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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

Wave Height0.9m

Swell Height0.1m

Wind Speed3.9m/s (calm conditions)

Wind Gusts8.3m/s

Cloud Cover0%

Visibility24135 (Clear)

Upcoming Opportunities

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Times shown in Australia/Sydney

Next opportunity

Moderate Seascape

Sydney

Sat, Aug 15 · 20:00–21:00 · 1h window

Low confidence

39%

🌊Coastal Drama Score46.8%

Wave Height: 1.9m

Swell Height: 1.4m

Wind Speed: 3.4m/s (calm conditions)

Wind Gusts: 6.1m/s

Moderate Seascape

Sydney

Sun, Aug 16 · 01:00–02:00

🌊Coastal Drama Score:46.9%

Low

Moderate Seascape

Sydney

Sun, Aug 16 · 03:00–06:00

🌊Coastal Drama Score:48.1-48.3%

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 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 · 50% average confidence

Last 90 days

recorded matching windows · 53% average confidence

Last 365 days

recorded matching windows · 54% average confidence

Most frequent recorded start hour

07:00 local time, shared by 7 of 39 matches recorded in the last 365 days.

Most represented month

July, with 18 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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80-hour requirements breakdown

When available, the detailed table below covers only the stated 80-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%
Thu, Aug 13
15:00	15%
16:00	15%
17:00	15%
18:00	15%
19:00	12%
20:00	13%
21:00	14%
22:00	18%
23:00	6.8%
Fri, Aug 14
24:00	6.8%
01:00	6.8%
02:00	8.2%
03:00	8.2%
04:00	8.2%
05:00	9.3%
06:00	8.6%
07:00	15%
08:00	19%
09:00	19%
10:00	25%
11:00	25%
12:00	25%
13:00	22%
14:00	22%
15:00	22%
16:00	22%
17:00	24%
18:00	24%
19:00	35%
20:00	33%
21:00	40%
22:00	35%
23:00	34%
Sat, Aug 15
24:00	34%
01:00	35%
02:00	32%
03:00	32%
04:00	32%
05:00	34%
06:00	34%
07:00	38%
08:00	34%
09:00	33%
10:00	40%
11:00	33%
12:00	30%
13:00	32%
14:00	32%
15:00	32%
16:00	36%
17:00	36%
18:00	39%
19:00	43%
20:00	47%
21:00	36%
22:00	34%
23:00	34%
Sun, Aug 16
24:00	39%
01:00	47%
02:00	42%
03:00	48%
04:00	48%
05:00	48%
06:00	37%
07:00	34%
08:00	34%
09:00	34%
10:00	37%
11:00	35%
12:00	32%
13:00	24%
14:00	24%
15:00	30%
16:00	30%
17:00	-
18:00	-
19:00	-
20:00	-
21:00	-
22:00	-

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
Fri, Aug 14 Sunrise 06:36 Sunset 17:23
24:00 ☾	0%	0%	0%	0.15m	150°	0.87m	0%	250°	8.3m/s	3.9m/s	0.85m	5.4s
01:00 ☾	0%	0%	0%	0.15m	149°	0.85m	0%	262°	6.8m/s	3.4m/s	0.83m	5.4s
02:00 ☾	0%	0%	0%	0.15m	150°	0.86m	0%	270°	6.6m/s	3.5m/s	0.84m	5.4s
03:00 ☾	0%	0%	0%	0.15m	150°	0.87m	0%	273°	5.8m/s	3.2m/s	0.86m	5.4s
04:00 ☾	0%	0%	0%	0.15m	150°	0.88m	0%	274°	5.3m/s	2.9m/s	0.87m	5.3s
05:00 ☾	0%	0%	0%	0.14m	150°	0.92m	0%	275°	5.2m/s	2.9m/s	0.91m	5.4s
06:00 ☾	0%	0%	0%	0.14m	149°	0.97m	0%	275°	4.7m/s	2.9m/s	0.96m	5.4s
07:00 ☾	0%	0%	0%	0.13m	149°	1m	0%	272°	4.8m/s	2.8m/s	1m	5.5s
08:00 ☾	0%	0%	0%	0.42m	148°	1m	0%	270°	4.2m/s	2.7m/s	1m	5.6s
09:00 ☾	0%	0%	0%	0.71m	148°	1m	0%	266°	3.7m/s	2.9m/s	1m	5.7s
10:00	0%	0%	0%	1m	147°	1m	0%	255°	2.4m/s	2.2m/s	1m	5.8s
11:00	0%	0%	0%	1m	143°	1.1m	0%	232°	1.5m/s	1.5m/s	1.1m	5.8s
12:00	0%	0%	0%	1m	138°	1.2m	0%	182°	1.3m/s	0.84m/s	1.2m	6s
13:00	0%	0%	0%	1m	134°	1.3m	0%	128°	1.7m/s	1.9m/s	1.3m	6.1s
14:00	0%	0%	0%	1.1m	135°	1.3m	0%	115°	1.9m/s	3.1m/s	1.3m	6.1s
15:00	0%	1%	0%	1.1m	135°	1.3m	1%	114°	2.6m/s	3.8m/s	1.3m	6.1s
16:00	0%	0%	0%	1.1m	136°	1.3m	0%	112°	4m/s	3.6m/s	1.3m	6.1s
17:00	0%	0%	0%	1.1m	137°	1.4m	0%	115°	5.2m/s	3.1m/s	1.4m	6.1s
18:00 ☾	0%	0%	0%	1.1m	138°	1.4m	0%	108°	5.8m/s	3.1m/s	1.4m	6.1s
19:00 ☾	0%	0%	0%	1.1m	139°	1.5m	0%	101°	5.8m/s	3.1m/s	1.5m	6.1s
20:00 ☾	0%	0%	0%	1.1m	139°	1.6m	0%	101°	4m/s	2.6m/s	1.6m	6.3s
21:00 ☾	0%	26%	0%	1.1m	140°	1.7m	26%	110°	2.9m/s	1.6m/s	1.7m	6.4s
22:00 ☾	0%	72%	0%	1.1m	141°	1.8m	72%	146°	1.9m/s	0.64m/s	1.8m	6.6s
23:00 ☾	0%	84%	0%	1.2m	141°	1.8m	84%	231°	1.7m/s	0.88m/s	1.8m	6.7s
Sat, Aug 15 Sunrise 06:35 Sunset 17:24
24:00 ☾	0%	95%	0%	1.2m	140°	1.8m	95%	252°	1.9m/s	1.2m/s	1.8m	6.8s
01:00 ☾	0%	97%	0%	1.2m	140°	1.9m	97%	261°	1.2m/s	1m/s	1.9m	6.9s
02:00 ☾	0%	100%	0%	1.2m	139°	1.9m	100%	258°	1.2m/s	1.1m/s	1.9m	7s
03:00 ☾	0%	100%	0%	1.2m	138°	1.9m	100%	245°	1.8m/s	1.4m/s	1.9m	7.1s
04:00 ☾	0%	96%	0%	1.2m	137°	1.9m	96%	243°	2.4m/s	1.7m/s	1.9m	7.2s
05:00 ☾	0%	90%	0%	1.2m	136°	1.9m	90%	243°	2.2m/s	1.6m/s	1.9m	7.2s
06:00 ☾	0%	82%	0%	1.3m	136°	1.9m	82%	231°	2.1m/s	1.5m/s	1.9m	7.2s
07:00 ☾	0%	78%	0%	1.3m	135°	1.9m	78%	234°	2m/s	1.4m/s	1.9m	7.3s
08:00 ☾	0%	92%	0%	1.3m	135°	1.9m	92%	226°	2.1m/s	1.4m/s	1.9m	7.3s
09:00 ☾	0%	100%	0%	1.3m	135°	1.9m	100%	199°	2.7m/s	1.6m/s	1.9m	7.3s
10:00	0%	74%	0%	1.3m	135°	1.9m	74%	170°	3.7m/s	2.3m/s	1.9m	7.3s
11:00	0%	92%	0%	1.3m	136°	1.9m	92%	159°	4.3m/s	3.1m/s	1.9m	7.3s
12:00	0%	100%	0%	1.3m	136°	1.9m	100%	160°	4.9m/s	3.4m/s	1.9m	7.3s
13:00	0%	100%	0%	1.3m	137°	1.9m	100%	165°	6m/s	3.8m/s	1.9m	7.3s
14:00	0%	100%	0%	1.3m	138°	1.9m	100%	167°	6.8m/s	4.2m/s	1.9m	7.4s
15:00	0%	100%	0%	1.4m	139°	1.9m	100%	169°	7.5m/s	4.3m/s	1.9m	7.4s
16:00	0%	99%	0%	1.4m	140°	1.8m	99%	172°	7.6m/s	4.1m/s	1.8m	7.5s
17:00	0%	100%	0%	1.4m	142°	1.9m	100%	176°	7.1m/s	3.9m/s	1.9m	7.5s
18:00 ☾	0%	93%	0%	1.4m	144°	1.9m	93%	178°	6.9m/s	3.8m/s	1.9m	7.6s
19:00 ☾	0%	72%	0%	1.4m	145°	1.9m	72%	177°	6.6m/s	3.5m/s	1.9m	7.7s
20:00 ☾	0%	40%	0%	1.4m	145°	1.9m	40%	180°	6.1m/s	3.4m/s	1.9m	7.7s
21:00 ☾	0%	7%	0%	1.4m	146°	1.9m	7%	186°	5.5m/s	3m/s	1.9m	7.7s
22:00 ☾	0%	5%	0%	1.4m	146°	1.9m	5%	195°	4.8m/s	3m/s	1.9m	7.7s
23:00 ☾	0%	9%	0%	1.4m	146°	1.9m	9%	204°	4.9m/s	3m/s	1.9m	7.7s
Sun, Aug 16 Sunrise 06:34 Sunset 17:25
24:00 ☾	0%	19%	0%	1.5m	145°	1.9m	19%	215°	5.2m/s	3m/s	1.9m	7.7s
01:00 ☾	0%	37%	0%	1.5m	145°	1.9m	37%	218°	5.5m/s	3.4m/s	1.9m	7.7s
02:00 ☾	0%	48%	0%	1.5m	145°	1.9m	48%	223°	5.5m/s	3.4m/s	1.9m	7.7s
03:00 ☾	0%	56%	0%	1.5m	145°	1.8m	56%	239°	6.4m/s	3.3m/s	1.8m	7.8s
04:00 ☾	0%	41%	0%	1.5m	144°	1.8m	41%	252°	4.7m/s	2.4m/s	1.8m	7.8s
05:00 ☾	0%	58%	0%	1.5m	144°	1.8m	58%	241°	3.7m/s	1.4m/s	1.8m	7.8s
06:00 ☾	0%	100%	0%	1.5m	144°	1.8m	100%	183°	4.4m/s	1.2m/s	1.8m	7.8s
07:00 ☾	0%	100%	0%	1.6m	144°	1.7m	100%	139°	4.7m/s	2m/s	1.7m	7.8s
08:00 ☾	0%	99%	0%	1.6m	144°	1.7m	99%	138°	5.4m/s	2.7m/s	1.7m	7.8s
09:00 ☾	0%	99%	0%	1.6m	145°	1.7m	99%	144°	5.8m/s	3.4m/s	1.7m	7.8s
10:00	0%	92%	0%	1.6m	145°	1.7m	92%	135°	6.6m/s	3.6m/s	1.7m	7.8s
11:00	0%	95%	0%	1.6m	147°	1.6m	95%	141°	6.7m/s	3.5m/s	1.5m	7.8s
12:00	0%	97%	0%	1.5m	149°	1.5m	97%	147°	6.7m/s	3.4m/s	1.3m	7.8s
13:00	0%	100%	0%	1.5m	151°	1.5m	100%	153°	6.7m/s	3.4m/s	1.1m	7.8s
14:00	0%	85%	0%	1.3m	151°	1.3m	85%	158°	6.3m/s	3m/s	0.99m	7.8s
15:00	0%	70%	0%	1.2m	151°	1.2m	70%	163°	6m/s	2.6m/s	0.87m	7.8s
16:00	0%	55%	0%	1m	150°	1m	55%	168°	5.6m/s	2.2m/s	0.74m	7.8s
17:00	0%	58%	0%	-	-	-	58%	173°	4.4m/s	1.8m/s	-	-
18:00 ☾	0%	62%	0%	-	-	-	62%	179°	3.2m/s	1.4m/s	-	-
19:00 ☾	0%	65%	0%	-	-	-	65%	184°	1.9m/s	1m/s	-	-
20:00 ☾	0%	77%	0%	-	-	-	77%	216°	1.6m/s	0.95m/s	-	-
21:00 ☾	0%	88%	0%	-	-	-	88%	248°	1.3m/s	0.86m/s	-	-
22:00 ☾	0%	100%	0%	-	-	-	100%	280°	1m/s	0.77m/s	-	-
23:00 ☾	0%	74%	0%	-	-	-	74%	254°	1.2m/s	0.84m/s	-	-

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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Forecast generated

Aug 13, 2026, 1:55 PM UTC

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