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Dramatic Seascapes Forecast for Port Campbell, Australian Coast

Port Campbell, Victoria, Australia

Port Campbell borders a limestone coast of stacks, arches, and steep coves, where clifftop viewpoints reveal surf patterns around the Twelve Apostles.

Currently

Real-time conditions

Coastal Drama Score

49%

Wave Height1.8m

Swell Height1.5m

Wind Speed1.8m/s (calm conditions)

Wind Gusts9.7m/s

Cloud Cover56%

Visibility24135 (Clear)

Upcoming Opportunities

When all conditions match, PhotoWeather marks an opportunity window.

Times shown in Australia/Melbourne

Next opportunity

Moderate Seascape

Port Campbell

Tomorrow · 24:00–02:00 · 2h window

Low confidence

37%

🌊Coastal Drama Score48.7-48.8%

Wave Height: 1.8m

Swell Height: 1.5m

Wind Speed: 1.8m/s (calm conditions)

Wind Gusts: 9.7m/s

Dramatic Seascape

Port Campbell

Mon, Aug 17 · 14:00–17:00

🌊Coastal Drama Score:45.2-57.3%

Low

Moderate Seascape at Sunset

Port Campbell

Mon, Aug 17 · 17:00–19:00

🌊Coastal Drama Score:46.7-53%

Low

Dramatic Seascape

Port Campbell

Mon, Aug 17 · 23:00–06:00

🌊Coastal Drama Score:45.4-61.9%

Low

Dramatic Seascape at Sunrise

Port Campbell

Tue, Aug 18 · 06:00–08:00

🌊Coastal Drama Score:57.7-62%

Low

Moderate Seascape

Port Campbell

Tue, Aug 18 · 08:00–17:00

🌊Coastal Drama Score:50.9-53.9%

Low

Dramatic Seascape at Sunset

Port Campbell

Tue, Aug 18 · 17:00–19:00

🌊Coastal Drama Score:60.7-63%

Low

+12 more windows in the next 14 days

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 Port Campbell.

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Recorded match history

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

Last 30 days

recorded matching windows · 53% average confidence

Last 90 days

124

recorded matching windows · 55% average confidence

Last 365 days

129

recorded matching windows · 55% average confidence

Most represented month

August, with 53 of 129 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/Melbourne	Coastal Drama Score ≥ 45.0%
Thu, Aug 13
24:00	47%
01:00	47%
02:00	47%
03:00	41%
04:00	38%
05:00	34%
06:00	34%
07:00	41%
08:00	45%
09:00	33%
10:00	33%
11:00	33%
12:00	29%
13:00	29%
14:00	40%
15:00	34%
16:00	30%
17:00	30%
18:00	32%
19:00	32%
20:00	36%
21:00	34%
22:00	38%
23:00	38%
Fri, Aug 14
24:00	49%
01:00	49%
02:00	37%
03:00	37%
04:00	37%
05:00	37%
06:00	33%
07:00	36%
08:00	33%
09:00	33%
10:00	33%
11:00	31%
12:00	31%
13:00	31%
14:00	31%
15:00	31%
16:00	34%
17:00	34%
18:00	31%
19:00	31%
20:00	29%
21:00	30%
22:00	27%
23:00	27%
Sat, Aug 15
24:00	30%
01:00	30%
02:00	30%
03:00	30%
04:00	32%
05:00	33%
06:00	30%
07:00	31%
08:00	31%
09:00	31%
10:00	31%
11:00	31%
12:00	34%
13:00	34%
14:00	37%
15:00	35%
16:00	29%
17:00	31%
18:00	29%
19:00	29%
20:00	29%
21:00	35%
22:00	39%
23:00	35%
Sun, Aug 16
24:00	39%
01:00	32%
02:00	29%
03:00	32%
04:00	32%
05:00	32%
06:00	32%
07:00	32%
08:00	32%
09:00	34%
10:00	36%
11:00	33%
12:00	29%
13:00	29%
14:00	29%
15:00	32%
16:00	32%
17:00	32%
18:00	29%
19:00	31%
20:00	35%
21:00	39%
22:00	43%

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/Melbourne	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
Fri, Aug 14 Sunrise 07:17 Sunset 17:49
24:00 ☾	0%	56%	0%	1.5m	165°	1.8m	56%	295°	9.7m/s	1.8m/s	0.69m	10s
01:00 ☾	0%	61%	0%	1.5m	165°	1.8m	61%	298°	9.4m/s	1.7m/s	0.68m	10s
02:00 ☾	0%	100%	0%	1.5m	165°	1.8m	100%	297°	9.2m/s	1.6m/s	0.69m	11s
03:00 ☾	0%	100%	0%	1.5m	165°	1.8m	100%	286°	9.5m/s	1.8m/s	0.69m	11s
04:00 ☾	0%	100%	0%	1.5m	164°	1.8m	100%	291°	9.2m/s	1.8m/s	0.7m	11s
05:00 ☾	0%	100%	0%	1.5m	165°	1.8m	100%	293°	9.2m/s	1.8m/s	0.7m	11s
06:00 ☾	0%	100%	0%	1.5m	165°	1.9m	100%	285°	9.4m/s	1.9m/s	0.71m	11s
07:00 ☾	0%	100%	0%	1.5m	166°	1.9m	100%	279°	9.2m/s	1.8m/s	0.71m	11s
08:00 ☾	0%	100%	0%	1.5m	165°	1.9m	100%	272°	8.6m/s	1.7m/s	0.77m	11s
09:00 ☾	0%	100%	0%	1.5m	163°	1.9m	100%	272°	7.6m/s	1.8m/s	0.84m	11s
10:00	0%	100%	0%	1.5m	162°	1.9m	100%	268°	7.2m/s	1.8m/s	0.9m	11s
11:00	0%	100%	0%	1.4m	162°	1.9m	100%	256°	6.5m/s	2.1m/s	0.92m	11s
12:00	0%	100%	0%	1.5m	161°	2m	100%	248°	6.2m/s	2.2m/s	0.93m	10s
13:00	0%	100%	0%	1.5m	161°	2m	100%	246°	5.7m/s	2m/s	0.95m	10s
14:00	0%	100%	0%	1.5m	161°	2m	100%	239°	5.4m/s	2m/s	0.84m	10s
15:00	0%	100%	0%	1.5m	160°	2m	100%	235°	4.8m/s	1.8m/s	0.73m	10s
16:00	0%	100%	0%	1.5m	160°	2m	100%	232°	4.5m/s	1.7m/s	0.62m	10s
17:00	0%	100%	0%	1.4m	160°	2m	100%	229°	4.8m/s	1.4m/s	0.63m	10s
18:00 ☾	0%	100%	0%	1.4m	159°	2m	100%	223°	5m/s	1.1m/s	0.64m	10s
19:00 ☾	0%	100%	0%	1.4m	159°	2m	100%	219°	3.1m/s	0.97m/s	0.65m	10s
20:00 ☾	0%	100%	0%	1.4m	173°	2m	100%	225°	2.3m/s	1m/s	0.69m	12s
21:00 ☾	0%	100%	0%	1.4m	187°	2m	100%	222°	2.2m/s	1m/s	0.74m	14s
22:00 ☾	0%	100%	0%	1.4m	200°	2m	100%	224°	2m/s	0.92m/s	0.78m	15s
23:00 ☾	0%	100%	0%	1.4m	200°	2m	100%	227°	1.1m/s	0.74m/s	0.84m	15s
Sat, Aug 15 Sunrise 07:16 Sunset 17:49
24:00 ☾	0%	100%	0%	1.4m	200°	2m	100%	249°	0.63m/s	0.61m/s	0.91m	15s
01:00 ☾	0%	100%	0%	1.3m	199°	2m	100%	261°	0.54m/s	0.54m/s	0.97m	15s
02:00 ☾	0%	100%	0%	1.3m	192°	2m	100%	258°	0.6m/s	0.53m/s	0.98m	14s
03:00 ☾	0%	100%	0%	1.4m	184°	2m	100%	242°	0.7m/s	0.63m/s	0.99m	13s
04:00 ☾	0%	100%	0%	1.4m	177°	2m	100%	227°	0.92m/s	0.73m/s	1m	12s
05:00 ☾	0%	100%	0%	1.4m	185°	2m	100%	217°	1.1m/s	0.85m/s	1m	13s
06:00 ☾	0%	100%	0%	1.4m	193°	2m	100%	215°	2.1m/s	0.93m/s	1m	14s
07:00 ☾	0%	100%	0%	1.5m	200°	2m	100%	214°	1.7m/s	0.9m/s	1m	15s
08:00 ☾	0%	100%	0%	1.5m	201°	2m	100%	215°	1.5m/s	0.81m/s	1m	15s
09:00 ☾	0%	100%	0%	1.5m	201°	2m	100%	209°	2.5m/s	1.2m/s	1m	14s
10:00	0%	100%	0%	1.5m	202°	2m	100%	201°	2m/s	1m/s	1m	14s
11:00	0%	99%	0%	1.5m	202°	2m	99%	213°	1.3m/s	0.79m/s	1m	14s
12:00	0%	97%	0%	1.5m	203°	1.9m	97%	251°	1.2m/s	0.74m/s	1m	14s
13:00	0%	97%	0%	1.5m	203°	2m	97%	276°	1.6m/s	0.88m/s	1m	14s
14:00	0%	92%	0%	1.5m	191°	1.9m	92%	273°	2m/s	1.3m/s	1m	13s
15:00	0%	91%	0%	1.5m	178°	2m	91%	233°	1.6m/s	1.4m/s	1.1m	12s
16:00	1%	100%	0%	1.5m	166°	2m	100%	185°	2.3m/s	1.7m/s	1.1m	11s
17:00	0%	100%	0%	1.5m	165°	2m	100%	182°	3.8m/s	1.5m/s	1.1m	11s
18:00 ☾	0%	100%	0%	1.5m	165°	2m	100%	183°	1.9m/s	0.86m/s	1.1m	11s
19:00 ☾	0%	100%	0%	1.5m	164°	2m	100%	171°	1.6m/s	0.67m/s	1.1m	11s
20:00 ☾	0%	100%	0%	1.5m	164°	2m	100%	141°	1.8m/s	0.68m/s	1.1m	11s
21:00 ☾	0%	84%	0%	1.5m	164°	2m	84%	108°	2m/s	0.79m/s	1.1m	11s
22:00 ☾	0%	23%	0%	1.5m	164°	2m	23%	102°	1.5m/s	0.86m/s	1.1m	11s
23:00 ☾	0%	16%	0%	1.4m	163°	1.9m	16%	100°	0.9m/s	0.87m/s	1.1m	11s
Sun, Aug 16 Sunrise 07:14 Sunset 17:50
24:00 ☾	0%	73%	0%	1.4m	163°	1.9m	73%	98°	0.61m/s	0.6m/s	1.1m	11s
01:00 ☾	0%	100%	0%	1.4m	162°	1.9m	100%	115°	0.4m/s	0.35m/s	1m	11s
02:00 ☾	0%	100%	0%	1.4m	162°	1.9m	100%	150°	0.41m/s	0.38m/s	1m	11s
03:00 ☾	0%	88%	0%	1.4m	161°	1.9m	88%	167°	0.53m/s	0.47m/s	1m	11s
04:00 ☾	0%	14%	0%	1.4m	161°	1.9m	14%	151°	0.63m/s	0.58m/s	1m	11s
05:00 ☾	0%	5%	0%	1.4m	161°	1.9m	5%	93°	0.51m/s	0.53m/s	1m	11s
06:00 ☾	0%	4%	0%	1.4m	161°	1.8m	4%	81°	0.7m/s	0.73m/s	1m	10s
07:00 ☾	0%	5%	0%	1.4m	160°	1.8m	5%	74°	0.82m/s	0.91m/s	1m	10s
08:00 ☾	0%	4%	0%	1.4m	179°	1.8m	4%	72°	1m/s	0.89m/s	1m	12s
09:00 ☾	0%	4%	0%	1.3m	197°	1.8m	4%	90°	2.9m/s	1m/s	1m	13s
10:00	0%	2%	0%	1.3m	215°	1.8m	2%	99°	4.7m/s	1.7m/s	1m	14s
11:00	1%	3%	0%	1.3m	197°	1.8m	3%	102°	3.7m/s	1.4m/s	0.86m	13s
12:00	2%	4%	0%	1.3m	178°	1.8m	4%	105°	2.6m/s	1.2m/s	0.69m	12s
13:00	3%	5%	0%	1.3m	160°	1.7m	5%	108°	1.5m/s	0.94m/s	0.52m	10s
14:00	2%	8%	0%	1.3m	159°	1.7m	8%	91°	1.7m/s	1m/s	0.51m	10s
15:00	1%	10%	0%	1.3m	159°	1.7m	10%	75°	1.8m/s	1.2m/s	0.51m	10s
16:00	0%	13%	0%	1.3m	159°	1.7m	13%	58°	2m/s	1.3m/s	0.5m	10s
17:00	0%	11%	0%	1.3m	159°	1.7m	11%	63°	3.6m/s	1.4m/s	0.45m	10s
18:00 ☾	0%	10%	0%	1.3m	159°	1.7m	10%	67°	5.3m/s	1.5m/s	0.4m	10s
19:00 ☾	0%	8%	0%	1.2m	159°	1.6m	8%	72°	6.9m/s	1.5m/s	0.35m	10s
20:00 ☾	0%	8%	0%	1.2m	179°	1.6m	8%	67°	7.6m/s	1.6m/s	0.52m	15s
21:00 ☾	0%	7%	0%	1.2m	199°	1.6m	7%	62°	8.2m/s	1.7m/s	0.69m	19s
22:00 ☾	0%	6%	0%	1.2m	220°	1.6m	6%	57°	8.8m/s	1.7m/s	0.86m	23s
23:00 ☾	0%	7%	0%	1.2m	220°	1.6m	7%	56°	9m/s	1.7m/s	0.86m	23s

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 13, 2026, 1:55 PM UTC

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