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Rule Dramatic Seascapes

Kimmeridge Bay - Dramatic Seascapes - Dorset & Jurassic Coast

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%

Wareham, 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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Coastal Drama Score 100% failing

Significant Wave Height 100% failing

Precipitation Chance 4% failing

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Real-time conditions

Coastal Drama Score

Wave Height0.6m

Swell Height0.1m

Wind Speed1.5m/s (calm conditions)

Cloud Cover7%

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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

What passed or failed, hour by hour

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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, May 23
14:00	5.8%	0.68m	24134m	3.4m/s	0%
15:00	5.8%	0.7m	24135m	3.2m/s	0%
16:00	7%	0.72m	24134m	3.2m/s	0%
17:00	8.8%	0.73m	24135m	3.2m/s	0%
18:00	13%	0.73m	24135m	3.2m/s	0%
19:00	8.2%	0.93m	24134m	4.2m/s	0%
20:00	11%	0.94m	24134m	5.7m/s	0%
21:00	11%	0.94m	24134m	5.4m/s	0%
22:00	9.5%	0.95m	24135m	4.4m/s	0%
23:00	3.3%	0.95m	24135m	4.3m/s	0%
Sun, May 24
24:00	3.3%	0.95m	24135m	4.1m/s	0%
01:00	3.3%	0.84m	24135m	4m/s	0%
02:00	3.3%	0.82m	24134m	2.8m/s	0%
03:00	3.3%	0.8m	24135m	2.8m/s	0%
04:00	9.5%	0.78m	24135m	2.7m/s	0%
05:00	12%	0.96m	24134m	2.6m/s	0%
06:00	9.9%	0.96m	24135m	2.7m/s	0%
07:00	15%	1m	24134m	3.1m/s	0%
08:00	12%	0.99m	24134m	3.1m/s	0%
09:00	10%	0.97m	24134m	2.6m/s	0%
10:00	7%	0.95m	24134m	2.1m/s	0%
11:00	5.8%	0.92m	24135m	1.6m/s	0%
12:00	7.5%	0.89m	24134m	1.2m/s	0%
13:00	5.8%	0.66m	24135m	1.1m/s	0%
14:00	5.1%	0.63m	24135m	1.1m/s	0%
15:00	5.1%	0.59m	17430m	1.2m/s	0%
16:00	9.1%	0.56m	17228m	1.6m/s	0%
17:00	9.1%	0.55m	17235m	1.8m/s	0%
18:00	11%	0.54m	17229m	2.1m/s	0%
19:00	9.8%	0.53m	17581m	1.9m/s	0%
20:00	13%	0.53m	24135m	1.2m/s	0%
21:00	12%	0.52m	24134m	1.2m/s	0%
22:00	11%	0.52m	24135m	1.4m/s	0%
23:00	3.3%	0.5m	24134m	1.6m/s	0%
Mon, May 25
24:00	3.1%	0.48m	24135m	1.7m/s	0%
01:00	3.1%	0.46m	24135m	2.1m/s	0%
02:00	3.1%	0.45m	24135m	2.2m/s	0%
03:00	3.1%	0.45m	24135m	2.3m/s	0%
04:00	8.8%	0.44m	24135m	2.2m/s	0%
05:00	9.9%	0.42m	24134m	2.2m/s	0%
06:00	9.2%	0.41m	24134m	2.3m/s	0%
07:00	8.2%	0.39m	24134m	5.3m/s	0%
08:00	8.2%	0.36m	24135m	5.5m/s	0%
09:00	7%	0.33m	24134m	6.1m/s	0%
10:00	7%	0.3m	24135m	6.9m/s	0%
11:00	6%	0.28m	17262m	7.2m/s	0%
12:00	5.1%	0.25m	17155m	7.4m/s	0%
13:00	5.6%	0.23m	17165m	7.9m/s	0%
14:00	4.5%	0.21m	17175m	8.1m/s	3.3%
15:00	4.5%	0.18m	17203m	8.2m/s	6.7%
16:00	4.8%	0.16m	17279m	8.5m/s	10%
17:00	5.6%	0.14m	24134m	8.4m/s	15%
18:00	6.5%	0.13m	24135m	8.4m/s	21%
19:00	7.1%	0.11m	24134m	8.9m/s	26%
20:00	8.5%	0.1m	24135m	8.3m/s	22%
21:00	8.5%	0.1m	24134m	5.7m/s	17%
22:00	6.8%	0.09m	24135m	4.9m/s	12%
23:00	2.4%	0.09m	24134m	3.7m/s	25%
Tue, May 26
24:00	2.4%	0.1m	24134m	3.7m/s	37%
01:00	2.4%	0.1m	24135m	3.8m/s	50%
02:00	2.4%	0.12m	24134m	3.1m/s	33%
03:00	2.5%	0.13m	24135m	2.8m/s	17%
04:00	7.1%	0.15m	24134m	2.2m/s	0%
05:00	8%	0.18m	24134m	2m/s	0%
06:00	7.4%	0.21m	24134m	2.1m/s	0%
07:00	6.1%	0.24m	24135m	3.6m/s	0%
08:00	6.1%	0.28m	24134m	4.1m/s	0%
09:00	5.2%	0.31m	24135m	4.1m/s	0%
10:00	5.2%	0.35m	24134m	4.3m/s	0%
11:00	4.3%	0.38m	24135m	4.7m/s	0%
12:00	4.3%	0.42m	24134m	4.8m/s	0%
13:00	4.3%	0.45m	24134m	4.9m/s	0%
14:00	4.3%	0.47m	24134m	5m/s	0%
15:00	4.3%	0.49m	24135m	4.7m/s	0%
16:00	5.7%	0.51m	24135m	4.6m/s	0%
17:00	5.7%	0.54m	24134m	4.5m/s	0%
18:00	6.8%	0.57m	24135m	4.6m/s	0%
19:00	7.4%	0.6m	24134m	4.9m/s	0%
20:00	8.1%	0.64m	24134m	5.1m/s	0%
21:00	8.8%	0.69m	24135m	5.3m/s	0%
22:00	7.8%	0.73m	24135m	5.5m/s	0%
23:00	2.7%	0.76m	24135m	6.4m/s	0%
Wed, May 27
24:00	2.7%	0.79m	24135m	7.2m/s	0%
01:00	2.9%	0.82m	24135m	8.1m/s	0%
02:00	2.9%	0.85m	24135m	9.4m/s	3.3%
03:00	2.9%	0.88m	24135m	11m/s	6.7%
04:00	9.1%	0.91m	24135m	12m/s	10%
05:00	10%	0.92m	24135m	12m/s	6.7%
06:00	9.5%	0.93m	24135m	12m/s	3.3%
07:00	8%	0.94m	24135m	12m/s	0%
08:00	8%	0.93m	24135m	12m/s	6.7%
09:00	6.8%	0.92m	24135m	12m/s	13%
10:00	6.8%	0.91m	24135m	13m/s	20%
11:00	5.6%	0.87m	24135m	13m/s	13%
12:00	5.6%	0.83m	24135m	14m/s	6.7%

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, May 24 Sunrise 05:08 Sunset 21:02
14:00	5%	3%	0%	0.05m	114°	0.008	58°	7%	119°	1.5m/s	0.63m	3.7s
15:00	5%	8%	0%	0.05m	227°	0.009	53°	11%	131°	1.8m/s	0.59m	3.5s
16:00	5%	10%	0%	0.05m	339°	0.009	45°	14%	139°	2.2m/s	0.56m	3.4s
17:00	5%	11%	0%	0.05m	336°	0.009	36°	14%	142°	2.4m/s	0.55m	3.3s
18:00	0%	10%	0%	0.05m	332°	0.009	26°	10%	141°	2.2m/s	0.54m	3.2s
19:00	0%	5%	0%	0.05m	329°	0.008	17°	5%	137°	1.6m/s	0.53m	3.2s
20:00	0%	0%	0%	0.05m	329°	0.008	7.9°	0%	119°	1.2m/s	0.53m	3.1s
21:00	0%	0%	0%	0.05m	329°	0.007	0.09°	0%	101°	1.1m/s	0.52m	3.2s
22:00 ☾	0%	0%	0%	0.05m	329°	0.007	-7.6°	0%	96°	1.4m/s	0.52m	3.2s
23:00 ☾	0%	0%	0%	0.05m	328°	0.006	-13°	0%	87°	1.6m/s	0.5m	3.1s
Mon, May 25 Sunrise 05:08 Sunset 21:02
24:00 ☾	0%	0%	0%	0.05m	326°	0.006	-17°	0%	65°	1.7m/s	0.48m	3.1s
01:00 ☾	0%	0%	0%	0.05m	324°	0.005	-18°	0%	61°	2.1m/s	0.46m	3s
02:00 ☾	0%	0%	0%	0.05m	326°	0.005	-17°	0%	73°	2.2m/s	0.45m	3s
03:00 ☾	0%	0%	0%	0.05m	328°	0.005	-14°	0%	69°	2.3m/s	0.45m	3s
04:00 ☾	0%	0%	0%	0.05m	330°	0.005	-8.7°	0%	69°	2.2m/s	0.44m	2.9s
05:00 ☾	0%	0%	0%	0.05m	332°	0.005	-1.6°	0%	65°	2.2m/s	0.42m	2.9s
06:00	0%	0%	0%	0.05m	334°	0.006	6.5°	0%	58°	2.3m/s	0.4m	2.9s
07:00	2%	0%	0%	0.05m	335°	0.006	15°	2%	66°	2.2m/s	0.38m	2.8s
08:00	0%	0%	0%	0.06m	343°	0.005	25°	0%	80°	3.2m/s	0.35m	2.8s
09:00	0%	2%	0%	0.07m	350°	0.005	34°	2%	92°	4m/s	0.33m	2.8s
10:00	0%	5%	0%	0.08m	358°	0.006	43°	5%	103°	4.6m/s	0.3m	2.7s
11:00	0%	10%	0%	0.08m	243°	0.006	51°	10%	114°	5m/s	0.28m	2.7s
12:00	0%	11%	0%	0.07m	128°	0.005	58°	11%	117°	5.2m/s	0.25m	2.7s
13:00	0%	11%	0%	0.07m	13°	0.005	60°	11%	115°	5.5m/s	0.23m	2.8s
14:00	0%	10%	0%	0.09m	13°	-	58°	10%	114°	5.5m/s	0.21m	2.7s
15:00	0%	10%	0%	0.12m	13°	-	53°	10%	113°	5.6m/s	0.18m	2.6s
16:00	0%	10%	0%	0.14m	13°	-	45°	10%	111°	5.5m/s	0.16m	2.5s
17:00	0%	4%	0%	0.11m	14°	-	36°	4%	109°	5.1m/s	0.14m	2.5s
18:00	0%	0%	0%	0.09m	15°	-	26°	0%	107°	4.3m/s	0.13m	2.4s
19:00	0%	0%	0%	0.06m	17°	-	17°	0%	103°	3.8m/s	0.11m	2.3s
20:00	0%	0%	0%	0.06m	18°	-	8.1°	0%	99°	3.2m/s	0.1m	2.3s
21:00	0%	0%	0%	0.07m	20°	-	0.22°	0%	95°	3.3m/s	0.09m	2.2s
22:00 ☾	0%	0%	0%	0.07m	21°	-	-7.4°	0%	95°	3m/s	0.08m	2.2s
23:00 ☾	0%	0%	0%	0.07m	23°	-	-13°	0%	96°	2.7m/s	0.09m	2.1s
Tue, May 26 Sunrise 05:07 Sunset 21:03
24:00 ☾	0%	0%	0%	0.06m	25°	-	-17°	0%	94°	2.7m/s	0.09m	2s
01:00 ☾	0%	0%	0%	0.06m	27°	-	-18°	0%	92°	2.8m/s	0.1m	2s
02:00 ☾	0%	0%	0%	0.07m	29°	-	-17°	0%	94°	2.7m/s	0.12m	2s
03:00 ☾	0%	0%	0%	0.07m	32°	-	-14°	0%	96°	2.5m/s	0.13m	2s
04:00 ☾	0%	0%	0%	0.08m	34°	-	-8.5°	0%	89°	2.1m/s	0.15m	2s
05:00 ☾	0%	0%	0%	0.09m	37°	-	-1.5°	0%	78°	2m/s	0.18m	2.2s
06:00	0%	0%	0%	0.09m	40°	-	6.6°	0%	76°	2.1m/s	0.21m	2.3s
07:00	0%	0%	0%	0.1m	43°	-	15°	0%	82°	2.1m/s	0.24m	2.5s
08:00	0%	1%	0%	0.1m	43°	-	25°	1%	99°	2.6m/s	0.28m	2.6s
09:00	0%	3%	0%	0.11m	43°	-	34°	3%	106°	2.8m/s	0.31m	2.7s
10:00	0%	3%	0%	0.11m	42°	-	43°	3%	108°	3.1m/s	0.35m	2.8s
11:00	0%	4%	0%	0.09m	42°	-	52°	4%	116°	3.5m/s	0.38m	3s
12:00	0%	4%	0%	0.07m	42°	-	58°	4%	121°	3.7m/s	0.42m	3.1s
13:00	0%	4%	0%	0.05m	42°	-	60°	4%	123°	3.8m/s	0.45m	3.2s
14:00	0%	3%	0%	0.06m	39°	-	59°	3%	123°	3.8m/s	0.47m	3.3s
15:00	0%	1%	0%	0.06m	37°	-	53°	1%	122°	3.5m/s	0.49m	3.4s
16:00	0%	0%	0%	0.07m	34°	-	45°	0%	121°	3.4m/s	0.51m	3.5s
17:00	0%	0%	0%	0.07m	31°	-	36°	0%	115°	3.2m/s	0.54m	3.5s
18:00	1%	0%	0%	0.08m	27°	-	27°	1%	113°	2.8m/s	0.57m	3.6s
19:00	0%	0%	0%	0.08m	24°	-	17°	0%	116°	2.3m/s	0.6m	3.6s
20:00	0%	0%	0%	0.08m	22°	-	8.2°	0%	98°	3.1m/s	0.64m	3.7s
21:00	0%	0%	0%	0.09m	20°	-	0.36°	0%	80°	3.9m/s	0.69m	3.8s
22:00 ☾	0%	0%	0%	0.09m	18°	-	-7.3°	0%	62°	4.8m/s	0.73m	3.9s
23:00 ☾	1%	0%	0%	0.09m	18°	-	-13°	1%	62°	5m/s	0.76m	4s
Wed, May 27 Sunrise 05:06 Sunset 21:04
24:00 ☾	3%	0%	0%	0.1m	18°	-	-17°	3%	61°	5.3m/s	0.79m	4.1s
01:00 ☾	4%	0%	0%	0.1m	18°	-	-18°	4%	61°	5.6m/s	0.82m	4.2s
02:00 ☾	5%	0%	0%	0.1m	19°	-	-17°	5%	67°	6m/s	0.85m	4.3s
03:00 ☾	5%	0%	0%	0.11m	20°	-	-14°	5%	73°	6.5m/s	0.88m	4.3s
04:00 ☾	5%	0%	0%	0.11m	21°	-	-8.4°	5%	80°	6.9m/s	0.91m	4.4s
05:00 ☾	5%	0%	0%	0.11m	21°	-	-1.3°	5%	85°	6.8m/s	0.92m	4.5s
06:00	5%	0%	0%	0.12m	22°	-	6.7°	5%	91°	6.7m/s	0.93m	4.6s
07:00	5%	0%	0%	0.12m	22°	-	16°	5%	96°	6.6m/s	0.94m	4.7s
08:00	5%	3%	2%	0.13m	22°	-	25°	7%	96°	6.8m/s	0.93m	4.7s
09:00	5%	5%	3%	0.15m	22°	-	34°	8%	97°	7m/s	0.92m	4.7s
10:00	5%	7%	5%	0.16m	22°	-	44°	10%	97°	7.1m/s	0.91m	4.7s
11:00	3%	5%	3%	0.15m	23°	-	52°	6%	94°	7.5m/s	0.87m	4.6s
12:00	2%	2%	2%	0.13m	24°	-	58°	3%	91°	7.9m/s	0.83m	4.6s
13:00	0%	0%	0%	0.12m	24°	-	61°	0%	88°	8.3m/s	0.79m	4.6s

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

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