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Rule Dramatic Seascapes

Botallack Mine - Dramatic Seascapes - Cornwall

Q: What conditions does Dramatic Seascapes look for?

Coastal Drama Score: ≥ 75.0%. Significant Wave Height: ≥ 1.5m. Visibility: ≥ 5000.0m. Wind Gusts: ≤ 22.0m/s. Precipitation Chance: ≤ 30.0%

St Just, England, United Kingdom

Dramatic coastal photography conditions - powerful waves combined with atmospheric drama and good visibility for seascape shots.

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Rule requirements (key thresholds)

Coastal Drama Score · ≥ 75.0% Significant Wave Height · ≥ 1.5m Visibility · ≥ 5000.0m Wind Gusts · ≤ 22.0m/s

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Most common blockers (next 72 hours)

Coastal Drama Score 100% failing

Significant Wave Height 100% failing

Precipitation Chance 50% failing

Currently

Real-time conditions

Coastal Drama Score

12%

Wave Height0.2m

Swell Height0.4m

Wind Speed9.8m/s (moderate winds)

Cloud Cover5%

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What this forecast looks for

Plain-language explanation from the rule

This forecast identifies when dramatic conditions align for photography along Cornwall's spectacular coast. We track cloud drama, visibility, and wind patterns to predict when Atlantic storms create photogenic conditions.

Cornwall juts into the Atlantic like a natural stage for weather drama. The peninsula catches the full force of oceanic weather systems, creating conditions that transform its granite cliffs, historic mines, and medieval castles into scenes of raw natural power.

What makes Cornwall special for dramatic coastal photography:

Atlantic exposure - Direct hits from ocean storms bring powerful waves and dramatic skies
Historic foregrounds - Tin mine ruins, lighthouses, and castles add narrative depth
Geological variety - Granite cliffs, serpentine rocks, sea stacks, and natural arches
Rapidly changing light - Breaks in storm clouds create theatrical spotlighting

The most dramatic conditions occur during and after autumn and winter storms (October-March). Clearing weather after frontal passage often produces spectacular light as sun breaks through turbulent skies. Cornwall's mild climate means conditions are rarely too harsh to shoot—but respect the power of Atlantic waves and keep safe distances from cliff edges.

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72-hour requirements breakdown

What passed or failed, hour by hour

0matching hours in the next 95 hours

AND logic: all conditions required

Meets requirement

Misses requirement

Time Europe/London	Coastal Drama Score ≥ 75.0%	Significant Wave Height ≥ 1.5m	Visibility ≥ 5000.0m	Wind Gusts ≤ 22.0m/s	Precipitation Chance ≤ 30.0%
Sat, Feb 21
19:00	11%	0.46m	24135m	15m/s	88%
20:00	3.9%	0.46m	24134m	16m/s	93%
21:00	4.9%	0.47m	24135m	16m/s	99%
22:00	4.9%	0.41m	24135m	17m/s	99%
23:00	4.9%	0.35m	24135m	18m/s	99%
Sun, Feb 22
24:00	4.2%	0.73m	21143m	18m/s	100%
01:00	4.2%	0.74m	5803m	18m/s	85%
02:00	6.2%	0.28m	5119m	19m/s	71%
03:00	6.2%	0.25m	9631m	18m/s	56%
04:00	4%	0.22m	16916m	17m/s	55%
05:00	4.7%	0.19m	24135m	15m/s	54%
06:00	7.3%	0.72m	19272m	16m/s	53%
07:00	27%	0.67m	23752m	16m/s	64%
08:00	25%	0.62m	24134m	14m/s	54%
09:00	23%	0.57m	24135m	12m/s	44%
10:00	18%	0.53m	24135m	11m/s	46%
11:00	25%	0.5m	24135m	11m/s	47%
12:00	11%	0.07m	24134m	12m/s	48%
13:00	11%	0.06m	24135m	14m/s	34%
14:00	16%	0.05m	24135m	13m/s	22%
15:00	15%	0.04m	24135m	13m/s	10%
16:00	20%	0.03m	24135m	13m/s	34%
17:00	31%	0.03m	24135m	13m/s	58%
18:00	14%	0.16m	24135m	14m/s	82%
19:00	12%	0.16m	24134m	15m/s	66%
20:00	3.6%	0.16m	24134m	14m/s	49%
21:00	4.4%	0.16m	24135m	14m/s	33%
22:00	4.9%	0.15m	24135m	14m/s	35%
23:00	5.4%	0.15m	24135m	14m/s	37%
Mon, Feb 23
24:00	4%	0.14m	24135m	13m/s	39%
01:00	3.6%	0.13m	24135m	14m/s	32%
02:00	3.6%	0.13m	24135m	13m/s	24%
03:00	3.6%	0.12m	24135m	13m/s	17%
04:00	4%	0.11m	24134m	14m/s	27%
05:00	4%	0.11m	24135m	14m/s	36%
06:00	4%	0.1m	24134m	13m/s	46%
07:00	15%	0.09m	24135m	13m/s	36%
08:00	14%	0.09m	24134m	14m/s	26%
09:00	11%	0.08m	24135m	13m/s	17%
10:00	9.9%	0.08m	24134m	14m/s	24%
11:00	11%	0.07m	24134m	16m/s	32%
12:00	9%	0.07m	24135m	16m/s	39%
13:00	9.6%	0.07m	24134m	17m/s	27%
14:00	11%	0.06m	24135m	17m/s	15%
15:00	11%	0.06m	24135m	17m/s	3.5%
16:00	11%	0.06m	24134m	17m/s	2.3%
17:00	14%	0.06m	24134m	16m/s	1.2%
18:00	13%	0.06m	24134m	15m/s	0%
19:00	16%	0.06m	24135m	14m/s	0.3%
20:00	4.9%	0.06m	24135m	15m/s	0.61%
21:00	3.8%	0.06m	24135m	15m/s	0.91%
22:00	5.3%	0.07m	24135m	15m/s	0.61%
23:00	3.5%	0.08m	24134m	16m/s	0.3%
Tue, Feb 24
24:00	4%	0.09m	24135m	16m/s	0%
01:00	3%	0.12m	24134m	16m/s	0%
02:00	2.9%	0.16m	24135m	16m/s	0%
03:00	2.8%	0.19m	24135m	16m/s	0%
04:00	3.1%	0.21m	24135m	16m/s	0%
05:00	2.8%	0.22m	24135m	16m/s	0%
06:00	3.1%	0.24m	24135m	17m/s	0%
07:00	11%	0.26m	24134m	17m/s	0%
08:00	9.9%	0.27m	24134m	18m/s	0%
09:00	9.2%	0.29m	24135m	18m/s	0%
10:00	9.2%	0.3m	24135m	18m/s	0%
11:00	7.6%	0.31m	24134m	17m/s	0%
12:00	6.5%	0.32m	24135m	17m/s	0%
13:00	6.8%	0.36m	24134m	18m/s	0%
14:00	8%	0.41m	24135m	18m/s	0%
15:00	14%	0.45m	24135m	17m/s	0%
16:00	16%	0.48m	24134m	16m/s	13%
17:00	21%	0.5m	24135m	17m/s	26%
18:00	21%	0.53m	24135m	16m/s	39%
19:00	20%	0.57m	24134m	17m/s	39%
20:00	6.9%	0.62m	24134m	17m/s	39%
21:00	6.1%	0.66m	24134m	16m/s	39%
22:00	6.3%	0.7m	24134m	15m/s	47%
23:00	6.3%	0.73m	24134m	15m/s	56%
Wed, Feb 25
24:00	6.7%	0.77m	24135m	15m/s	64%
01:00	7.3%	0.76m	24135m	14m/s	76%
02:00	8.9%	0.76m	24135m	14m/s	88%
03:00	9.1%	0.75m	24135m	13m/s	100%
04:00	7.5%	0.71m	24135m	13m/s	72%
05:00	6.7%	0.67m	24135m	12m/s	44%
06:00	5.7%	0.63m	24135m	12m/s	17%
07:00	24%	0.6m	24135m	12m/s	44%
08:00	27%	0.58m	24135m	12m/s	72%
09:00	17%	0.55m	24135m	12m/s	100%
10:00	17%	0.55m	24135m	12m/s	100%
11:00	19%	0.54m	24135m	13m/s	100%
12:00	18%	0.54m	24135m	13m/s	100%
13:00	9.6%	0.5m	24135m	14m/s	83%
14:00	11%	0.47m	24135m	14m/s	67%
15:00	10%	0.43m	24135m	15m/s	50%
16:00	10%	0.38m	24135m	14m/s	42%
17:00	12%	0.34m	24135m	14m/s	34%

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 Europe/London	High Clouds %	Low Clouds %	Mid-Level Clouds %	Primary Swell Height m	Primary Wave Direction °	Sea Salt AOD (550nm)	Solar Elevation °	Total Cloud Coverage %	Wind Direction °	Wind Speed m/s	Wind Wave Height m	Wind Wave Period s
Sun, Feb 22 Sunrise 07:20 Sunset 17:52
19:00 ☾	5%	1%	0%	0.38m	65°	0.08	-11°	5%	258°	9.8m/s	0.07m	2.5s
20:00 ☾	8%	4%	0%	0.39m	67°	0.08	-21°	8%	255°	9.8m/s	0.07m	2.4s
21:00 ☾	79%	5%	0%	0.4m	68°	0.08	-30°	79%	253°	9.9m/s	0.06m	2.3s
22:00 ☾	69%	1%	0%	0.39m	69°	0.08	-39°	69%	248°	10m/s	0.07m	2.3s
23:00 ☾	37%	0%	0%	0.38m	69°	0.09	-45°	37%	251°	11m/s	0.07m	2.2s
Mon, Feb 23 Sunrise 07:18 Sunset 17:54
24:00 ☾	86%	1%	0%	0.37m	70°	0.1	-49°	86%	246°	9.6m/s	0.08m	2.2s
01:00 ☾	100%	0%	0%	0.34m	70°	0.1	-49°	100%	243°	9.5m/s	0.07m	2.1s
02:00 ☾	100%	0%	4%	0.32m	71°	0.11	-46°	100%	240°	9.5m/s	0.07m	2.1s
03:00 ☾	100%	0%	100%	0.29m	71°	0.11	-40°	100%	236°	9.2m/s	0.06m	2.1s
04:00 ☾	76%	45%	100%	0.27m	69°	0.12	-32°	100%	237°	9.7m/s	0.06m	2s
05:00 ☾	99%	86%	97%	0.26m	67°	0.11	-23°	100%	235°	9.6m/s	0.05m	1.9s
06:00 ☾	100%	100%	21%	0.24m	64°	0.09	-13°	100%	234°	9.4m/s	0.05m	1.9s
07:00 ☾	86%	99%	13%	0.24m	73°	0.07	-3.6°	99%	229°	9.4m/s	0.06m	1.9s
08:00	5%	100%	45%	0.24m	82°	0.06	5.6°	100%	232°	9.4m/s	0.06m	1.8s
09:00	5%	100%	5%	0.24m	91°	0.05	14°	100%	229°	8.8m/s	0.07m	1.8s
10:00	14%	100%	0%	0.23m	74°	0.04	21°	100%	224°	9.1m/s	0.07m	1.8s
11:00	80%	100%	0%	0.22m	57°	0.06	27°	100%	231°	11m/s	0.07m	1.7s
12:00	100%	59%	0%	0.21m	40°	0.08	30°	100%	227°	11m/s	0.07m	1.7s
13:00	100%	57%	8%	0.2m	30°	0.09	30°	100%	226°	11m/s	0.21m	1.8s
14:00	100%	92%	0%	0.19m	20°	0.08	27°	100%	228°	11m/s	0.34m	1.9s
15:00	99%	73%	32%	0.18m	9.1°	0.07	23°	99%	232°	10m/s	0.48m	2s
16:00	100%	86%	33%	0.17m	10°	0.07	16°	100%	232°	9.9m/s	0.47m	2s
17:00	18%	94%	4%	0.17m	11°	0.07	7.5°	94%	228°	9.3m/s	0.45m	2s
18:00 ☾	5%	98%	5%	0.16m	12°	0.07	-1.5°	98%	224°	9m/s	0.44m	2s
19:00 ☾	23%	67%	4%	0.16m	104°	0.07	-11°	67%	221°	8.7m/s	0.32m	1.9s
20:00 ☾	44%	0%	5%	0.15m	196°	0.07	-21°	44%	216°	8.5m/s	0.2m	1.9s
21:00 ☾	17%	0%	5%	0.15m	288°	0.06	-30°	17%	212°	8.8m/s	0.08m	1.8s
22:00 ☾	46%	0%	3%	0.15m	288°	0.06	-38°	46%	206°	9.5m/s	0.08m	1.7s
23:00 ☾	5%	0%	0%	0.14m	288°	0.05	-45°	5%	199°	9.9m/s	0.08m	1.6s
Tue, Feb 24 Sunrise 07:16 Sunset 17:55
24:00 ☾	84%	0%	0%	0.14m	289°	0.05	-49°	84%	196°	10m/s	0.08m	1.6s
01:00 ☾	100%	0%	0%	0.14m	283°	-	-49°	100%	187°	11m/s	0.12m	1.9s
02:00 ☾	100%	0%	0%	0.13m	277°	-	-46°	100%	191°	11m/s	0.17m	2.3s
03:00 ☾	99%	0%	0%	0.13m	271°	-	-40°	99%	188°	11m/s	0.21m	2.7s
04:00 ☾	98%	0%	42%	0.13m	275°	-	-32°	98%	186°	11m/s	0.21m	2.8s
05:00 ☾	5%	0%	99%	0.12m	279°	-	-23°	99%	183°	11m/s	0.22m	2.9s
06:00 ☾	100%	0%	95%	0.12m	283°	-	-13°	100%	179°	11m/s	0.22m	3s
07:00 ☾	19%	0%	5%	0.11m	284°	-	-3.3°	19%	175°	12m/s	0.24m	3.1s
08:00	100%	0%	5%	0.11m	285°	-	6°	100%	177°	12m/s	0.26m	3.1s
09:00	100%	0%	5%	0.1m	286°	-	14°	100%	172°	12m/s	0.28m	3.2s
10:00	87%	0%	73%	0.1m	285°	-	22°	90%	173°	12m/s	0.29m	3.3s
11:00	100%	0%	88%	0.09m	285°	-	27°	100%	174°	12m/s	0.3m	3.4s
12:00	100%	0%	54%	0.09m	284°	-	30°	100%	176°	12m/s	0.31m	3.5s
13:00	100%	0%	100%	0.09m	289°	-	30°	100%	179°	12m/s	0.36m	3.1s
14:00	100%	0%	100%	0.08m	293°	-	28°	100%	184°	12m/s	0.4m	2.8s
15:00	100%	0%	100%	0.08m	297°	-	23°	100%	178°	11m/s	0.45m	2.5s
16:00	100%	0%	100%	0.08m	298°	-	16°	100%	167°	10m/s	0.48m	2.6s
17:00	100%	0%	100%	0.07m	299°	-	7.8°	100%	173°	11m/s	0.5m	2.7s
18:00 ☾	100%	6%	100%	0.07m	299°	-	-1.2°	100%	178°	11m/s	0.53m	2.8s
19:00 ☾	60%	0%	100%	0.07m	296°	-	-11°	100%	174°	11m/s	0.57m	2.9s
20:00 ☾	5%	2%	100%	0.06m	292°	-	-20°	100%	172°	11m/s	0.61m	2.9s
21:00 ☾	5%	100%	100%	0.06m	289°	-	-30°	100%	174°	11m/s	0.65m	3s
22:00 ☾	91%	100%	100%	0.07m	285°	-	-38°	100%	173°	11m/s	0.69m	3.1s
23:00 ☾	67%	58%	100%	0.07m	282°	-	-44°	100%	172°	10m/s	0.73m	3.2s
Wed, Feb 25 Sunrise 07:14 Sunset 17:57
24:00 ☾	82%	11%	100%	0.08m	278°	-	-48°	100%	175°	9.9m/s	0.77m	3.3s
01:00 ☾	71%	29%	68%	0.09m	276°	-	-49°	89%	174°	9.7m/s	0.76m	3.3s
02:00 ☾	60%	46%	37%	0.09m	274°	-	-45°	77%	174°	9.5m/s	0.76m	3.3s
03:00 ☾	49%	63%	5%	0.1m	272°	-	-39°	66%	174°	9.3m/s	0.75m	3.3s
04:00 ☾	66%	57%	5%	0.11m	271°	-	-31°	77%	175°	8.9m/s	0.71m	3.2s
05:00 ☾	83%	50%	5%	0.11m	271°	-	-22°	89%	176°	8.6m/s	0.67m	3.2s
06:00 ☾	100%	44%	5%	0.12m	270°	-	-13°	100%	177°	8.2m/s	0.63m	3.1s
07:00 ☾	68%	31%	5%	0.12m	270°	-	-3°	70%	178°	8.2m/s	0.6m	3s
08:00	36%	19%	5%	0.13m	270°	-	6.3°	40%	179°	8.2m/s	0.57m	3s
09:00	4%	7%	5%	0.13m	270°	-	15°	10%	180°	8.2m/s	0.54m	2.9s
10:00	3%	14%	14%	0.13m	272°	-	22°	20%	181°	8.5m/s	0.54m	2.9s
11:00	2%	22%	23%	0.13m	274°	-	27°	29%	183°	8.8m/s	0.53m	2.9s
12:00	0%	30%	32%	0.13m	276°	-	30°	39%	185°	9.1m/s	0.53m	2.8s
13:00	0%	34%	21%	0.13m	271°	-	31°	40%	187°	9.6m/s	0.49m	3.2s
14:00	0%	38%	11%	0.12m	266°	-	28°	41%	189°	10m/s	0.45m	3.6s
15:00	0%	42%	0%	0.12m	261°	-	23°	42%	191°	10m/s	0.41m	3.9s
16:00	0%	43%	0%	0.12m	264°	-	16°	43%	200°	11m/s	0.36m	3.8s
17:00	0%	43%	0%	0.12m	267°	-	8°	43%	208°	11m/s	0.32m	3.7s
18:00 ☾	0%	43%	0%	0.12m	271°	-	-0.88°	43%	216°	11m/s	0.27m	3.5s

How to read: these inputs help produce the derived score; they are not requirements by themselves.

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