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%

How often do conditions match?

There are 3 upcoming opportunity windows in the next 10 days.

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Charmouth - Dramatic Seascapes - Dorset & Jurassic Coast

Charmouth, England, United Kingdom

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

Currently

Real-time conditions

Coastal Drama Score

65%

Wave Height3.5m

Swell Height3.4m

Wind Speed4.7m/s (calm conditions)

Cloud Cover100%

Upcoming Opportunities

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Next opportunity

Powerful Seascape

Charmouth

Tomorrow · 07:00–08:00 · 1h window

Medium confidence

54%

🌊Coastal Drama Score75.6%

Wave Height: 2.3m

Swell Height: 2.3m

Wind Speed: 5.5m/s (moderate winds)

Cloud Cover: 39%

Powerful Seascape at Sunset

Charmouth

Tomorrow · 20:00–21:00

🌊Coastal Drama Score:80.6%

Medium

Powerful Seascape at Sunset

Charmouth

Fri, Apr 24 · 19:00–21:00

🌊Coastal Drama Score:76.8-78%

Low

What this forecast looks for

Plain-language explanation from the rule

This forecast identifies when dramatic weather conditions align for photography along the Jurassic Coast's UNESCO World Heritage geology. We track cloud patterns, visibility, and wind conditions to predict when storms and clearing weather create photogenic drama.

The Jurassic Coast's layered geology—185 million years exposed in cliffs and sea stacks—becomes even more powerful under dramatic skies. From the golden sandstone cliffs at West Bay to the white chalk stacks of Old Harry Rocks, this coastline offers geological diversity unmatched in Britain, and dramatic weather amplifies these natural features.

What makes the Jurassic Coast special for dramatic coastal photography:

Geological drama - 185 million years of Earth history exposed in colorful cliff layers
Natural arches - Durdle Door's limestone arch creates iconic silhouettes under storm skies
Exposed headlands - Portland Bill's tidal race and lighthouse face the full force of Channel weather
Golden cliffs - West Bay's sandstone cliffs (famous from Broadchurch) glow dramatically in storm light

The most dramatic conditions occur during autumn and winter frontal systems (October-March). Portland Bill's tidal race creates spectacular wave action when strong winds oppose tidal currents. Post-storm clearing often produces rainbow opportunities as sun breaks through over dramatic geology. The golden sandstone at West Bay becomes even more vivid when lit by low-angle storm light. Durdle Door's limestone arch creates powerful silhouettes against turbulent skies. Always respect cliff edges—the Jurassic Coast's soft geology means active erosion and landslips are common.

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72-hour requirements breakdown

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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%
Sun, Apr 19
09:00	47%	4.7m	24134m	3.8m/s	0%
10:00	52%	4.4m	24134m	3.5m/s	0%
11:00	44%	4.5m	24135m	2.7m/s	0%
12:00	48%	4.5m	24134m	1.9m/s	0%
13:00	54%	4.8m	24135m	1.9m/s	0%
14:00	62%	4.9m	24134m	2.1m/s	0%
15:00	59%	4.9m	23456m	2.3m/s	13%
16:00	71%	5m	24134m	2.5m/s	0%
17:00	92%	5.1m	24134m	2.6m/s	0%
18:00	84%	5.2m	24135m	2.7m/s	0%
19:00	80%	3.7m	24135m	2.4m/s	0%
20:00	83%	3.7m	24135m	2.2m/s	0%
21:00	79%	3.7m	24135m	2.3m/s	0%
22:00	34%	3.6m	24135m	2.7m/s	0%
23:00	33%	3.6m	24135m	2.9m/s	0%
Mon, Apr 20
24:00	31%	3.5m	24135m	3.4m/s	0%
01:00	28%	4.4m	24134m	3.7m/s	0%
02:00	33%	4.6m	24135m	4.4m/s	13%
03:00	27%	4.3m	24135m	4.7m/s	26%
04:00	26%	4.2m	24134m	4.3m/s	39%
05:00	75%	4.1m	24135m	4.1m/s	33%
06:00	79%	3.7m	24135m	4.4m/s	28%
07:00	73%	3.6m	24134m	4.4m/s	22%
08:00	63%	3.7m	24135m	6.3m/s	16%
09:00	65%	3.5m	24134m	7.1m/s	9.7%
10:00	54%	3.4m	24135m	7.2m/s	3.4%
11:00	50%	3.3m	24135m	6.9m/s	2.3%
12:00	48%	3.3m	24134m	6.1m/s	1.1%
13:00	41%	3.2m	24135m	5.7m/s	0%
14:00	54%	3.1m	24134m	5.7m/s	0%
15:00	45%	3m	24135m	5.9m/s	0%
16:00	41%	3m	24134m	5.7m/s	0%
17:00	48%	2.9m	24134m	4.7m/s	0%
18:00	53%	2.8m	24135m	4.7m/s	0%
19:00	70%	2.8m	24134m	6.6m/s	0%
20:00	66%	2.7m	24135m	6.8m/s	0%
21:00	58%	2.7m	24134m	6.3m/s	0%
22:00	17%	2.7m	24135m	9.6m/s	0%
23:00	21%	2.6m	24135m	10m/s	0%
Tue, Apr 21
24:00	21%	2.6m	24134m	11m/s	0%
01:00	21%	2.5m	24134m	12m/s	0%
02:00	22%	2.5m	24135m	11m/s	0%
03:00	20%	2.4m	24134m	11m/s	0%
04:00	24%	2.4m	24135m	12m/s	0%
05:00	55%	2.4m	24135m	12m/s	0%
06:00	74%	2.3m	24134m	12m/s	0%
07:00	76%	2.3m	24134m	13m/s	0%
08:00	55%	2.3m	24135m	13m/s	1.2%
09:00	51%	2.2m	24134m	12m/s	2.3%
10:00	41%	2.2m	24135m	11m/s	3.5%
11:00	45%	2.2m	24134m	10m/s	5.7%
12:00	43%	2.1m	24134m	11m/s	7.8%
13:00	34%	2.1m	24134m	10m/s	10%
14:00	37%	2.1m	24134m	11m/s	6.7%
15:00	36%	2.1m	24135m	12m/s	3.3%
16:00	37%	2.1m	24134m	11m/s	0%
17:00	48%	2.1m	24134m	12m/s	0%
18:00	41%	2.1m	24134m	12m/s	0%
19:00	52%	2.1m	24134m	12m/s	0%
20:00	81%	2.1m	24134m	13m/s	0%
21:00	62%	2.1m	24135m	14m/s	0%
22:00	19%	2.1m	24135m	16m/s	0%
23:00	19%	2.1m	24135m	17m/s	0%
Wed, Apr 22
24:00	19%	2.1m	24134m	18m/s	0%
01:00	19%	2.1m	24135m	18m/s	0%
02:00	17%	2.1m	24135m	18m/s	0%
03:00	17%	2.1m	24135m	18m/s	0%
04:00	19%	2m	24134m	18m/s	0%
05:00	46%	2m	24135m	17m/s	0%
06:00	43%	2m	24135m	17m/s	0%
07:00	34%	1.9m	24134m	16m/s	0%
08:00	34%	1.9m	24135m	16m/s	0%
09:00	34%	1.9m	24134m	15m/s	0%
10:00	24%	1.8m	24135m	14m/s	0%
11:00	24%	1.8m	24135m	14m/s	0%
12:00	30%	1.8m	24134m	14m/s	0%
13:00	23%	1.7m	24135m	14m/s	0%
14:00	26%	1.7m	24135m	15m/s	0%
15:00	33%	1.7m	24135m	16m/s	0%
16:00	29%	1.7m	24135m	17m/s	0%
17:00	40%	1.7m	24135m	17m/s	0%
18:00	37%	1.7m	24135m	17m/s	0%
19:00	35%	1.7m	24135m	17m/s	0%
20:00	40%	1.7m	24135m	17m/s	0%
21:00	34%	1.7m	24135m	17m/s	0%
22:00	12%	1.7m	24135m	17m/s	0%
23:00	12%	1.8m	24135m	17m/s	0%
Thu, Apr 23
24:00	12%	1.8m	24135m	16m/s	0%
01:00	12%	1.8m	24135m	16m/s	0%
02:00	12%	1.9m	24135m	16m/s	0%
03:00	12%	1.9m	24135m	15m/s	0%
04:00	12%	2m	24135m	15m/s	0%
05:00	48%	2m	24135m	14m/s	0%
06:00	55%	2m	24135m	14m/s	0%
07:00	50%	2.1m	24135m	13m/s	0%

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
Mon, Apr 20 Sunrise 06:07 Sunset 20:14
09:00	44%	1%	100%	3.4m	147°	0.03	26°	100%	72°	4.7m/s	1.8m	12s
10:00	52%	4%	100%	3.4m	148°	0.03	35°	100%	82°	5.5m/s	1.2m	12s
11:00	18%	4%	100%	3.3m	146°	0.02	43°	100%	87°	5.8m/s	1m	11s
12:00	5%	17%	100%	3.2m	144°	0.02	48°	100%	95°	5.2m/s	0.9m	11s
13:00	12%	43%	100%	3.2m	142°	0.02	51°	100%	99°	4.7m/s	0.76m	11s
14:00	43%	70%	100%	3.1m	143°	0.02	50°	100%	103°	4.3m/s	0.76m	11s
15:00	4%	96%	95%	3m	144°	0.02	45°	100%	125°	4.6m/s	0.77m	11s
16:00	0%	87%	99%	3m	145°	0.01	38°	100%	146°	5m/s	0.77m	11s
17:00	6%	72%	34%	2.9m	145°	0.01	29°	99%	145°	4.2m/s	0.71m	11s
18:00	5%	65%	34%	2.8m	146°	0.01	20°	92%	128°	3.4m/s	0.65m	11s
19:00	5%	79%	50%	2.8m	146°	0.01	11°	88%	98°	3.5m/s	0.59m	11s
20:00	4%	63%	100%	2.5m	144°	0.01	1.7°	100%	90°	4m/s	0.49m	11s
21:00 ☾	0%	90%	100%	2.3m	143°	0.01	-7.3°	100%	80°	3.5m/s	0.38m	11s
22:00 ☾	0%	5%	100%	2m	141°	0.01	-15°	100%	56°	4m/s	0.28m	11s
23:00 ☾	0%	5%	100%	2m	141°	0.01	-21°	100%	57°	4.2m/s	0.33m	11s
Tue, Apr 21 Sunrise 06:07 Sunset 20:14
24:00 ☾	0%	5%	100%	2m	140°	0.01	-26°	100%	52°	4.7m/s	0.37m	11s
01:00 ☾	0%	5%	100%	2.1m	140°	0.01	-27°	100%	53°	5m/s	0.42m	10s
02:00 ☾	0%	10%	52%	2.2m	140°	0.01	-27°	52%	59°	5m/s	0.43m	10s
03:00 ☾	2%	24%	5%	2.3m	140°	0.01	-23°	25%	57°	4.8m/s	0.43m	10s
04:00 ☾	30%	20%	6%	2.4m	140°	0.01	-17°	37%	57°	5.4m/s	0.44m	10s
05:00 ☾	8%	11%	4%	2.4m	140°	0.01	-10°	15%	56°	5.3m/s	0.44m	10s
06:00 ☾	9%	19%	5%	2.3m	140°	0.02	-1.4°	25%	51°	5.3m/s	0.44m	10s
07:00	5%	29%	15%	2.3m	140°	0.02	7.7°	39%	51°	5.5m/s	0.44m	10s
08:00	4%	48%	93%	2.3m	140°	0.03	17°	93%	54°	6.7m/s	0.43m	10s
09:00	0%	26%	94%	2.2m	140°	0.03	26°	94%	62°	7.4m/s	0.43m	10s
10:00	0%	49%	100%	2.2m	140°	0.02	35°	100%	73°	7.9m/s	0.43m	10s
11:00	0%	80%	94%	2.2m	139°	0.02	43°	94%	78°	8m/s	0.43m	10s
12:00	5%	100%	6%	2.1m	139°	0.01	49°	100%	80°	8.1m/s	0.43m	10s
13:00	62%	99%	5%	2.1m	139°	0.01	51°	99%	73°	6.5m/s	0.43m	10s
14:00	62%	100%	5%	2.1m	138°	-	50°	100%	77°	7m/s	0.43m	10s
15:00	57%	96%	5%	2.1m	138°	-	45°	96%	82°	7.8m/s	0.43m	10s
16:00	19%	84%	5%	2.1m	137°	-	38°	84%	98°	7.4m/s	0.42m	10s
17:00	94%	34%	5%	2.1m	137°	-	30°	94%	105°	7.7m/s	0.42m	10s
18:00	19%	5%	5%	2.1m	137°	-	20°	19%	92°	7.5m/s	0.42m	10s
19:00	5%	8%	4%	2.1m	137°	-	11°	8%	89°	7.4m/s	0.42m	10s
20:00	42%	5%	0%	2.1m	137°	-	1.9°	42%	78°	8.1m/s	0.42m	11s
21:00 ☾	73%	5%	0%	2.1m	137°	-	-7°	73%	72°	8.3m/s	0.42m	11s
22:00 ☾	100%	5%	3%	2.1m	136°	-	-15°	100%	71°	8.9m/s	0.42m	11s
23:00 ☾	5%	0%	3%	2.1m	137°	-	-21°	5%	67°	9m/s	0.41m	11s
Wed, Apr 22 Sunrise 06:05 Sunset 20:16
24:00 ☾	99%	5%	5%	2.1m	137°	-	-25°	99%	66°	9.7m/s	0.41m	11s
01:00 ☾	100%	0%	23%	2.1m	137°	-	-27°	100%	67°	9.4m/s	0.41m	11s
02:00 ☾	100%	0%	6%	2.1m	137°	-	-26°	100%	67°	9.4m/s	0.41m	11s
03:00 ☾	100%	0%	72%	2m	137°	-	-23°	100%	67°	9.2m/s	0.41m	11s
04:00 ☾	85%	0%	65%	2m	137°	-	-17°	85%	65°	9.2m/s	0.41m	11s
05:00 ☾	6%	0%	5%	2m	137°	-	-9.7°	6%	67°	9m/s	0.41m	11s
06:00 ☾	5%	0%	25%	1.9m	137°	-	-1.1°	25%	69°	8.8m/s	0.41m	11s
07:00	6%	0%	5%	1.9m	137°	-	8°	6%	71°	8.7m/s	0.4m	11s
08:00	75%	0%	19%	1.9m	137°	-	17°	75%	75°	9m/s	0.4m	11s
09:00	19%	0%	15%	1.8m	136°	-	27°	27%	80°	8.9m/s	0.4m	11s
10:00	5%	0%	15%	1.8m	136°	-	36°	15%	84°	9.5m/s	0.4m	11s
11:00	5%	0%	19%	1.8m	136°	-	43°	19%	90°	9.9m/s	0.48m	11s
12:00	5%	0%	56%	1.7m	136°	-	49°	56%	92°	10m/s	0.56m	11s
13:00	5%	0%	76%	1.7m	136°	-	52°	76%	94°	10m/s	0.64m	11s
14:00	28%	0%	52%	1.7m	135°	-	50°	75%	86°	11m/s	0.64m	10s
15:00	51%	0%	28%	1.6m	135°	-	46°	75%	79°	11m/s	0.63m	10s
16:00	74%	0%	4%	1.6m	135°	-	38°	74%	72°	12m/s	0.63m	10s
17:00	49%	0%	2%	1.6m	135°	-	30°	49%	73°	12m/s	0.73m	10s
18:00	25%	0%	1%	1.5m	135°	-	21°	25%	74°	12m/s	0.83m	10s
19:00	0%	0%	0%	1.4m	134°	-	11°	0%	74°	12m/s	0.93m	10s
20:00	0%	0%	0%	1.4m	134°	-	2.2°	0%	74°	12m/s	1m	10s
21:00 ☾	0%	0%	0%	1.4m	134°	-	-6.8°	0%	74°	12m/s	1.1m	10s
22:00 ☾	0%	0%	0%	1.3m	134°	-	-15°	0%	74°	12m/s	1.1m	10s
23:00 ☾	0%	0%	0%	1.3m	134°	-	-21°	0%	73°	12m/s	1.2m	9.9s
Thu, Apr 23 Sunrise 06:03 Sunset 20:17
24:00 ☾	0%	0%	0%	1.3m	134°	-	-25°	0%	73°	12m/s	1.3m	9.8s
01:00 ☾	0%	0%	0%	1.2m	134°	-	-27°	0%	73°	12m/s	1.3m	9.8s
02:00 ☾	0%	0%	0%	1.2m	139°	-	-26°	0%	74°	11m/s	1.4m	9.3s
03:00 ☾	0%	0%	0%	1.2m	144°	-	-22°	0%	76°	11m/s	1.5m	8.8s
04:00 ☾	0%	0%	0%	1.2m	149°	-	-17°	0%	77°	10m/s	1.6m	8.3s
05:00 ☾	1%	0%	0%	1.1m	166°	-	-9.4°	1%	82°	9.9m/s	1.6m	7.7s
06:00 ☾	1%	0%	0%	1.1m	182°	-	-0.68°	1%	87°	9.5m/s	1.7m	7s
07:00	2%	0%	0%	1.1m	199°	-	8.2°	2%	91°	9.1m/s	1.8m	6.4s
08:00	3%	0%	0%	1.1m	200°	-	18°	3%	95°	8.3m/s	1.8m	6.5s

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