubes flex and break suction; rigid steel tubes grip the sand and fight you the whole way up.
- Wet sand below the water table slumps back into the hole — and the tide is always coming back in.