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Rule Dramatic Seascapes

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

12%

Wave Height1.5m

Swell Height0.1m

Wind Speed1.5m/s (calm conditions)

Wind Gusts3.3m/s

Cloud Cover0%

Visibility24135 (Clear)

Upcoming Opportunities

When all conditions match, PhotoWeather marks an opportunity window.

Times shown in Australia/Sydney

Next opportunity

Moderate Seascape

Byron Bay

Tomorrow · 01:00–05:00 · 4h window

Low confidence

33%

🌊Coastal Drama Score45.9-46.2%

Wave Height: 1.6m

Swell Height: 1.5m

Wind Speed: 1.5m/s (calm conditions)

Wind Gusts: 2.5m/s

Moderate Seascape

Byron Bay

Thu, Aug 20 · 07:00–08:00

🌊Coastal Drama Score:45%

Low

Moderate Seascape

Byron Bay

Thu, Aug 20 · 19:00–20:00

🌊Coastal Drama Score:46%

Low

Moderate Seascape

Byron Bay

Fri, Aug 21 · 13:00–15:00

🌊Coastal Drama Score:45.5%

Low

Dramatic Seascape

Byron Bay

Fri, Aug 21 · 19:00–01:00

🌊Coastal Drama Score:45.9-59.2%

Low

Moderate Seascape

Byron Bay

Sat, Aug 22 · 07:00–09:00

🌊Coastal Drama Score:46-46.4%

Low

Moderate Seascape

Byron Bay

Sat, Aug 22 · 13:00–15:00

🌊Coastal Drama Score:45.7-45.8%

Low

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 20 of 35 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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95-hour requirements breakdown

When available, the detailed table below covers only the stated 95-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

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AND logic: all conditions required

Meets requirement

Misses requirement

Time Australia/Sydney	Coastal Drama Score ≥ 45.0%
Mon, Aug 17
17:00	-
18:00	-
19:00	28%
20:00	30%
21:00	36%
22:00	-
23:00	31%
Tue, Aug 18
24:00	31%
01:00	32%
02:00	41%
03:00	33%
04:00	23%
05:00	34%
06:00	37%
07:00	40%
08:00	42%
09:00	42%
10:00	47%
11:00	48%
12:00	37%
13:00	40%
14:00	30%
15:00	18%
16:00	13%
17:00	13%
18:00	12%
19:00	14%
20:00	27%
21:00	21%
22:00	21%
23:00	28%
Wed, Aug 19
24:00	31%
01:00	46%
02:00	46%
03:00	46%
04:00	46%
05:00	45%
06:00	28%
07:00	22%
08:00	27%
09:00	25%
10:00	27%
11:00	33%
12:00	20%
13:00	27%
14:00	30%
15:00	30%
16:00	29%
17:00	23%
18:00	27%
19:00	27%
20:00	24%
21:00	25%
22:00	21%
23:00	23%
Thu, Aug 20
24:00	21%
01:00	23%
02:00	23%
03:00	27%
04:00	28%
05:00	32%
06:00	34%
07:00	45%
08:00	41%
09:00	34%
10:00	34%
11:00	37%
12:00	42%
13:00	31%
14:00	38%
15:00	38%
16:00	35%
17:00	35%
18:00	35%
19:00	46%
20:00	39%
21:00	43%
22:00	43%
23:00	43%
Fri, Aug 21
24:00	43%
01:00	39%
02:00	35%
03:00	35%
04:00	39%
05:00	37%
06:00	27%
07:00	24%
08:00	24%
09:00	24%
10:00	28%
11:00	24%
12:00	35%
13:00	46%
14:00	46%
15:00	38%

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
Tue, Aug 18 Sunrise 06:15 Sunset 17:24
18:00 ☾	0%	0%	0%	0.05m	155°	1.5m	0%	156°	3.3m/s	1.5m/s	1.5m	8.5s
19:00 ☾	0%	12%	0%	0.05m	155°	1.5m	12%	186°	1m/s	1.1m/s	1.5m	8.5s
20:00 ☾	0%	58%	0%	0.05m	155°	1.5m	58%	206°	1m/s	1m/s	1.5m	8.5s
21:00 ☾	0%	97%	0%	0.05m	155°	1.5m	97%	203°	1.8m/s	1.2m/s	1.5m	8.5s
22:00 ☾	0%	100%	0%	0.05m	155°	1.6m	100%	206°	1.9m/s	1.2m/s	1.6m	8.6s
23:00 ☾	0%	91%	0%	0.49m	155°	1.6m	91%	207°	1.1m/s	0.95m/s	1.6m	8.6s
Wed, Aug 19 Sunrise 06:15 Sunset 17:24
24:00 ☾	0%	90%	0%	0.92m	155°	1.6m	90%	222°	1m/s	1.1m/s	1.6m	8.6s
01:00 ☾	0%	39%	0%	1.4m	155°	1.6m	39%	233°	1.6m/s	1.1m/s	1.6m	8.6s
02:00 ☾	0%	58%	0%	1.4m	155°	1.6m	58%	219°	1.2m/s	1.2m/s	1.6m	8.5s
03:00 ☾	0%	63%	0%	1.4m	154°	1.6m	63%	240°	1.7m/s	1.2m/s	1.6m	8.5s
04:00 ☾	0%	32%	0%	1.5m	154°	1.6m	32%	246°	2.5m/s	1.5m/s	1.6m	8.5s
05:00 ☾	0%	52%	0%	1m	154°	1.6m	52%	250°	2.4m/s	1.7m/s	1.6m	8.5s
06:00 ☾	0%	99%	0%	0.54m	154°	1.6m	99%	245°	3.7m/s	1.7m/s	1.6m	8.4s
07:00 ☾	0%	100%	0%	0.07m	153°	1.6m	100%	243°	3.9m/s	1.6m/s	1.6m	8.4s
08:00 ☾	0%	60%	0%	0.07m	153°	1.6m	60%	240°	3.4m/s	1.6m/s	1.6m	8.4s
09:00 ☾	0%	28%	0%	0.06m	153°	1.6m	28%	224°	3.3m/s	1.7m/s	1.6m	8.4s
10:00	0%	48%	0%	0.06m	153°	1.5m	48%	205°	2.8m/s	1.7m/s	1.5m	8.4s
11:00	0%	42%	0%	0.52m	153°	1.5m	42%	182°	2.6m/s	1.7m/s	1.5m	8.4s
12:00	0%	15%	0%	0.97m	153°	1.5m	15%	166°	2.1m/s	1.4m/s	1.4m	8.4s
13:00	0%	95%	0%	1.4m	153°	1.4m	95%	142°	2.2m/s	1.2m/s	1.4m	8.4s
14:00	0%	73%	0%	-	153°	1.4m	73%	136°	2.5m/s	1m/s	1.4m	8.4s
15:00	0%	71%	1%	-	153°	1.4m	71%	142°	2.8m/s	1.1m/s	1.4m	8.4s
16:00	0%	9%	22%	-	154°	1.4m	27%	157°	2.4m/s	1.1m/s	1.4m	8.4s
17:00	0%	10%	5%	-	154°	1.4m	10%	155°	1.2m/s	1.1m/s	1.4m	8.5s
18:00 ☾	0%	26%	54%	-	154°	1.4m	54%	195°	0.91m/s	0.88m/s	1.4m	8.6s
19:00 ☾	0%	53%	57%	-	154°	1.4m	62%	212°	1m/s	1.1m/s	1.4m	8.6s
20:00 ☾	0%	56%	70%	-	154°	1.4m	76%	222°	1.1m/s	1.2m/s	1.4m	8.7s
21:00 ☾	0%	43%	0%	-	154°	1.4m	43%	229°	1.1m/s	1.1m/s	1.4m	8.9s
22:00 ☾	0%	19%	1%	-	154°	1.4m	19%	239°	1.1m/s	1.2m/s	1.4m	9s
23:00 ☾	0%	20%	0%	0.52m	153°	1.4m	20%	251°	1.2m/s	1.3m/s	1.4m	9.1s
Thu, Aug 20 Sunrise 06:14 Sunset 17:24
24:00 ☾	0%	25%	1%	0.43m	153°	1.4m	25%	253°	1.9m/s	1.3m/s	1.4m	9.1s
01:00 ☾	0%	37%	4%	0.34m	153°	1.4m	37%	253°	2.6m/s	1.6m/s	1.4m	9.2s
02:00 ☾	0%	52%	2%	0.25m	153°	1.5m	52%	252°	3.1m/s	1.7m/s	1.5m	9.1s
03:00 ☾	0%	52%	0%	0.16m	153°	1.5m	52%	249°	3.6m/s	1.6m/s	1.5m	9.1s
04:00 ☾	0%	58%	0%	0.07m	152°	1.6m	58%	249°	3.9m/s	1.8m/s	1.6m	9.1s
05:00 ☾	0%	74%	0%	0.44m	152°	1.6m	74%	256°	3.4m/s	1.5m/s	1.6m	9s
06:00 ☾	0%	72%	0%	0.81m	151°	1.6m	72%	255°	2.7m/s	1.4m/s	1.6m	8.9s
07:00 ☾	0%	67%	0%	1.2m	151°	1.7m	67%	251°	2.6m/s	1.4m/s	1.7m	8.9s
08:00 ☾	0%	72%	0%	1.3m	151°	1.7m	72%	239°	2.8m/s	1.4m/s	1.7m	8.8s
09:00 ☾	0%	97%	0%	1.4m	151°	1.8m	97%	222°	2.8m/s	1.4m/s	1.8m	8.8s
10:00	0%	100%	0%	1.4m	151°	1.8m	100%	222°	2.6m/s	1.2m/s	1.8m	8.7s
11:00	0%	94%	0%	1.4m	151°	1.8m	94%	245°	1.7m/s	0.76m/s	1.8m	8.7s
12:00	0%	28%	0%	1.4m	151°	1.8m	28%	229°	1.2m/s	0.73m/s	1.8m	8.6s
13:00	0%	10%	0%	1.4m	151°	1.8m	10%	132°	2m/s	0.99m/s	1.8m	8.6s
14:00	0%	16%	0%	1.4m	151°	1.8m	16%	101°	2.6m/s	1.5m/s	1.8m	8.7s
15:00	0%	20%	0%	1.4m	150°	1.8m	20%	84°	2.7m/s	1.5m/s	1.8m	8.8s
16:00	0%	8%	0%	1.4m	150°	1.7m	8%	72°	3m/s	1.7m/s	1.7m	8.9s
17:00	0%	5%	0%	1.4m	150°	1.7m	5%	52°	2.5m/s	1.5m/s	1.7m	9s
18:00 ☾	0%	0%	0%	1.4m	150°	1.7m	0%	35°	1.4m/s	1.6m/s	1.7m	9.2s
19:00 ☾	76%	1%	6%	1.4m	150°	1.7m	76%	21°	3.5m/s	1.7m/s	1.7m	9.3s
20:00 ☾	0%	0%	5%	1.5m	150°	1.6m	5%	6°	1.4m/s	1.4m/s	1.6m	9.3s
21:00 ☾	0%	1%	0%	1.5m	150°	1.6m	1%	356°	1.3m/s	1.5m/s	1.6m	9.4s
22:00 ☾	0%	2%	0%	1.5m	150°	1.6m	2%	342°	1.3m/s	1.4m/s	1.6m	9.4s
23:00 ☾	0%	1%	0%	1.5m	150°	1.6m	1%	327°	1.4m/s	1.3m/s	1.6m	9.4s
Fri, Aug 21 Sunrise 06:13 Sunset 17:25
24:00 ☾	0%	1%	0%	1.5m	150°	1.6m	1%	312°	1.5m/s	1.2m/s	1.6m	9.4s
01:00 ☾	1%	0%	0%	1.5m	151°	1.6m	1%	297°	1.5m/s	1.1m/s	1.6m	9.3s
02:00 ☾	0%	0%	0%	1.5m	151°	1.6m	0%	202°	1.9m/s	1.4m/s	1.6m	9.3s
03:00 ☾	0%	0%	0%	1.5m	151°	1.6m	0%	106°	2.3m/s	1.7m/s	1.6m	9.2s
04:00 ☾	0%	0%	0%	1.5m	150°	1.5m	0%	11°	2.7m/s	1.9m/s	1.5m	9.1s
05:00 ☾	0%	2%	0%	1.5m	150°	1.5m	2%	21°	2.9m/s	2.4m/s	1.3m	9.1s
06:00 ☾	0%	3%	0%	1.5m	150°	1.5m	3%	32°	3.1m/s	2.8m/s	1.1m	9.1s
07:00 ☾	0%	5%	0%	1.5m	150°	1.5m	5%	42°	3.3m/s	3.2m/s	0.86m	9.1s
08:00 ☾	0%	3%	0%	1.5m	150°	1.5m	3%	37°	3.5m/s	3m/s	0.8m	9.1s
09:00 ☾	0%	2%	0%	1.4m	150°	1.4m	2%	32°	3.8m/s	2.8m/s	0.75m	9.1s
10:00	0%	0%	0%	1.4m	150°	1.4m	0%	27°	4.1m/s	2.6m/s	0.69m	9.1s
11:00	14%	0%	0%	1.4m	150°	1.4m	14%	134°	4.1m/s	2.2m/s	0.67m	9.1s
12:00	29%	1%	0%	1.4m	150°	1.4m	29%	241°	4m/s	1.9m/s	0.65m	9.2s
13:00	43%	1%	0%	1.4m	150°	1.4m	43%	348°	4m/s	1.5m/s	0.63m	9.2s
14:00	31%	3%	0%	1.4m	150°	1.4m	32%	345°	4m/s	1.6m/s	0.91m	9.3s
15:00	18%	6%	0%	1.4m	149°	1.4m	20%	343°	4m/s	1.6m/s	1.2m	9.3s
16:00	5%	8%	0%	1.5m	149°	1.5m	8%	341°	4.1m/s	1.6m/s	1.5m	9.4s
17:00	5%	14%	0%	1.5m	149°	1.5m	14%	334°	3.3m/s	1.5m/s	1.5m	9.4s

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 18, 2026, 7:12 AM UTC

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