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Rule Dramatic Seascapes

Dramatic Seascapes Forecast for Sydney, Australian Coast

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Sydney Harbour layers the Opera House, Harbour Bridge, sandstone headlands, ferries, and city towers across coves suited to long-lens alignment.

Currently

Real-time conditions

Coastal Drama Score

21%

Wave Height1.1m

Swell Height1.0m

Wind Speed1.1m/s (calm conditions)

Wind Gusts2.1m/s

Cloud Cover91%

Visibility24134 (Clear)

Upcoming Opportunities

When all conditions match, PhotoWeather marks an opportunity window.

Times shown in Australia/Sydney

Next opportunity

Moderate Seascape

Sydney

Fri, Aug 28 · 21:00–01:00 · 4h window

Low confidence

16%

🌊Coastal Drama Score47.2-52.3%

Wave Height: 1.8m

Swell Height: 1.6m

Wind Speed: 1.8m/s (calm conditions)

Wind Gusts: 3.0m/s

Moderate Seascape

Sydney

Sat, Aug 29 · 02:00–05:00

🌊Coastal Drama Score:45.1-47.2%

Low

Moderate Seascape at Dawn

Sydney

Sat, Aug 29 · 05:00–06:00

🌊Coastal Drama Score:47.5%

Low

Moderate Seascape

Sydney

Sat, Aug 29 · 08:00–12:00

🌊Coastal Drama Score:46.9-51%

Low

Moderate Seascape at Sunrise

Sydney

Sun, Aug 30 · 06:00–07:00

🌊Coastal Drama Score:51%

Low

Moderate Seascape

Sydney

Sun, Aug 30 · 07:00–09:00

🌊Coastal Drama Score:46.9-51%

Low

Moderate Seascape

Sydney

Mon, Aug 31 · 23:00–05:00

🌊Coastal Drama Score:45.5-54.7%

Low

+2 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 Sydney.

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Recorded match history

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

Last 30 days

recorded matching windows · 49% average confidence

Last 90 days

recorded matching windows · 52% average confidence

Last 365 days

recorded matching windows · 53% average confidence

Most frequent recorded start hour

06:00 local time, shared by 8 of 50 matches recorded in the last 365 days.

Most represented month

August, with 24 of 50 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	24%
16:00	26%
17:00	27%
18:00	26%
19:00	20%
20:00	24%
21:00	24%
22:00	24%
23:00	35%
Sun, Aug 23
24:00	33%
01:00	29%
02:00	23%
03:00	22%
04:00	26%
05:00	21%
06:00	27%
07:00	27%
08:00	24%
09:00	30%
10:00	28%
11:00	18%
12:00	18%
13:00	24%
14:00	22%
15:00	18%
16:00	23%
17:00	24%
18:00	22%
19:00	22%
20:00	26%
21:00	22%
22:00	20%
23:00	22%
Mon, Aug 24
24:00	22%
01:00	22%
02:00	22%
03:00	23%
04:00	24%
05:00	24%
06:00	24%
07:00	24%
08:00	25%
09:00	23%
10:00	23%
11:00	19%
12:00	19%
13:00	13%
14:00	13%
15:00	13%
16:00	18%
17:00	21%
18:00	16%
19:00	16%
20:00	21%
21:00	23%
22:00	25%
23:00	24%
Tue, Aug 25
24:00	23%
01:00	20%
02:00	23%
03:00	16%
04:00	16%
05:00	16%
06:00	21%
07:00	16%
08:00	16%
09:00	17%
10:00	17%
11:00	17%
12:00	17%
13:00	17%
14:00	17%
15:00	13%
16:00	13%
17:00	13%
18:00	14%
19:00	11%
20:00	13%
21:00	12%
22:00	12%
23:00	14%
Wed, Aug 26
24:00	14%
01:00	13%
02:00	15%
03:00	15%

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 06:26 Sunset 17:29
05:00 ☾	0%	91%	0%	0.98m	169°	1.1m	91%	276°	2.1m/s	1.1m/s	1.3m	6.1s
06:00 ☾	0%	93%	0%	1m	169°	1.1m	93%	276°	2m/s	1m/s	1.3m	6.2s
07:00 ☾	0%	91%	0%	1m	169°	1.1m	91%	280°	1.5m/s	0.78m/s	1.3m	6.3s
08:00 ☾	0%	95%	0%	1m	169°	1.1m	95%	288°	1.5m/s	0.55m/s	1.3m	6.3s
09:00 ☾	0%	93%	0%	1m	169°	1.1m	93%	315°	1.9m/s	0.26m/s	1.4m	6.2s
10:00	0%	96%	0%	1m	169°	1.1m	96%	27°	2.7m/s	0.8m/s	1.4m	6.2s
11:00	0%	97%	0%	0.79m	169°	1.1m	97%	50°	3.8m/s	2.2m/s	1.3m	6.2s
12:00	0%	97%	0%	0.59m	169°	1.1m	97%	51°	4.3m/s	3.6m/s	1.2m	6.2s
13:00	0%	61%	0%	0.38m	169°	1.1m	61%	47°	4.5m/s	3.9m/s	1m	6.2s
14:00	0%	60%	0%	0.38m	169°	1.1m	60%	55°	4.6m/s	4.2m/s	1.1m	6.1s
15:00	0%	81%	0%	0.37m	169°	1.2m	81%	54°	5.2m/s	4.8m/s	1.1m	6s
16:00	0%	72%	0%	0.37m	170°	1.2m	72%	49°	6.5m/s	4.6m/s	1.1m	6s
17:00	0%	79%	0%	0.36m	169°	1.2m	79%	47°	7.3m/s	4.7m/s	1.1m	6s
18:00 ☾	0%	90%	0%	0.36m	169°	1.2m	90%	42°	7.9m/s	4.6m/s	1.1m	5.9s
19:00 ☾	0%	93%	0%	0.35m	169°	1.2m	93%	36°	8.1m/s	4.6m/s	1.1m	5.9s
20:00 ☾	0%	54%	0%	0.38m	169°	1.2m	54%	36°	9m/s	5.2m/s	1.1m	5.9s
21:00 ☾	0%	16%	0%	0.4m	169°	1.2m	16%	37°	9.9m/s	5.7m/s	1.1m	5.9s
22:00 ☾	0%	2%	0%	0.43m	169°	1.2m	2%	26°	9.5m/s	5m/s	1.1m	5.8s
23:00 ☾	0%	0%	0%	0.38m	168°	1.2m	0%	15°	7.7m/s	3.8m/s	1.1m	5.9s
Mon, Aug 24 Sunrise 06:25 Sunset 17:30
24:00 ☾	0%	0%	0%	0.32m	168°	1.2m	0%	6°	6.3m/s	3m/s	1.1m	5.9s
01:00 ☾	0%	0%	0%	0.27m	168°	1.2m	0%	357°	5.9m/s	2.5m/s	1.1m	5.9s
02:00 ☾	0%	0%	0%	0.41m	167°	1.1m	0%	335°	4.2m/s	2m/s	1.2m	5.9s
03:00 ☾	0%	0%	0%	0.54m	167°	1.1m	0%	330°	2.5m/s	1.8m/s	1.2m	6s
04:00 ☾	0%	0%	0%	0.68m	166°	1.1m	0%	340°	2.4m/s	1.6m/s	1.2m	6s
05:00 ☾	0%	0%	0%	0.68m	166°	1.1m	0%	355°	2.8m/s	1.7m/s	1.3m	6s
06:00 ☾	0%	0%	0%	0.69m	165°	1.2m	0%	356°	3.6m/s	2m/s	1.3m	6s
07:00 ☾	0%	0%	0%	0.69m	164°	1.2m	0%	347°	3.3m/s	2m/s	1.3m	6.1s
08:00 ☾	0%	0%	0%	0.69m	164°	1.2m	0%	356°	4.7m/s	2.1m/s	1.3m	6.1s
09:00 ☾	0%	0%	0%	0.69m	164°	1.2m	0%	344°	4m/s	2.3m/s	1.3m	6.1s
10:00	0%	0%	0%	0.69m	164°	1.2m	0%	349°	4m/s	2.2m/s	1.3m	6.2s
11:00	0%	0%	0%	0.49m	164°	1.2m	0%	18°	4.4m/s	2.5m/s	1.3m	6.1s
12:00	0%	0%	0%	0.28m	164°	1.2m	0%	37°	4.7m/s	2.9m/s	1.2m	6.1s
13:00	1%	0%	0%	0.08m	164°	1.2m	1%	60°	4.7m/s	4.4m/s	1.2m	6.1s
14:00	4%	0%	0%	0.16m	165°	1.3m	4%	61°	5.7m/s	5.5m/s	1.3m	6s
15:00	5%	3%	0%	0.24m	166°	1.3m	5%	61°	7.7m/s	5.7m/s	1.3m	6s
16:00	0%	2%	0%	0.32m	166°	1.3m	2%	48°	11m/s	6.4m/s	1.3m	5.9s
17:00	0%	4%	0%	0.28m	167°	1.3m	4%	42°	12m/s	6m/s	1.3m	5.9s
18:00 ☾	0%	2%	0%	0.23m	167°	1.3m	2%	36°	13m/s	6m/s	1.3m	6s
19:00 ☾	0%	1%	0%	0.19m	168°	1.3m	1%	29°	13m/s	6.3m/s	1.2m	6s
20:00 ☾	0%	0%	0%	0.36m	168°	1.2m	0%	28°	13m/s	6.2m/s	1.2m	6s
21:00 ☾	0%	0%	0%	0.52m	168°	1.2m	0%	23°	13m/s	5.3m/s	1.2m	6s
22:00 ☾	0%	0%	0%	0.69m	168°	1.1m	0%	6°	8.8m/s	3.7m/s	1.2m	6.1s
23:00 ☾	10%	0%	0%	0.68m	168°	1.1m	10%	338°	3m/s	2m/s	1.1m	6.1s
Tue, Aug 25 Sunrise 06:24 Sunset 17:31
24:00 ☾	4%	0%	0%	0.66m	168°	1.1m	4%	319°	1.8m/s	1.6m/s	1.1m	6.1s
01:00 ☾	100%	0%	0%	0.65m	168°	1m	100%	316°	1m/s	1.1m/s	1.1m	6.1s
02:00 ☾	100%	0%	5%	0.74m	168°	1m	100%	320°	1.1m/s	1.1m/s	1.1m	6.1s
03:00 ☾	100%	0%	4%	0.84m	168°	0.98m	100%	358°	0.92m/s	0.86m/s	1.1m	6.1s
04:00 ☾	99%	0%	22%	0.93m	168°	0.96m	99%	323°	1.2m/s	1.2m/s	1.1m	6.1s
05:00 ☾	95%	0%	63%	0.91m	168°	0.94m	95%	337°	1.6m/s	1.5m/s	1.1m	6.1s
06:00 ☾	45%	0%	3%	0.88m	168°	0.91m	45%	327°	1.9m/s	1.7m/s	1.1m	6.1s
07:00 ☾	100%	0%	0%	0.86m	168°	0.89m	100%	336°	1.7m/s	1.5m/s	1m	6.1s
08:00 ☾	100%	1%	36%	0.83m	169°	0.87m	100%	358°	2.6m/s	1.6m/s	1m	6s
09:00 ☾	100%	5%	93%	0.8m	169°	0.84m	100%	5°	4.6m/s	2.2m/s	1m	6s
10:00	100%	30%	25%	0.77m	169°	0.82m	100%	358°	8.3m/s	3.4m/s	0.97m	6s
11:00	100%	53%	50%	0.75m	170°	0.81m	100%	355°	8.9m/s	3.7m/s	0.93m	6s
12:00	100%	77%	75%	0.74m	170°	0.79m	100%	351°	9.5m/s	4m/s	0.9m	6s
13:00	100%	100%	100%	0.72m	170°	0.78m	100%	348°	10m/s	4.3m/s	0.86m	5.9s
14:00	100%	100%	100%	0.57m	171°	0.77m	100%	349°	9m/s	3.6m/s	0.81m	5.9s
15:00	100%	100%	100%	0.41m	171°	0.77m	100%	351°	7.9m/s	3m/s	0.76m	5.9s
16:00	100%	100%	100%	0.26m	171°	0.76m	100%	353°	6.8m/s	2.4m/s	0.71m	5.9s
17:00	70%	98%	100%	0.34m	171°	0.76m	100%	341°	6.8m/s	2.3m/s	0.74m	5.8s
18:00 ☾	39%	95%	100%	0.41m	171°	0.77m	100%	329°	6.7m/s	2.3m/s	0.77m	5.8s
19:00 ☾	9%	93%	100%	0.49m	171°	0.77m	100%	317°	6.6m/s	2.2m/s	0.8m	5.8s
20:00 ☾	9%	93%	99%	0.5m	171°	0.79m	100%	301°	5.6m/s	2m/s	0.83m	5.7s
21:00 ☾	9%	92%	99%	0.51m	172°	0.82m	100%	286°	4.6m/s	1.8m/s	0.85m	5.6s
22:00 ☾	9%	92%	98%	0.52m	172°	0.84m	100%	270°	3.6m/s	1.5m/s	0.88m	5.6s
23:00 ☾	20%	95%	99%	0.54m	172°	0.86m	100%	247°	3m/s	1.4m/s	0.9m	5.5s
Wed, Aug 26 Sunrise 06:23 Sunset 17:32
24:00 ☾	31%	97%	99%	0.56m	172°	0.88m	100%	223°	2.3m/s	1.3m/s	0.92m	5.5s
01:00 ☾	42%	100%	100%	0.58m	172°	0.9m	100%	200°	1.6m/s	1.2m/s	0.94m	5.6s
02:00 ☾	28%	69%	100%	0.73m	171°	0.95m	100%	209°	3.2m/s	1.6m/s	1m	5.8s
03:00 ☾	14%	39%	100%	0.89m	170°	0.99m	100%	218°	4.7m/s	2.1m/s	1.1m	6s
04:00 ☾	0%	8%	100%	1m	169°	1m	100%	227°	6.2m/s	2.5m/s	1.2m	6.2s

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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