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Rule Dramatic Seascapes

Dramatic Seascapes Forecast for Monterey, California Coast

Pacific Grove, California, United States

Monterey and Pacific Grove pair granite coves, kelp beds, cypress silhouettes, and working harbour details beneath the bay’s frequent marine layer.

Currently

Real-time conditions

Coastal Drama Score

Wave Height0.5m

Swell Height0.4m

Wind Speed7.1m/s (moderate winds)

Wind Gusts7.6m/s

Cloud Cover5%

Visibility24134 (Clear)

Upcoming Opportunities

When all conditions match, PhotoWeather marks an opportunity window.

Times shown in America/Los_Angeles

No opportunities in the next 14 days

See which requirements block the most forecast hours below.

Most common blockers (85-hour forecast)

Coastal Drama Score100% of hours

How this forecast is evaluated

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

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Recorded match history

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

Last 30 days

recorded matching windows

Last 90 days

recorded matching windows

Last 365 days

recorded matching windows · 64% average confidence

Most represented month

January, with 18 of 18 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 America/Los_Angeles	Coastal Drama Score ≥ 45.0%
Fri, Aug 21
22:00	7.7%
23:00	8.9%
Sat, Aug 22
24:00	7.5%
01:00	7.5%
02:00	14%
03:00	14%
04:00	8.9%
05:00	10%
06:00	8.9%
07:00	11%
08:00	10%
09:00	10%
10:00	8.2%
11:00	11%
12:00	8.4%
13:00	8.3%
14:00	11%
15:00	8.9%
16:00	12%
17:00	9.6%
18:00	9.7%
19:00	11%
20:00	9.8%
21:00	9.6%
22:00	9.5%
23:00	9.3%
Sun, Aug 23
24:00	8.6%
01:00	12%
02:00	8.5%
03:00	8.5%
04:00	8.5%
05:00	8.5%
06:00	8.6%
07:00	8.5%
08:00	8.6%
09:00	8.6%
10:00	8.6%
11:00	8.7%
12:00	8.8%
13:00	15%
14:00	13%
15:00	12%
16:00	12%
17:00	11%
18:00	11%
19:00	12%
20:00	12%
21:00	12%
22:00	8.2%
23:00	8.2%
Mon, Aug 24
24:00	8.3%
01:00	8.4%
02:00	8.5%
03:00	8.4%
04:00	9.4%
05:00	7.1%
06:00	8.1%
07:00	6.7%
08:00	5.7%
09:00	5.7%
10:00	4.3%
11:00	4.3%
12:00	4.3%
13:00	5.3%
14:00	5.3%
15:00	9.8%
16:00	7.4%
17:00	8.8%
18:00	11%
19:00	7.2%
20:00	6.1%
21:00	8.9%
22:00	11%
23:00	8.9%
Tue, Aug 25
24:00	6.1%
01:00	6.1%
02:00	8.9%
03:00	14%
04:00	11%
05:00	6.8%
06:00	7.5%
07:00	6.4%
08:00	6.4%
09:00	7.5%
10:00	8.9%

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 America/Los_Angeles	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
Sat, Aug 22 Sunrise 06:31 Sunset 19:49
12:00	5%	2%	0%	0.44m	202°	0.5m	5%	333°	7.6m/s	7.1m/s	0.24m	4.4s
13:00	5%	1%	0%	0.38m	201°	0.45m	5%	333°	7.8m/s	6.9m/s	0.18m	4.2s
14:00	5%	21%	0%	0.32m	200°	0.4m	22%	332°	7.3m/s	5.8m/s	0.12m	4.1s
15:00	100%	0%	0%	0.29m	185°	0.38m	100%	333°	7m/s	4.7m/s	0.1m	4.6s
16:00	100%	0%	0%	0.27m	169°	0.35m	100%	337°	6.5m/s	4m/s	0.09m	5.2s
17:00 ☾	100%	0%	0%	0.24m	154°	0.33m	100%	335°	6.3m/s	3.7m/s	0.07m	5.8s
18:00 ☾	100%	0%	0%	0.23m	155°	0.31m	100%	330°	6.5m/s	3m/s	0.07m	5.7s
19:00 ☾	100%	0%	0%	0.23m	156°	0.3m	100%	316°	9.1m/s	3.4m/s	0.08m	5.5s
20:00 ☾	100%	0%	0%	0.22m	157°	0.28m	100%	318°	9.4m/s	5m/s	0.08m	5.4s
21:00 ☾	100%	0%	0%	0.21m	159°	0.29m	100%	335°	8.4m/s	5.3m/s	0.12m	5.4s
22:00 ☾	100%	0%	0%	0.2m	162°	0.29m	100%	341°	7.9m/s	4.7m/s	0.15m	5.4s
23:00 ☾	100%	0%	5%	0.19m	164°	0.3m	100%	341°	6.8m/s	4.8m/s	0.19m	5.3s
Sun, Aug 23 Sunrise 06:32 Sunset 19:47
24:00 ☾	100%	0%	5%	0.19m	165°	0.31m	100%	340°	6.2m/s	5.1m/s	0.2m	5.6s
01:00 ☾	22%	0%	4%	0.19m	165°	0.31m	22%	341°	6.1m/s	5.3m/s	0.22m	5.9s
02:00 ☾	5%	0%	4%	0.19m	166°	0.32m	5%	341°	6m/s	5.4m/s	0.23m	6.1s
03:00 ☾	6%	0%	0%	0.19m	166°	0.32m	6%	339°	5.8m/s	5.6m/s	0.23m	6.3s
04:00 ☾	96%	0%	0%	0.2m	167°	0.33m	96%	341°	5.7m/s	5.6m/s	0.23m	6.4s
05:00 ☾	100%	1%	0%	0.2m	167°	0.33m	100%	337°	5.8m/s	5.7m/s	0.23m	6.5s
06:00 ☾	100%	2%	0%	0.2m	167°	0.32m	100%	338°	5.4m/s	5.3m/s	0.23m	6.6s
07:00	100%	2%	0%	0.19m	167°	0.32m	100%	334°	5.2m/s	5.5m/s	0.22m	6.7s
08:00	100%	0%	67%	0.19m	167°	0.31m	100%	340°	4.8m/s	4.8m/s	0.22m	6.7s
09:00	100%	0%	83%	0.19m	165°	0.3m	100%	333°	4.4m/s	4.7m/s	0.21m	6.7s
10:00	100%	0%	98%	0.19m	163°	0.3m	100%	328°	4.7m/s	5.1m/s	0.21m	6.6s
11:00	100%	3%	0%	0.19m	161°	0.29m	100%	325°	5m/s	5.1m/s	0.2m	6.6s
12:00	100%	14%	5%	0.19m	161°	0.28m	100%	327°	5.1m/s	5m/s	0.18m	6.6s
13:00	57%	59%	0%	0.18m	160°	0.28m	65%	323°	5m/s	4.6m/s	0.15m	6.5s
14:00	5%	65%	0%	0.18m	159°	0.27m	65%	320°	4.1m/s	3.6m/s	0.13m	6.5s
15:00	5%	69%	0%	0.17m	159°	0.27m	70%	320°	4m/s	3.4m/s	0.13m	6.5s
16:00	57%	78%	0%	0.16m	159°	0.26m	81%	318°	4.1m/s	3.3m/s	0.12m	6.5s
17:00 ☾	5%	74%	0%	0.15m	160°	0.26m	75%	332°	3.4m/s	2.9m/s	0.12m	6.5s
18:00 ☾	5%	73%	0%	0.15m	160°	0.26m	73%	328°	3.5m/s	3m/s	0.14m	6.4s
19:00 ☾	5%	54%	0%	0.14m	160°	0.26m	55%	337°	3.4m/s	2.7m/s	0.15m	6.4s
20:00 ☾	6%	42%	0%	0.14m	160°	0.26m	42%	340°	3.4m/s	2.6m/s	0.17m	6.4s
21:00 ☾	6%	32%	0%	0.13m	160°	0.25m	32%	345°	3.5m/s	2.9m/s	0.16m	6.3s
22:00 ☾	100%	37%	0%	0.13m	159°	0.25m	100%	342°	3.5m/s	3.2m/s	0.16m	6.3s
23:00 ☾	100%	53%	0%	0.12m	159°	0.24m	100%	332°	3.8m/s	3.6m/s	0.15m	6.3s
Mon, Aug 24 Sunrise 06:32 Sunset 19:46
24:00 ☾	100%	54%	0%	0.13m	157°	0.24m	100%	333°	3.7m/s	3.5m/s	0.15m	6.3s
01:00 ☾	100%	52%	0%	0.14m	156°	0.25m	100%	320°	4.1m/s	4.3m/s	0.16m	6.3s
02:00 ☾	100%	33%	0%	0.15m	155°	0.25m	100%	328°	3.6m/s	3.9m/s	0.16m	6.3s
03:00 ☾	100%	42%	0%	0.14m	162°	0.25m	100%	319°	3.4m/s	4m/s	0.17m	5.7s
04:00 ☾	100%	44%	34%	0.14m	169°	0.25m	100%	326°	3.4m/s	4.1m/s	0.19m	5.1s
05:00 ☾	100%	36%	4%	0.13m	177°	0.25m	100%	338°	3.3m/s	3.9m/s	0.2m	4.6s
06:00 ☾	100%	27%	67%	0.12m	188°	0.25m	100%	344°	3.4m/s	3.8m/s	0.2m	4.4s
07:00	100%	11%	98%	0.1m	198°	0.24m	100%	343°	3.5m/s	3.9m/s	0.2m	4.3s
08:00	100%	0%	100%	0.09m	209°	0.24m	100%	344°	3.6m/s	3.8m/s	0.2m	4.1s
09:00	100%	0%	100%	0.08m	216°	0.26m	100%	337°	3.5m/s	3.9m/s	0.23m	3.9s
10:00	100%	0%	100%	0.08m	223°	0.29m	100%	327°	3.9m/s	4.1m/s	0.26m	3.7s
11:00	100%	2%	100%	0.07m	229°	0.31m	100%	330°	3.5m/s	3.6m/s	0.29m	3.5s
12:00	100%	4%	100%	0.07m	230°	0.33m	100%	325°	3.9m/s	3.9m/s	0.31m	3.5s
13:00	100%	42%	100%	0.07m	231°	0.34m	100%	324°	3.6m/s	3.4m/s	0.32m	3.6s
14:00	99%	48%	99%	0.07m	231°	0.36m	99%	324°	3.3m/s	2.9m/s	0.34m	3.7s
15:00	62%	56%	69%	0.07m	231°	0.37m	69%	322°	3.1m/s	2.7m/s	0.35m	3.7s
16:00	9%	49%	77%	0.07m	230°	0.37m	77%	327°	3m/s	2.5m/s	0.36m	3.6s
17:00 ☾	16%	32%	9%	0.07m	229°	0.38m	42%	330°	3.1m/s	2.7m/s	0.37m	3.6s
18:00 ☾	44%	22%	8%	0.07m	226°	0.44m	61%	329°	3.1m/s	2.8m/s	0.43m	3.5s
19:00 ☾	72%	11%	6%	0.07m	222°	0.49m	81%	328°	3m/s	3m/s	0.48m	3.5s
20:00 ☾	100%	0%	5%	0.07m	218°	0.55m	100%	327°	2.9m/s	3.1m/s	0.54m	3.4s
21:00 ☾	68%	0%	5%	0.07m	213°	0.57m	68%	219°	3.6m/s	3.7m/s	0.56m	3.4s
22:00 ☾	37%	0%	5%	0.07m	208°	0.59m	37%	110°	4.3m/s	4.2m/s	0.59m	3.5s
23:00 ☾	5%	0%	5%	0.07m	202°	0.61m	5%	2°	5m/s	4.7m/s	0.61m	3.5s
Tue, Aug 25 Sunrise 06:33 Sunset 19:45
24:00 ☾	5%	0%	6%	0.07m	200°	0.6m	6%	118°	5m/s	4.8m/s	0.59m	3.5s
01:00 ☾	5%	0%	7%	0.07m	197°	0.58m	7%	233°	4.9m/s	4.8m/s	0.58m	3.5s
02:00 ☾	5%	0%	8%	0.07m	194°	0.57m	8%	349°	4.8m/s	4.8m/s	0.56m	3.4s
03:00 ☾	37%	0%	5%	0.07m	193°	0.54m	39%	345°	5m/s	5.1m/s	0.53m	3.5s
04:00 ☾	68%	1%	3%	0.07m	193°	0.5m	69%	340°	5.2m/s	5.3m/s	0.49m	3.6s
05:00 ☾	100%	1%	0%	0.07m	192°	0.47m	100%	335°	5.4m/s	5.6m/s	0.46m	3.6s
06:00 ☾	100%	14%	0%	0.07m	193°	0.51m	100%	333°	5.4m/s	5.3m/s	0.5m	4s
07:00	100%	28%	0%	0.07m	194°	0.56m	100%	331°	5.3m/s	5.1m/s	0.55m	4.3s
08:00	100%	41%	0%	0.07m	196°	0.6m	100%	329°	5.2m/s	4.8m/s	0.59m	4.6s
09:00	100%	35%	0%	0.07m	190°	0.69m	100%	335°	4.9m/s	4.4m/s	0.68m	4.4s
10:00	100%	29%	0%	0.06m	184°	0.77m	100%	341°	4.6m/s	4.1m/s	0.76m	4.2s
11:00	100%	23%	0%	0.06m	178°	0.86m	100%	347°	4.3m/s	3.7m/s	0.85m	4s

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 22, 2026, 6:56 PM UTC

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