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Big Sur - Golden Hour - California Coast

Big Sur, California, United States

That magical warm light just after sunrise or before sunset

Upcoming Opportunities

When all conditions match, PhotoWeather marks an opportunity window.

Times shown in America/Los_Angeles
Next opportunity
Exceptional Golden Hour (calm) at Sunrise
Big Sur
Tomorrow · 07:00–07:56 · 1h window
High confidence
78%
Exceptional Golden Hour at Sunrise
Big Sur
Tue, Jan 13 · 07:00–07:56
Medium
Exceptional Golden Hour at Sunrise
Big Sur
Wed, Jan 14 · 07:00–07:55
Medium
Exceptional Golden Hour at Sunrise
Big Sur
Thu, Jan 15 · 07:00–07:55
Medium
Exceptional Golden Hour at Sunrise
Big Sur
Fri, Jan 16 · 07:00–07:55
Medium
Exceptional Golden Hour at Sunrise
Big Sur
Sat, Jan 17 · 07:00–07:54
Medium
Exceptional Golden Hour at Sunrise
Big Sur
Sun, Jan 18 · 07:00–07:54
Medium
+2 more windows in the next 14 days

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72-hour requirements breakdown

What passed or failed, hour by hour
3matching hours in the next 72 hoursJump to next match
AND logic: all conditions required
Meets requirement
Misses requirement
Time
America/Los_Angeles
Golden Hour
Any
Golden Hour Potential
≥ 85.0%
Precipitation Chance
≤ 5.0%
Visibility
≥ 12000.0m
Sun, Jan 11
10:00✕34%0%33200m
11:00✕26%0%36700m
12:00✕31%0%38300m
13:00✕30%0%45000m
14:00✕30%0%47200m
15:00✕30%0%46900m
16:00✕31%0%30100m
17:00✕100%0%41000m
18:00✕70%0%54000m
19:00✕87%0%64500m
20:00✕67%0%73700m
21:00✕59%0%80100m
22:00✕59%0%84800m
23:00✕59%0%84100m
Mon, Jan 12
24:00✕58%0%76600m
01:00✕66%0%68700m
02:00✕63%0%72000m
03:00✕91%0%73700m
04:00✕76%0%71300m
05:00✕92%0%73800m
06:00✕84%0%79600m
07:00✓100%0%83100m
08:00✕67%0%85400m
09:00✕29%0%83500m
10:00✕30%0%70800m
11:00✕30%0%49600m
12:00✕30%0%45800m
13:00✕30%0%42700m
14:00✕30%0%34900m
15:00✕29%0%28200m
16:00✕30%0%31200m
17:00✕100%0%42500m
18:00✕69%0%52900m
19:00✕85%0%65300m
20:00✕84%0%71600m
21:00✕83%0%73800m
22:00✕81%0%78600m
23:00✕82%0%82600m
Tue, Jan 13
24:00✕81%0%87100m
01:00✕81%0%90000m
02:00✕82%0%73535m
03:00✕84%0%56570m
04:00✕83%0%40605m
05:00✕79%0%24140m
06:00✕81%0%24140m
07:00✓97%0%24140m
08:00✕65%0%24140m
09:00✕29%0%24140m
10:00✕29%0%24140m
11:00✕29%0%24140m
12:00✕28%0%24140m
13:00✕28%0%24140m
14:00✕28%0%24140m
15:00✕29%0%24140m
16:00✕30%0%24140m
17:00✕92%0%24140m
18:00✕66%0%24140m
19:00✕80%0%24140m
20:00✕79%0%24140m
21:00✕79%0%24140m
22:00✕80%0%24140m
23:00✕80%0%24140m
Wed, Jan 14
24:00✕80%0%24140m
01:00✕80%0%24140m
02:00✕80%0%24140m
03:00✕78%0%24140m
04:00✕78%0%24140m
05:00✕78%0%24140m
06:00✕78%0%24140m
07:00✓93%0%24140m
08:00✕63%0%24140m
09:00✕28%0%24140m
How to read: colored cells show whether each predicate requirement is met; highlighted rows mean the full rule matched (an opportunity).

What does Golden Hour Potential 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
America/Los_Angeles
Golden Hour
High Clouds
%
Low Clouds
%
Mid-Level Clouds
%
Relative Humidity
%
Total Cloud Coverage
%
Wind Speed
m/s
Sun, Jan 11 Sunrise 07:18 Sunset 17:11
11:00 ☾
- 63% 0% 0% 53% 63% 0.72m/s
12:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 52% 0% 1.4m/s
13:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 45% 0% 2m/s
14:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 43% 0% 2.5m/s
15:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 43% 0% 0.76m/s
16:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 62% 0% 1.1m/s
17:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 49% 0% 0.36m/s
18:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 37% 0% 0.14m/s
19:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 30% 0% 0.28m/s
20:00 ☾
- 72% 0% 0% 24% 72% 0.14m/s
21:00 ☾
- 100% 0% 0% 20% 100% 0.64m/s
22:00 ☾
- 100% 0% 0% 18% 100% 1.2m/s
23:00 ☾
- 100% 0% 0% 18% 100% 1.3m/s
Mon, Jan 12 Sunrise 07:18 Sunset 17:11
24:00 ☾
- 100% 0% 0% 22% 100% 1.7m/s
01:00 ☾
- 74% 0% 0% 27% 74% 1.7m/s
02:00 ☾
- 79% 0% 2% 25% 79% 2m/s
03:00 ☾
- 16% 0% 1% 24% 16% 1.8m/s
04:00 ☾
- 56% 0% 5% 24% 56% 0.71m/s
05:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 8% 24% 8% 0.94m/s
06:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 2% 21% 2% 1m/s
07:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 1% 18% 1% 0.89m/s
08:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 16% 0% 0.81m/s
09:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 19% 0% 1m/s
10:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 26% 0% 0.45m/s
11:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 41% 0% 0.14m/s
12:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 44% 0% 0.57m/s
13:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 47% 0% 1.2m/s
14:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 55% 0% 2.1m/s
15:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 64% 0% 2m/s
16:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 60% 0% 2.7m/s
17:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 47% 0% 1.9m/s
18:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 38% 0% 1.4m/s
19:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 29% 0% 2.1m/s
20:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 25% 0% 2.4m/s
21:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 24% 0% 2.5m/s
22:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 22% 0% 3m/s
23:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 19% 0% 1.9m/s
Tue, Jan 13 Sunrise 07:18 Sunset 17:12
24:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 17% 0% 2.2m/s
01:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 14% 0% 1.9m/s
02:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 20% 0% 2.1m/s
03:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 26% 0% 2.8m/s
04:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 29% 0% 2.8m/s
05:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 33% 0% 2.9m/s
06:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 32% 0% 2.7m/s
07:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 31% 0% 2.3m/s
08:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 33% 0% 1.7m/s
09:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 37% 0% 0.95m/s
10:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 31% 0% 0.2m/s
11:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 30% 0% 1.1m/s
12:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 30% 0% 1.5m/s
13:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 30% 0% 1.8m/s
14:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 31% 0% 1.7m/s
15:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 34% 0% 1.4m/s
16:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 47% 0% 1.4m/s
17:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 51% 0% 2.1m/s
18:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 45% 0% 2.5m/s
19:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 38% 0% 3m/s
20:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 33% 0% 2.9m/s
21:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 29% 0% 3m/s
22:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 27% 0% 2.5m/s
23:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 25% 0% 2.4m/s
Wed, Jan 14 Sunrise 07:18 Sunset 17:13
24:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 25% 0% 2.8m/s
01:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 26% 0% 2.5m/s
02:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 26% 0% 2.8m/s
03:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 27% 0% 2.9m/s
04:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 27% 0% 3.1m/s
05:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 27% 0% 3.3m/s
06:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 27% 0% 3.5m/s
07:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 26% 0% 3.1m/s
08:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 28% 0% 3m/s
09:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 30% 0% 2.1m/s
10:00 ☾
- 0% 0% 0% 27% 0% 0.5m/s
How to read: these inputs help produce the derived score; they are not requirements by themselves.

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