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Rule Dramatic Seascapes

Dramatic Seascapes Forecast for Melbourne, Australian Coast

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Melbourne combines the Yarra's bridges and skyline with Port Phillip beaches, while nearby Brighton bathing boxes add color and repetition.

20 matching opportunities in the 14-day forecast.

Hourly forecast scores

Forecast valid from Oct 7, 2026, 11:00 PM UTC (one hour; not an observation)

Coastal Drama Score

43%

Wave Height1.8m

Swell Height1.2m

Wind Speed2.4m/s

Wind Gusts6.1m/s

Cloud Cover0%

Visibility51740

Upcoming Opportunities

When all conditions match, PhotoWeather marks an opportunity window.

Times shown in Australia/Melbourne

First upcoming window

Moderate Seascape

Melbourne

Thu, Oct 8 · 11:00–14:00 · 3h window

Low confidence

35%

🌊Coastal Drama Score45-45.4%

Wave Height: 1.8m

Swell Height: 1.2m

Wind Speed: 4.5m/s (calm conditions)

Wind Gusts: 10.6m/s

Dramatic Seascape at Sunset

Melbourne

Thu, Oct 8 · 18:00–20:00

🌊Coastal Drama Score:52.1-55.9%

Low

Dramatic Seascape

Melbourne

Thu, Oct 8 · 21:00–03:00

🌊Coastal Drama Score:46.3-58.9%

Low

Dramatic Seascape at Sunrise

Melbourne

Fri, Oct 9 · 07:00–08:00

🌊Coastal Drama Score:55.5%

Low

Dramatic Seascape

Melbourne

Fri, Oct 9 · 08:00–18:00

🌊Coastal Drama Score:46.1-61.6%

Low

Moderate Seascape

Melbourne

Sat, Oct 10 · 04:00–05:00

🌊Coastal Drama Score:45.7%

Low

Moderate Seascape

Melbourne

Sat, Oct 10 · 14:00–15:00

🌊Coastal Drama Score:46%

Low

+13 more windows in the next 14 days

71-hour requirements breakdown

When available, this detailed table covers only the stated 71-hour horizon (typically 72–168 hours, depending on available hourly data). Opportunity records above span the full 14-day forecast period, so this table does not explain that entire period. Times shown in Australia/Melbourne.

Requirements breakdown is temporarily unavailable or expired. This does not mean no opportunities.

Supporting forecast inputs

Additional hourly values for interpreting the forecast and any derived scores. See the separate requirements breakdown for rule logic; missing values are unavailable.

Forecast time (Australia/Melbourne)	High Clouds	Low Clouds	Mid-Level Clouds	Primary Swell Height	Primary Wave Direction	Significant Wave Height	Total Cloud Coverage	Wind Direction	Wind Gusts	Wind Speed	Wind Wave Height	Wind Wave Period
Thu, Oct 8, 2026Sunrise 06:45 · Sunset 19:30
10:00	0%	0%	0%	1.2m	198°	1.8m	0%	38°	6.1m/s	2.4m/s	1.1m	14s
11:00	0%	0%	0%	1.2m	198°	1.8m	0%	10°	11m/s	4.5m/s	1.1m	14s
12:00	0%	0%	0%	1.2m	199°	1.8m	0%	9°	12m/s	5.2m/s	1.1m	14s
13:00	0%	0%	0%	1.1m	199°	1.8m	0%	10°	13m/s	5.5m/s	1.2m	14s
14:00	0%	0%	0%	1.1m	199°	1.8m	0%	10°	13m/s	5m/s	1.2m	14s
15:00	0%	0%	0%	1.1m	199°	1.8m	0%	8°	12m/s	4.7m/s	1.2m	14s
16:00	0%	0%	0%	1m	199°	1.8m	0%	7°	12m/s	4.4m/s	1.2m	14s
17:00	0%	0%	0%	1m	199°	1.8m	0%	12°	11m/s	4.4m/s	1.2m	14s
18:00	23%	0%	0%	1.1m	197°	1.8m	23%	12°	10m/s	3.7m/s	1.2m	15s
19:00	73%	0%	0%	1.1m	195°	1.8m	73%	5°	8.3m/s	3m/s	1.2m	17s
20:00 Night	1%	0%	0%	1.2m	193°	1.8m	1%	9°	6.4m/s	2.7m/s	1.2m	19s
21:00 Night	63%	0%	0%	1.2m	193°	1.8m	63%	20°	5.4m/s	2.4m/s	1.2m	19s
22:00 Night	52%	0%	0%	1.2m	193°	1.8m	52%	27°	4.9m/s	2.5m/s	1.2m	18s
23:00 Night	25%	0%	0%	1.2m	193°	1.8m	25%	32°	5.2m/s	2.6m/s	1.1m	18s
Fri, Oct 9, 2026Sunrise 06:44 · Sunset 19:31
24:00 Night	15%	0%	0%	1.2m	193°	1.8m	15%	39°	5.4m/s	2.7m/s	1.1m	18s
01:00 Night	20%	0%	0%	1.2m	194°	1.8m	20%	39°	5.5m/s	2.6m/s	1.1m	18s
02:00 Night	37%	0%	0%	1.3m	194°	1.8m	37%	34°	5.2m/s	2.5m/s	1.1m	18s
03:00 Night	0%	0%	0%	1.3m	194°	1.8m	0%	33°	5.4m/s	2.8m/s	1.1m	18s
04:00 Night	9%	0%	0%	1.4m	195°	1.8m	9%	28°	6m/s	3m/s	1.1m	18s
05:00 Night	7%	0%	0%	1.4m	195°	1.8m	7%	27°	6m/s	3m/s	1.1m	17s
06:00 Night	7%	0%	0%	1.4m	195°	1.8m	7%	31°	6.6m/s	3.3m/s	1.1m	17s
07:00	21%	0%	0%	1.4m	194°	1.8m	21%	33°	6.9m/s	3.5m/s	1.1m	17s
08:00	61%	0%	0%	1.4m	194°	1.8m	61%	31°	8.3m/s	4m/s	1.1m	17s
09:00	66%	0%	0%	1.4m	195°	1.7m	66%	27°	9m/s	3.5m/s	1m	17s
10:00	21%	0%	0%	1.4m	195°	1.7m	21%	14°	9.8m/s	4.4m/s	1m	17s
11:00	42%	0%	0%	1.4m	195°	1.7m	42%	17°	13m/s	5.6m/s	1m	16s
12:00	48%	0%	0%	1.3m	196°	1.7m	48%	12°	14m/s	6.1m/s	1m	16s
13:00	19%	0%	0%	1.3m	196°	1.7m	19%	7°	15m/s	6.3m/s	1m	16s
14:00	73%	0%	0%	1.3m	196°	1.7m	73%	7°	15m/s	6.2m/s	1m	16s
15:00	91%	0%	0%	1.3m	196°	1.6m	91%	7°	15m/s	6.1m/s	0.99m	16s
16:00	90%	0%	0%	1.3m	196°	1.6m	90%	11°	14m/s	5.7m/s	0.98m	16s
17:00	93%	0%	2%	1.3m	195°	1.6m	93%	13°	13m/s	5.5m/s	0.97m	16s
18:00	96%	0%	1%	1.2m	196°	1.6m	96%	21°	12m/s	5m/s	0.96m	16s
19:00	98%	0%	0%	1.2m	196°	1.6m	98%	31°	11m/s	4.2m/s	0.95m	15s
20:00 Night	98%	0%	69%	1.2m	196°	1.6m	98%	36°	9.5m/s	4.4m/s	0.94m	15s
21:00 Night	99%	0%	85%	1.2m	197°	1.6m	100%	29°	9.7m/s	4.5m/s	0.93m	15s
22:00 Night	99%	0%	80%	1.2m	197°	1.6m	100%	16°	9.7m/s	4m/s	0.92m	15s
23:00 Night	100%	0%	99%	1.2m	197°	1.6m	100%	4°	8.4m/s	3.2m/s	0.91m	15s
Sat, Oct 10, 2026Sunrise 06:42 · Sunset 19:32
24:00 Night	98%	0%	88%	1.1m	197°	1.6m	100%	306°	11m/s	5.1m/s	0.9m	15s
01:00 Night	46%	0%	93%	1.1m	197°	1.6m	96%	346°	12m/s	3.6m/s	0.89m	15s
02:00 Night	6%	0%	100%	1.1m	196°	1.6m	100%	346°	7.9m/s	3.6m/s	0.88m	15s
03:00 Night	0%	2%	100%	1.1m	197°	1.6m	100%	332°	8.2m/s	2.7m/s	0.87m	15s
04:00 Night	0%	14%	20%	1.1m	197°	1.6m	30%	297°	7m/s	2.9m/s	0.86m	15s
05:00 Night	0%	57%	0%	1.1m	197°	1.5m	57%	295°	6.7m/s	3.1m/s	0.85m	15s
06:00 Night	0%	16%	4%	1.1m	197°	1.5m	19%	288°	6.5m/s	3m/s	0.84m	15s
07:00	0%	2%	2%	1.1m	196°	1.5m	2%	286°	6.4m/s	2.5m/s	0.83m	15s
08:00	0%	7%	3%	1.1m	196°	1.5m	9%	284°	6.2m/s	2.7m/s	0.83m	15s
09:00	0%	11%	1%	1.1m	196°	1.5m	12%	287°	8.6m/s	3.6m/s	0.82m	15s
10:00	0%	16%	0%	1.1m	197°	1.5m	16%	289°	9.7m/s	3.9m/s	0.81m	15s
11:00	0%	3%	1%	1.1m	197°	1.5m	3%	289°	10m/s	3.9m/s	0.8m	15s
12:00	0%	12%	4%	1.1m	197°	1.5m	13%	284°	11m/s	4.2m/s	0.79m	15s
13:00	0%	12%	25%	1.1m	197°	1.5m	26%	282°	11m/s	4.4m/s	0.78m	15s
14:00	0%	3%	30%	1.1m	196°	1.5m	30%	281°	11m/s	4.3m/s	0.77m	15s
15:00	0%	0%	12%	1.2m	196°	1.5m	12%	263°	11m/s	4.4m/s	0.76m	15s
16:00	0%	2%	52%	1.2m	195°	1.5m	53%	264°	11m/s	4.4m/s	0.75m	15s
17:00	0%	6%	39%	1.2m	195°	1.5m	40%	276°	11m/s	4.1m/s	0.74m	14s
18:00	0%	6%	47%	1.2m	195°	1.6m	50%	275°	9.9m/s	3.6m/s	0.73m	14s
19:00	0%	11%	60%	1.2m	194°	1.6m	60%	279°	8.2m/s	2.4m/s	0.72m	14s
20:00 Night	0%	23%	22%	1.2m	194°	1.6m	26%	302°	5.5m/s	1.7m/s	0.71m	14s
21:00 Night	0%	2%	15%	1.2m	194°	1.6m	15%	328°	3.8m/s	1.8m/s	0.7m	14s
22:00 Night	0%	5%	11%	1.3m	194°	1.6m	12%	335°	4.7m/s	2.3m/s	0.69m	14s
23:00 Night	0%	13%	83%	1.3m	195°	1.6m	84%	334°	5m/s	2.4m/s	0.68m	14s
Sun, Oct 11, 2026Sunrise 06:41 · Sunset 19:33
24:00 Night	0%	19%	27%	1.3m	194°	1.6m	29%	337°	5.2m/s	2.3m/s	0.67m	14s
01:00 Night	0%	24%	13%	1.4m	194°	1.7m	26%	329°	4.8m/s	1.9m/s	0.67m	14s
02:00 Night	0%	18%	1%	1.4m	194°	1.7m	19%	333°	4m/s	1.5m/s	0.66m	14s
03:00 Night	0%	7%	0%	1.4m	194°	1.7m	7%	349°	3.1m/s	1.3m/s	0.65m	13s
04:00 Night	0%	20%	1%	1.4m	193°	1.7m	20%	2°	2.8m/s	1.4m/s	0.64m	13s
05:00 Night	0%	24%	2%	1.5m	193°	1.7m	25%	6°	2.9m/s	1.4m/s	0.63m	13s
06:00 Night	0%	25%	7%	1.4m	193°	1.7m	25%	17°	3.2m/s	1.6m/s	0.62m	13s
07:00	0%	27%	9%	1.4m	193°	1.7m	27%	23°	4m/s	1.9m/s	0.61m	13s
08:00	0%	23%	12%	1.4m	193°	1.7m	24%	26°	5.1m/s	2.5m/s	0.6m	13s
09:00	0%	13%	7%	1.4m	192°	1.7m	13%	20°	5.7m/s	1.9m/s	0.59m	13s

How this forecast is evaluated

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

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Recorded match history

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

Last 30 days

recorded matching windows · 52% average confidence

Last 90 days

256

recorded matching windows · 53% average confidence

Last 365 days

289

recorded matching windows · 54% average confidence

Most frequent recorded start hour

08:00 local time, shared by 30 of 289 matches recorded in the last 365 days.

Most represented month

August, with 100 of 289 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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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.

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