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Dramatic Seascapes Forecast for Byron Bay, Australian Coast

Byron Bay, New South Wales, Australia

Byron Bay's headland curves around surf beaches below Cape Byron Lighthouse, with rocky coves and the eastern horizon anchoring sunrise frames.

Currently

Real-time conditions

Coastal Drama Score

Wave Height0.7m

Swell Height0.1m

Wind Speed1.6m/s (calm conditions)

Wind Gusts3.3m/s

Cloud Cover5%

Visibility24134 (Clear)

Upcoming Opportunities

When all conditions match, PhotoWeather marks an opportunity window.

Times shown in Australia/Sydney

No opportunities in the next 14 days

See which requirements block the most forecast hours below.

Most common blockers (85-hour forecast)

Coastal Drama Score100% of hours

How this forecast is evaluated

See which weather signals PhotoWeather uses to identify Dramatic Seascapes conditions across Australian Coast. The requirements and hourly values below show how those signals apply at Byron Bay.

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Recorded match history

Completed PhotoWeather forecast matches recorded for this exact rule at Byron Bay during the last 365 days.

Last 30 days

recorded matching windows · 51% average confidence

Last 90 days

recorded matching windows · 50% average confidence

Last 365 days

recorded matching windows · 50% average confidence

Most represented month

August, with 24 of 39 matches recorded in the last 365 days.

These figures use completed PhotoWeather MatchEvent records from the previous 365 days only. They describe recorded forecast matches, not observations, climatological probability, or a guarantee of future conditions.

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85-hour requirements breakdown

When available, the detailed table below covers only the stated 85-hour horizon (typically 72–168 hours, depending on available hourly data). Opportunity records above span the next 14 days, so this table does not explain that entire 14-day period.

What passed or failed, hour by hour

0matching hours in the next 85 hours

AND logic: all conditions required

Meets requirement

Misses requirement

Time Australia/Sydney	Coastal Drama Score ≥ 45.0%
Sat, Aug 22
15:00	9.5%
16:00	9.5%
17:00	11%
18:00	8.9%
19:00	7.5%
20:00	8.9%
21:00	8.9%
22:00	8.9%
23:00	8.9%
Sun, Aug 23
24:00	8.9%
01:00	7.5%
02:00	7.5%
03:00	7.5%
04:00	7.5%
05:00	7.5%
06:00	8.5%
07:00	8.2%
08:00	8.2%
09:00	6.1%
10:00	6.8%
11:00	9.9%
12:00	9.9%
13:00	8.9%
14:00	8.9%
15:00	7.5%
16:00	5.1%
17:00	6.8%
18:00	6.1%
19:00	7.2%
20:00	9.9%
21:00	9.9%
22:00	11%
23:00	11%
Mon, Aug 24
24:00	11%
01:00	9.2%
02:00	8.2%
03:00	8.2%
04:00	8.2%
05:00	8.2%
06:00	8.2%
07:00	9.2%
08:00	8.2%
09:00	8.5%
10:00	8.5%
11:00	8.5%
12:00	8.5%
13:00	6.1%
14:00	11%
15:00	11%
16:00	6.1%
17:00	8.5%
18:00	6.1%
19:00	6.1%
20:00	6.8%
21:00	6.8%
22:00	7.5%
23:00	7.5%
Tue, Aug 25
24:00	8.5%
01:00	9.9%
02:00	9.9%
03:00	9.9%
04:00	9.9%
05:00	9.9%
06:00	11%
07:00	13%
08:00	11%
09:00	9.9%
10:00	9.9%
11:00	7.5%
12:00	8.5%
13:00	8.2%
14:00	9.9%
15:00	11%
16:00	13%
17:00	16%
18:00	16%
19:00	12%
20:00	14%
21:00	15%
22:00	13%
23:00	14%
Wed, Aug 26
24:00	12%
01:00	7.2%
02:00	9.9%
03:00	11%

How to read: colored cells show whether each predicate requirement is met; highlighted rows mean the full rule matched (an opportunity).

What does Coastal Drama Score mean?

Inputs that drive the score

This derived score summarizes multiple raw weather signals. The table below shows the supporting inputs hour by hour, so you can see what's pushing the score up or down.

Time Australia/Sydney	High Clouds %	Low Clouds %	Mid-Level Clouds %	Primary Swell Height m	Primary Wave Direction °	Significant Wave Height m	Total Cloud Coverage %	Wind Direction °	Wind Gusts m/s	Wind Speed m/s	Wind Wave Height m	Wind Wave Period s
Sun, Aug 23 Sunrise 06:11 Sunset 17:26
05:00 ☾	0%	5%	0%	0.09m	120°	0.7m	5%	255°	3.3m/s	1.6m/s	0.7m	3.8s
06:00 ☾	0%	11%	0%	0.09m	120°	0.71m	11%	257°	3.6m/s	1.7m/s	0.7m	3.8s
07:00 ☾	0%	5%	0%	0.09m	120°	0.71m	5%	257°	5m/s	1.7m/s	0.71m	3.8s
08:00 ☾	0%	5%	0%	0.09m	119°	0.68m	5%	246°	4.5m/s	2.2m/s	0.68m	3.8s
09:00 ☾	0%	4%	0%	0.09m	119°	0.65m	4%	233°	3.9m/s	2.2m/s	0.64m	3.7s
10:00	0%	5%	0%	0.09m	118°	0.62m	5%	216°	4.2m/s	2.2m/s	0.61m	3.6s
11:00	0%	36%	0%	0.09m	119°	0.61m	36%	173°	3m/s	2.1m/s	0.6m	3.6s
12:00	0%	52%	0%	0.09m	119°	0.6m	52%	151°	2.9m/s	2.7m/s	0.59m	3.5s
13:00	0%	58%	0%	0.09m	120°	0.59m	58%	145°	3m/s	2.9m/s	0.58m	3.5s
14:00	0%	50%	0%	0.09m	121°	0.59m	50%	143°	3.1m/s	2.9m/s	0.58m	3.5s
15:00	0%	23%	0%	0.09m	123°	0.6m	23%	147°	3.4m/s	2.7m/s	0.59m	3.5s
16:00	0%	5%	0%	0.09m	124°	0.6m	5%	153°	3.9m/s	2.5m/s	0.59m	3.5s
17:00	0%	5%	0%	0.09m	124°	0.6m	5%	166°	5.2m/s	1.9m/s	0.59m	3.5s
18:00 ☾	0%	5%	0%	0.09m	123°	0.6m	5%	187°	1.9m/s	1.1m/s	0.6m	3.5s
19:00 ☾	0%	19%	0%	0.09m	122°	0.6m	19%	204°	0.92m/s	0.95m/s	0.6m	3.5s
20:00 ☾	0%	32%	0%	0.09m	122°	0.61m	32%	223°	0.82m/s	0.9m/s	0.6m	3.5s
21:00 ☾	0%	44%	0%	0.09m	121°	0.61m	44%	240°	0.93m/s	0.95m/s	0.61m	3.5s
22:00 ☾	0%	57%	0%	0.09m	121°	0.62m	57%	254°	1m/s	1.1m/s	0.61m	3.5s
23:00 ☾	0%	70%	0%	0.08m	119°	0.63m	70%	256°	2m/s	1.5m/s	0.62m	3.6s
Mon, Aug 24 Sunrise 06:10 Sunset 17:26
24:00 ☾	0%	70%	0%	0.06m	117°	0.64m	70%	251°	3.4m/s	1.6m/s	0.64m	3.6s
01:00 ☾	0%	95%	0%	0.05m	115°	0.65m	95%	248°	4.5m/s	1.8m/s	0.65m	3.6s
02:00 ☾	0%	100%	0%	0.08m	115°	0.66m	100%	241°	5.3m/s	1.8m/s	0.66m	3.7s
03:00 ☾	0%	100%	3%	0.1m	114°	0.67m	100%	237°	5.4m/s	1.7m/s	0.67m	3.7s
04:00 ☾	0%	100%	1%	0.13m	113°	0.68m	100%	234°	5.1m/s	1.4m/s	0.68m	3.7s
05:00 ☾	0%	100%	0%	0.13m	112°	0.69m	100%	245°	4.6m/s	1.3m/s	0.69m	3.8s
06:00 ☾	0%	96%	0%	0.12m	112°	0.71m	96%	254°	4m/s	1.3m/s	0.7m	3.8s
07:00 ☾	0%	91%	0%	0.12m	111°	0.72m	91%	257°	3.9m/s	1.4m/s	0.71m	3.8s
08:00 ☾	0%	99%	0%	0.12m	110°	0.73m	99%	248°	3.4m/s	1.4m/s	0.72m	3.9s
09:00 ☾	0%	87%	0%	0.12m	110°	0.73m	87%	247°	3m/s	1.3m/s	0.73m	3.9s
10:00	0%	86%	0%	0.12m	109°	0.74m	86%	244°	1.8m/s	1.4m/s	0.74m	3.9s
11:00	0%	71%	0%	0.11m	111°	0.73m	71%	229°	0.91m/s	0.96m/s	0.73m	3.9s
12:00	0%	73%	6%	0.1m	114°	0.71m	73%	83°	2.1m/s	0.8m/s	0.71m	3.9s
13:00	0%	95%	98%	0.09m	116°	0.7m	100%	60°	2.8m/s	1.9m/s	0.7m	3.8s
14:00	0%	7%	52%	0.09m	117°	0.67m	52%	63°	3.8m/s	1.7m/s	0.67m	3.7s
15:00	0%	18%	31%	0.09m	119°	0.64m	31%	66°	3.7m/s	1.8m/s	0.63m	3.6s
16:00	0%	6%	6%	0.09m	120°	0.61m	6%	70°	3.7m/s	1.8m/s	0.6m	3.5s
17:00	0%	6%	27%	0.09m	121°	0.6m	27%	66°	3.3m/s	1.5m/s	0.59m	3.5s
18:00 ☾	0%	7%	0%	0.1m	122°	0.6m	7%	46°	1.5m/s	1.4m/s	0.59m	3.5s
19:00 ☾	0%	10%	0%	0.1m	123°	0.59m	10%	28°	2.5m/s	1.5m/s	0.58m	3.5s
20:00 ☾	0%	7%	0%	0.1m	123°	0.58m	7%	28°	5.8m/s	1.8m/s	0.57m	3.5s
21:00 ☾	0%	2%	0%	0.11m	122°	0.56m	2%	16°	4.9m/s	1.6m/s	0.55m	3.4s
22:00 ☾	0%	4%	0%	0.11m	121°	0.55m	4%	359°	2m/s	1.3m/s	0.54m	3.4s
23:00 ☾	0%	8%	0%	0.11m	120°	0.53m	8%	346°	1.1m/s	1.2m/s	0.53m	3.4s
Tue, Aug 25 Sunrise 06:09 Sunset 17:27
24:00 ☾	0%	11%	0%	0.1m	119°	0.52m	11%	335°	1m/s	1.1m/s	0.51m	3.3s
01:00 ☾	0%	16%	0%	0.1m	118°	0.5m	16%	318°	1m/s	1m/s	0.5m	3.3s
02:00 ☾	0%	16%	0%	0.1m	117°	0.5m	16%	304°	0.91m/s	1m/s	0.5m	3.3s
03:00 ☾	0%	16%	0%	0.1m	115°	0.5m	16%	286°	0.92m/s	1m/s	0.5m	3.3s
04:00 ☾	0%	11%	0%	0.1m	114°	0.5m	11%	284°	0.92m/s	1m/s	0.5m	3.2s
05:00 ☾	0%	19%	0%	0.1m	112°	0.52m	19%	292°	0.81m/s	0.9m/s	0.52m	3.3s
06:00 ☾	0%	30%	0%	0.1m	111°	0.54m	30%	297°	0.93m/s	1m/s	0.53m	3.4s
07:00 ☾	0%	37%	0%	0.1m	110°	0.56m	37%	301°	0.7m/s	0.73m/s	0.55m	3.4s
08:00 ☾	0%	35%	0%	0.1m	109°	0.51m	35%	323°	2.4m/s	0.82m/s	0.5m	3.3s
09:00 ☾	0%	39%	0%	0.1m	109°	0.47m	39%	359°	4.2m/s	1.5m/s	0.46m	3.2s
10:00	0%	34%	0%	0.1m	109°	0.42m	34%	22°	4.7m/s	2.2m/s	0.41m	3.1s
11:00	0%	25%	0%	0.1m	114°	0.44m	25%	133°	5.5m/s	2.1m/s	0.43m	3.1s
12:00	0%	16%	0%	0.09m	118°	0.47m	16%	245°	6.3m/s	2m/s	0.46m	3.1s
13:00	0%	8%	0%	0.09m	123°	0.49m	8%	357°	7.1m/s	1.9m/s	0.48m	3.2s
14:00	1%	16%	0%	0.09m	123°	0.52m	16%	355°	7.7m/s	2m/s	0.51m	3.2s
15:00	3%	24%	1%	0.09m	124°	0.54m	24%	353°	8.2m/s	2.1m/s	0.53m	3.3s
16:00	4%	32%	1%	0.09m	124°	0.57m	32%	351°	8.7m/s	2.2m/s	0.56m	3.4s
17:00	26%	32%	14%	0.09m	124°	0.58m	49%	347°	8.8m/s	2.2m/s	0.57m	3.4s
18:00 ☾	47%	31%	27%	0.08m	125°	0.6m	65%	343°	8.9m/s	2.2m/s	0.59m	3.5s
19:00 ☾	69%	31%	40%	0.08m	125°	0.61m	82%	340°	9m/s	2.1m/s	0.6m	3.5s
20:00 ☾	46%	33%	48%	0.08m	125°	0.64m	76%	340°	7.2m/s	1.8m/s	0.63m	3.6s
21:00 ☾	23%	35%	56%	0.08m	126°	0.68m	70%	340°	5.4m/s	1.5m/s	0.67m	3.6s
22:00 ☾	0%	37%	64%	0.08m	126°	0.71m	64%	340°	3.6m/s	1.2m/s	0.7m	3.7s
23:00 ☾	25%	58%	76%	0.08m	125°	0.72m	76%	303°	2.7m/s	0.98m/s	0.72m	3.8s
Wed, Aug 26 Sunrise 06:08 Sunset 17:27
24:00 ☾	50%	79%	88%	0.08m	124°	0.74m	88%	266°	1.8m/s	0.75m/s	0.73m	3.9s
01:00 ☾	74%	100%	100%	0.08m	123°	0.75m	100%	229°	0.93m/s	0.52m/s	0.75m	3.9s
02:00 ☾	50%	81%	99%	0.08m	123°	0.76m	99%	267°	1.3m/s	0.69m/s	0.76m	3.9s
03:00 ☾	25%	62%	98%	0.08m	122°	0.77m	98%	305°	1.7m/s	0.86m/s	0.77m	3.9s
04:00 ☾	0%	43%	97%	0.08m	121°	0.78m	97%	343°	2.1m/s	1m/s	0.78m	4s

How to read: these inputs help produce the derived score; they are not requirements by themselves.

How this forecast is made

Opportunities are threshold-based signals: PhotoWeather checks whether forecast conditions match the rules for a photography scenario. They are planning guidance, not guarantees. Forecasts can change as new model runs arrive, and confidence generally decreases farther into the forecast horizon, so recheck conditions before travelling.

The weather forecast foundation comes through Open-Meteo , which aggregates models from weather agencies. PhotoWeather applies condition-specific thresholds and derived calculations; not every condition uses every model or data input.

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Aug 22, 2026, 6:55 PM UTC

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