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Rule Dramatic Seascapes

Porthcurno - 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%

Porthcurno, 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 89% failing

Currently

Real-time conditions

Coastal Drama Score

Wave Height0.2m

Swell Height0.1m

Wind Speed14.2m/s (moderate winds)

Cloud Cover100%

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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

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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%
Thu, Mar 12
01:00	3.3%	0.2m	24134m	14m/s	76%
02:00	2.9%	0.21m	24135m	15m/s	70%
03:00	3.3%	0.22m	24134m	16m/s	64%
04:00	7.5%	0.49m	24135m	18m/s	88%
05:00	8.3%	0.53m	24134m	18m/s	93%
06:00	8.2%	0.11m	24135m	19m/s	99%
07:00	9.2%	0.21m	24134m	20m/s	79%
08:00	25%	0.58m	24134m	21m/s	59%
09:00	9.2%	0.09m	24134m	21m/s	39%
10:00	10%	0.2m	24134m	23m/s	51%
11:00	18%	0.53m	24134m	23m/s	62%
12:00	17%	0.5m	24135m	23m/s	74%
13:00	7.8%	0.14m	24135m	23m/s	89%
14:00	7.8%	0.13m	24134m	23m/s	94%
15:00	8.3%	0.11m	24135m	22m/s	100%
16:00	8.8%	0.11m	24134m	22m/s	99%
17:00	10%	0.05m	24135m	22m/s	99%
18:00	11%	0.05m	20383m	24m/s	99%
19:00	21%	0.57m	20672m	24m/s	86%
20:00	3.1%	0.11m	8952m	24m/s	75%
21:00	4.1%	0.14m	24135m	21m/s	64%
22:00	3.2%	0.15m	12890m	23m/s	73%
23:00	3.6%	0.16m	24135m	19m/s	82%
Fri, Mar 13
24:00	3.5%	0.22m	24135m	19m/s	92%
01:00	3.8%	0.2m	24038m	20m/s	92%
02:00	3.5%	0.19m	24135m	18m/s	92%
03:00	2.3%	0.17m	11632m	17m/s	92%
04:00	2.9%	0.16m	24135m	17m/s	94%
05:00	2.9%	0.16m	20623m	17m/s	97%
06:00	8.5%	0.15m	24061m	16m/s	99%
07:00	8.4%	0.15m	15693m	16m/s	98%
08:00	5.9%	0.15m	19046m	14m/s	97%
09:00	6.8%	0.15m	23185m	15m/s	95%
10:00	5%	0.14m	18338m	14m/s	97%
11:00	4%	0.14m	15681m	15m/s	98%
12:00	5.3%	0.13m	20861m	15m/s	99%
13:00	5.4%	0.11m	24134m	15m/s	94%
14:00	4.8%	0.09m	24135m	15m/s	89%
15:00	8.4%	0.07m	24134m	14m/s	84%
16:00	5.7%	0.08m	24134m	14m/s	87%
17:00	7.2%	0.1m	20630m	14m/s	90%
18:00	3%	0.11m	3131m	14m/s	93%
19:00	3.4%	0.11m	4453m	16m/s	85%
20:00	2.7%	0.11m	24135m	17m/s	77%
21:00	1.5%	0.11m	6280m	16m/s	69%
22:00	2.7%	0.12m	22027m	14m/s	70%
23:00	3.1%	0.12m	24134m	13m/s	72%
Sat, Mar 14
24:00	3.3%	0.13m	24135m	14m/s	74%
01:00	3.1%	0.13m	24135m	12m/s	65%
02:00	3.1%	0.13m	24135m	12m/s	55%
03:00	3.1%	0.13m	24135m	12m/s	45%
04:00	3.1%	0.14m	24134m	12m/s	51%
05:00	4%	0.14m	24134m	12m/s	56%
06:00	12%	0.15m	24135m	11m/s	61%
07:00	8.8%	0.17m	24134m	11m/s	64%
08:00	9.5%	0.18m	24135m	10m/s	66%
09:00	6.8%	0.2m	24135m	9.3m/s	69%
10:00	8.2%	0.25m	24134m	8.4m/s	74%
11:00	14%	0.3m	24135m	7.5m/s	79%
12:00	16%	0.35m	24134m	6.6m/s	84%
13:00	9.6%	0.43m	24135m	6.5m/s	75%
14:00	7.8%	0.52m	24135m	6m/s	66%
15:00	6.8%	0.6m	24135m	6.6m/s	56%
16:00	7.6%	0.65m	24134m	7.6m/s	62%
17:00	8.1%	0.71m	24135m	7.6m/s	68%
18:00	8.8%	0.76m	23699m	8.4m/s	74%
19:00	18%	0.85m	24134m	9.5m/s	58%
20:00	7.1%	0.95m	24135m	9.8m/s	42%
21:00	7.1%	1m	24135m	9m/s	26%
22:00	6.5%	1.1m	24134m	9m/s	36%
23:00	6.5%	1.1m	22773m	9.7m/s	46%
Sun, Mar 15
24:00	6.9%	1.1m	24134m	8.9m/s	56%
01:00	7.9%	1.1m	23605m	9.3m/s	52%
02:00	2.9%	0.99m	21988m	9.6m/s	48%
03:00	3.3%	0.94m	24135m	11m/s	44%
04:00	2.9%	0.82m	24134m	9.8m/s	51%
05:00	2.9%	0.69m	24135m	10m/s	57%
06:00	9.8%	0.57m	24135m	10m/s	64%
07:00	15%	0.47m	24135m	12m/s	56%
08:00	13%	0.36m	24135m	13m/s	47%
09:00	7.4%	0.26m	24135m	14m/s	39%
10:00	11%	0.21m	22875m	15m/s	45%
11:00	9.3%	0.17m	21615m	15m/s	50%
12:00	7.4%	0.12m	20355m	15m/s	56%
13:00	8.9%	0.13m	21615m	15m/s	37%
14:00	7.4%	0.13m	22875m	14m/s	19%
15:00	7.5%	0.14m	24135m	13m/s	0%
16:00	7.4%	0.19m	24135m	13m/s	13%
17:00	12%	0.23m	24135m	13m/s	26%
18:00	20%	0.28m	24135m	12m/s	39%
19:00	13%	0.28m	24135m	12m/s	32%
20:00	5%	0.29m	24135m	11m/s	24%
21:00	4.7%	0.29m	24135m	10m/s	17%
22:00	4.7%	0.3m	24135m	10m/s	24%
23:00	4.3%	0.32m	24135m	10m/s	32%

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
Fri, Mar 13 Sunrise 06:41 Sunset 18:23
01:00 ☾	100%	100%	92%	0.08m	255°	0.06	-43°	100%	267°	14m/s	0.2m	2.1s
02:00 ☾	100%	100%	100%	0.07m	256°	0.07	-39°	100%	276°	14m/s	0.19m	2.1s
03:00 ☾	100%	100%	100%	0.06m	257°	0.09	-33°	100%	283°	15m/s	0.17m	2s
04:00 ☾	100%	99%	100%	0.06m	258°	0.1	-26°	100%	280°	13m/s	0.16m	2s
05:00 ☾	100%	100%	100%	0.05m	260°	0.09	-17°	100%	277°	14m/s	0.15m	2s
06:00 ☾	100%	100%	100%	0.05m	262°	0.08	-7.3°	100%	277°	13m/s	0.14m	1.9s
07:00	100%	100%	100%	0.05m	264°	0.08	2.5°	100%	274°	12m/s	0.14m	1.9s
08:00	4%	99%	100%	0.05m	265°	0.08	12°	100%	271°	12m/s	0.14m	1.9s
09:00	100%	94%	100%	0.05m	267°	0.09	20°	100%	268°	12m/s	0.14m	1.9s
10:00	5%	100%	100%	0.07m	263°	0.09	28°	100%	272°	13m/s	0.13m	2.1s
11:00	0%	100%	100%	0.1m	259°	0.1	34°	100%	269°	12m/s	0.13m	2.3s
12:00	0%	100%	100%	0.12m	255°	0.11	37°	100%	276°	13m/s	0.12m	2.4s
13:00	0%	87%	100%	0.11m	259°	0.15	37°	100%	277°	13m/s	0.11m	2.4s
14:00	0%	58%	98%	0.11m	262°	0.15	34°	98%	276°	14m/s	0.11m	2.3s
15:00	0%	76%	62%	0.1m	265°	0.15	28°	76%	281°	13m/s	0.1m	2.2s
16:00	0%	100%	1%	0.1m	276°	0.13	21°	100%	285°	13m/s	0.1m	2s
17:00	0%	100%	34%	0.09m	287°	0.12	12°	100%	280°	13m/s	0.11m	1.7s
18:00	0%	100%	100%	0.09m	298°	0.11	3.3°	100%	288°	13m/s	0.11m	1.5s
19:00 ☾	0%	100%	100%	0.08m	295°	0.1	-6.5°	100%	295°	13m/s	0.11m	1.5s
20:00 ☾	0%	93%	5%	0.08m	291°	0.1	-16°	93%	297°	16m/s	0.11m	1.6s
21:00 ☾	0%	100%	71%	0.07m	288°	0.1	-25°	100%	287°	14m/s	0.11m	1.6s
22:00 ☾	0%	97%	4%	0.07m	287°	0.09	-33°	97%	320°	13m/s	0.11m	1.6s
23:00 ☾	0%	9%	0%	0.07m	286°	0.08	-39°	9%	338°	12m/s	0.12m	1.7s
Sat, Mar 14 Sunrise 06:38 Sunset 18:25
24:00 ☾	0%	5%	0%	0.07m	286°	0.07	-42°	5%	341°	13m/s	0.12m	1.7s
01:00 ☾	0%	5%	0%	0.07m	285°	0.06	-42°	5%	337°	11m/s	0.12m	1.8s
02:00 ☾	0%	5%	2%	0.08m	285°	0.05	-39°	5%	330°	11m/s	0.13m	1.8s
03:00 ☾	0%	5%	5%	0.08m	284°	0.05	-33°	5%	330°	11m/s	0.13m	1.8s
04:00 ☾	0%	5%	5%	0.08m	290°	0.05	-25°	5%	328°	11m/s	0.14m	1.8s
05:00 ☾	0%	5%	44%	0.08m	295°	0.05	-16°	44%	325°	10m/s	0.14m	1.8s
06:00 ☾	0%	5%	34%	0.08m	301°	0.05	-7°	34%	324°	9.9m/s	0.15m	1.8s
07:00	0%	5%	5%	0.08m	305°	0.05	2.8°	5%	322°	9.7m/s	0.17m	1.8s
08:00	39%	5%	98%	0.07m	310°	0.05	12°	98%	322°	9.2m/s	0.18m	1.9s
09:00	5%	5%	8%	0.07m	314°	0.06	21°	8%	324°	8.5m/s	0.2m	2s
10:00	0%	5%	72%	0.07m	325°	0.06	28°	72%	322°	7.7m/s	0.25m	2.1s
11:00	0%	0%	38%	0.07m	335°	0.06	34°	38%	321°	7m/s	0.3m	2.2s
12:00	5%	2%	63%	0.07m	345°	0.06	37°	63%	313°	6.3m/s	0.35m	2.3s
13:00	0%	22%	100%	0.07m	235°	-	37°	100%	304°	5.9m/s	0.43m	2.6s
14:00	0%	57%	100%	0.07m	124°	-	34°	100%	289°	5.3m/s	0.52m	3s
15:00	6%	97%	99%	0.07m	13°	-	29°	100%	276°	6m/s	0.6m	3.3s
16:00	96%	100%	100%	0.08m	15°	-	21°	100%	269°	6.9m/s	0.65m	3.4s
17:00	9%	100%	100%	0.1m	17°	-	13°	100%	274°	6.9m/s	0.71m	3.4s
18:00	0%	99%	100%	0.11m	19°	-	3.5°	100%	289°	7.8m/s	0.76m	3.5s
19:00 ☾	0%	80%	90%	0.1m	20°	-	-6.2°	93%	280°	8m/s	0.85m	3.7s
20:00 ☾	0%	53%	76%	0.08m	21°	-	-16°	78%	278°	9.1m/s	0.95m	3.8s
21:00 ☾	0%	81%	5%	0.07m	23°	-	-25°	81%	274°	8.4m/s	1m	4s
22:00 ☾	0%	98%	5%	0.08m	21°	-	-32°	98%	275°	8.4m/s	1.1m	4s
23:00 ☾	5%	96%	16%	0.09m	20°	-	-38°	96%	275°	9.3m/s	1.1m	4.1s
Sun, Mar 15 Sunrise 06:36 Sunset 18:27
24:00 ☾	35%	100%	5%	0.1m	18°	-	-42°	100%	265°	7.4m/s	1.1m	4.2s
01:00 ☾	56%	100%	100%	0.1m	17°	-	-42°	100%	265°	8.8m/s	1.1m	4.1s
02:00 ☾	5%	100%	76%	0.1m	16°	-	-39°	100%	265°	8.3m/s	0.99m	4s
03:00 ☾	100%	100%	63%	0.1m	14°	-	-33°	100%	263°	9.7m/s	0.94m	4s
04:00 ☾	5%	100%	100%	0.1m	12°	-	-25°	100%	253°	9.3m/s	0.82m	3.8s
05:00 ☾	5%	100%	60%	0.09m	9.9°	-	-16°	100%	252°	9.1m/s	0.69m	3.6s
06:00 ☾	0%	100%	5%	0.09m	7.7°	-	-6.6°	100%	241°	9.3m/s	0.57m	3.4s
07:00	2%	68%	3%	0.09m	114°	-	3.2°	68%	258°	9.9m/s	0.46m	3s
08:00	3%	37%	2%	0.1m	221°	-	12°	37%	275°	11m/s	0.35m	2.6s
09:00	5%	5%	0%	0.1m	328°	-	21°	5%	293°	11m/s	0.24m	2.2s
10:00	5%	31%	0%	0.11m	330°	-	29°	31%	294°	12m/s	0.19m	2.3s
11:00	5%	58%	0%	0.11m	333°	-	34°	58%	296°	12m/s	0.14m	2.4s
12:00	5%	84%	0%	0.12m	335°	-	38°	84%	298°	13m/s	0.09m	2.5s
13:00	37%	90%	2%	0.12m	343°	-	38°	90%	298°	12m/s	0.1m	2.3s
14:00	68%	95%	4%	0.13m	352°	-	35°	95%	298°	12m/s	0.11m	2.1s
15:00	100%	100%	6%	0.13m	360°	-	29°	100%	297°	11m/s	0.12m	1.9s
16:00	84%	100%	6%	0.13m	245°	-	22°	100%	294°	11m/s	0.17m	2s
17:00	68%	100%	6%	0.12m	130°	-	13°	100%	291°	10m/s	0.22m	2s
18:00	52%	100%	6%	0.12m	15°	-	3.8°	100%	288°	9.9m/s	0.27m	2.1s
19:00 ☾	47%	69%	5%	0.11m	16°	-	-6°	78%	283°	9.3m/s	0.27m	2.2s
20:00 ☾	41%	38%	5%	0.11m	17°	-	-15°	57%	278°	8.8m/s	0.28m	2.4s
21:00 ☾	35%	7%	5%	0.1m	19°	-	-24°	35%	273°	8.2m/s	0.28m	2.5s
22:00 ☾	48%	21%	5%	0.1m	16°	-	-32°	49%	268°	8.5m/s	0.3m	2.5s
23:00 ☾	62%	36%	5%	0.09m	13°	-	-38°	62%	264°	8.9m/s	0.31m	2.5s
Mon, Mar 16 Sunrise 06:34 Sunset 18:28
24:00 ☾	75%	50%	5%	0.09m	11°	-	-41°	75%	259°	9.2m/s	0.33m	2.5s

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

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