Clam diggers can get out their calendars and plan their next trip to the beach. The state Department of Fish and Wildlife has released the dates for proposed razor clam digs through the end of the year.

Starting Saturday, Twin Harbors will be open for four nights of digging if marine toxin tests show the clams are safe to eat. Three other beaches – Long Beach, Copalis and Mocrocks – are scheduled to be open Saturday and Oct. 28.

Dan Ayres, coastal shellfish manager, said the department based the tentative schedule on a combination of clam abundance, the timing og low evening tides and the results of a public comment period conducted over the past month.

“The number of clams is up at all beaches except Kalaloch this year, so we’re expecting a very good season,” he said.

“By popular demand, we included a dig on New Year’s Eve, even though the tide isn’t ideal,” Ayres said. “It’s a holiday tradition for some diggers.”

All the digs through the end of the year are scheduled on low evening tides; no digging is allowed before noon on any day. Additional digs will be announced for 2013 early in the new year.

“After this series of digs, we’ll have enough clams available for harvest to offer significant digging opportunities during daylight hours in spring,” Ayres said.

Anyone age 15 or older who plans to dig for clams must have an applicable 2012-13 fishing license to harvest razor clams on any beach. Licenses, ranging from a three-day razor clam license to an annual combination fishing license, are available at https://fishhunt.dfw.wa.gov and from license vendors around the state.

Under state law, each digger can take 15 razor clams per day, and must keep the first 15 clams they dig to prevent wastage. Each digger’s clams must be kept in a separate container.

Tentative razor clam digs

The proposed digs through Dec. 31:

Saturday: 5:57 p.m., +0.2 feet, Long Beach, Twin Harbors, Copalis, Mocrocks

Oct. 28: 6:36 p.m., -0.1 feet, Long Beach, Twin Harbors, Copalis, Mocrocks

Oct. 29: 7:12 p.m., -0.3 feet, Twin Harbors

Oct. 30: 7:46 p.m., -0.4 feet, Twin Harbors

Nov. 13: 5:54 p.m., -1.6 feet, Twin Harbors

Nov. 14: 6:41 p.m., -1.9 feet, Twin Harbors

Nov. 15: 7:29 p.m., -1.9 feet, Long Beach, Twin Harbors

Nov. 16: 8:18 p.m., -1.6 feet, Long Beach, Twin Harbors, Copalis, Mocrocks

Nov. 17: 9:09 p.m., -1.1 feet, Long Beach, Twin Harbors, Copalis, Mocrocks

Nov. 26: 5:16 p.m., -0.1 feet, Twin Harbors

Nov. 27: 5:52 p.m., -0.3 feet, Twin Harbors

Nov. 28: 6:27 p.m., -0.4 feet, Twin Harbors

Nov. 29: 7:01 p.m., -0.4 feet, Long Beach, Twin Harbors

Nov. 30: 7:35 p.m., -0.3 feet, Long Beach, Twin Harbors, Copalis, Mocrocks

Dec. 1: 8:10 p.m., -0.1 feet, Long Beach, Twin Harbors, Copalis, Mocrocks

Dec. 11: 4:51 p.m., -1.1 feet, Twin Harbors

Dec. 12: 5:40 p.m., -1.6 feet, Twin Harbors

Dec. 13: 6:29 p.m., -1.9 feet, Twin Harbors

Dec. 14: 7:15 p.m., -1.8 feet, Long Beach, Twin Harbors, Copalis, Mocrocks

Dec. 15: 8:01 p.m., -1.6 feet, Long Beach, Twin Harbors, Copalis, Mocrocks

Dec. 16: 8:47 p.m., -1.0 feet, Twin Harbors, Mocrocks

Dec. 28: 6:42 p.m., -0.3 feet, Twin Harbors

Dec. 29: 7:15 p.m., -0.3 feet, Long Beach, Twin Harbors, Mocrocks

Dec. 30: 7:47 p.m., -0.2 feet, Long Beach, Twin Harbors, Copalis, Mocrocks

Dec. 31: 8:20 p.m., 0.0, Long Beach, Twin Harbors, Copalis, Mocrocks