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Dramatic Seascapes Forecast for Lulworth Cove, Dorset & Jurassic Coast

Lulworth Camp, England, United Kingdom

A near-circular cove cuts through resistant limestone to softer rock behind, creating a sheltered bay ringed by folded cliffs.

20 matching opportunities in the 14-day forecast.

Hourly forecast scores

Forecast valid from Oct 8, 2026, 1:00 PM UTC (one hour; not an observation)

Coastal Drama Score

56%

Wave Height2.6m

Swell Height1.0m

Wind Speed4.1m/s

Wind Gusts8.0m/s

Cloud Cover73%

Visibility40560

Upcoming Opportunities

When all conditions match, PhotoWeather marks an opportunity window.

Times shown in Europe/London

First upcoming window

Dramatic Seascape

Lulworth Cove

Thu, Oct 8 · 11:00–17:00 · 6h window

Low confidence

42%

🌊Coastal Drama Score50.9-57.7%

Wave Height: 2.4m

Swell Height: 1.3m

Wind Speed: 3.6m/s (calm conditions)

Wind Gusts: 6.8m/s

Dramatic Seascape at Sunset

Lulworth Cove

Thu, Oct 8 · 17:00–19:00

🌊Coastal Drama Score:45.6-66.4%

Medium

Moderate Seascape at Dusk

Lulworth Cove

Thu, Oct 8 · 19:00–20:00

🌊Coastal Drama Score:50.1%

Medium

Moderate Seascape

Lulworth Cove

Thu, Oct 8 · 20:00–21:00

🌊Coastal Drama Score:50.1%

Medium

Moderate Seascape

Lulworth Cove

Sun, Oct 11 · 15:00–16:00

🌊Coastal Drama Score:50.1%

Low

Moderate Seascape

Lulworth Cove

Sun, Oct 11 · 19:00–20:00

🌊Coastal Drama Score:46.3%

Low

Moderate Seascape

Lulworth Cove

Mon, Oct 12 · 04:00–06:00

🌊Coastal Drama Score:47.2-50.6%

Low

+13 more windows in the next 14 days

71-hour requirements breakdown

When available, this detailed table covers only the stated 71-hour horizon (typically 72–168 hours, depending on available hourly data). Opportunity records above span the full 14-day forecast period, so this table does not explain that entire period. Times shown in Europe/London.

Requirements breakdown is temporarily unavailable or expired. This does not mean no opportunities.

Supporting forecast inputs

Additional hourly values for interpreting the forecast and any derived scores. See the separate requirements breakdown for rule logic; missing values are unavailable.

Forecast time (Europe/London)	High Clouds	Low Clouds	Mid-Level Clouds	Primary Swell Height	Primary Wave Direction	Significant Wave Height	Total Cloud Coverage	Wind Direction	Wind Gusts	Wind Speed	Wind Wave Height	Wind Wave Period
Thu, Oct 8, 2026Sunrise 07:20 · Sunset 18:31
14:00	0%	69%	0%	1m	114°	2.6m	73%	312°	8m/s	4.1m/s	2.7m	11s
15:00	23%	76%	0%	1.1m	120°	2.5m	84%	312°	7.1m/s	3.6m/s	2.8m	11s
16:00	34%	90%	0%	1.3m	127°	2.4m	94%	302°	6.8m/s	3.6m/s	2.9m	11s
17:00	21%	22%	0%	1.4m	133°	2.3m	38%	298°	5.6m/s	2.9m/s	3.1m	11s
18:00	100%	68%	0%	1.6m	140°	2.2m	100%	276°	3.6m/s	1.9m/s	3.3m	11s
19:00 Night	100%	0%	100%	1.7m	147°	2.1m	100%	282°	6.6m/s	3.4m/s	3.4m	11s
20:00 Night	100%	0%	100%	1.6m	155°	2m	100%	282°	6.6m/s	3.5m/s	3.5m	11s
21:00 Night	100%	79%	100%	1.6m	164°	1.9m	100%	272°	6.1m/s	3.3m/s	3.5m	12s
22:00 Night	0%	88%	100%	1.5m	172°	1.9m	100%	254°	7.6m/s	4.1m/s	3.6m	12s
23:00 Night	92%	100%	100%	1.4m	170°	1.8m	100%	240°	11m/s	5.8m/s	2.4m	12s
Fri, Oct 9, 2026Sunrise 07:22 · Sunset 18:29
24:00 Night	100%	100%	0%	1.4m	168°	1.8m	100%	238°	13m/s	6.8m/s	1.3m	11s
01:00 Night	100%	100%	0%	1.4m	166°	1.7m	100%	246°	14m/s	7.7m/s	0.2m	11s
02:00 Night	100%	96%	23%	1.3m	166°	1.7m	100%	250°	16m/s	8.5m/s	0.3m	11s
03:00 Night	100%	100%	0%	1.2m	166°	1.7m	100%	252°	16m/s	8.4m/s	0.41m	11s
04:00 Night	100%	87%	0%	1.1m	166°	1.6m	100%	250°	15m/s	8.2m/s	0.51m	11s
05:00 Night	0%	100%	0%	1.1m	163°	1.6m	100%	250°	15m/s	8.2m/s	0.55m	11s
06:00 Night	100%	100%	0%	1.1m	161°	1.6m	100%	256°	14m/s	7.6m/s	0.59m	11s
07:00 Night	0%	98%	0%	1.1m	158°	1.5m	98%	258°	14m/s	7.6m/s	0.63m	11s
08:00	100%	95%	13%	1.1m	160°	1.5m	100%	262°	12m/s	6.4m/s	0.51m	11s
09:00	52%	73%	14%	1.1m	162°	1.5m	91%	264°	14m/s	7.3m/s	0.4m	10s
10:00	100%	80%	98%	1m	164°	1.5m	100%	254°	16m/s	8.9m/s	0.28m	10s
11:00	100%	87%	100%	1.1m	167°	1.5m	100%	248°	17m/s	8.9m/s	0.31m	10s
12:00	0%	70%	99%	1.1m	170°	1.5m	100%	250°	18m/s	9.6m/s	0.35m	10s
13:00	0%	98%	96%	1.1m	174°	1.5m	100%	244°	18m/s	9.8m/s	0.38m	10s
14:00	0%	98%	100%	1.1m	175°	1.5m	100%	244°	18m/s	9.6m/s	0.5m	10s
15:00	0%	100%	96%	1.2m	176°	1.5m	100%	246°	18m/s	9.9m/s	0.63m	10s
16:00	0%	89%	0%	1.2m	178°	1.5m	97%	248°	18m/s	9.9m/s	0.75m	11s
17:00	0%	84%	0%	1.2m	178°	1.6m	84%	284°	14m/s	7.4m/s	0.74m	11s
18:00	0%	63%	0%	1.2m	179°	1.6m	65%	290°	11m/s	6m/s	0.74m	11s
19:00 Night	0%	0%	0%	1.3m	179°	1.7m	0%	276°	11m/s	5.7m/s	0.73m	11s
20:00 Night	0%	85%	0%	1.3m	177°	1.7m	95%	272°	11m/s	5.9m/s	0.77m	11s
21:00 Night	0%	0%	0%	1.2m	176°	1.7m	0%	276°	10m/s	5.5m/s	0.8m	11s
22:00 Night	0%	0%	0%	1.2m	174°	1.7m	0%	272°	9.7m/s	5.2m/s	0.84m	11s
23:00 Night	0%	0%	0%	1.2m	175°	1.7m	0%	272°	9.6m/s	5.2m/s	0.78m	11s
Sat, Oct 10, 2026Sunrise 07:23 · Sunset 18:27
24:00 Night	0%	0%	0%	1.2m	175°	1.6m	0%	274°	11m/s	5.6m/s	0.72m	11s
01:00 Night	0%	0%	0%	1.2m	175°	1.6m	0%	272°	10m/s	5.5m/s	0.66m	11s
02:00 Night	0%	0%	12%	1.2m	176°	1.6m	12%	268°	9.8m/s	5.2m/s	0.73m	11s
03:00 Night	0%	0%	0%	1.2m	176°	1.6m	0%	274°	10m/s	5.4m/s	0.81m	10s
04:00 Night	0%	0%	0%	1.1m	176°	1.6m	0%	270°	9.1m/s	4.9m/s	0.88m	10s
05:00 Night	0%	83%	0%	1.1m	176°	1.6m	83%	274°	8.9m/s	4.8m/s	0.98m	10s
06:00 Night	0%	55%	60%	1.1m	176°	1.6m	84%	276°	9.2m/s	4.9m/s	1.1m	10s
07:00 Night	0%	52%	66%	1.1m	176°	1.7m	85%	278°	9.9m/s	5.3m/s	1.2m	10s
08:00	0%	30%	0%	1.1m	174°	1.6m	30%	288°	9.3m/s	4.9m/s	1.2m	10s
09:00	0%	0%	0%	1.1m	173°	1.6m	0%	278°	11m/s	5.7m/s	1.2m	10s
10:00	0%	0%	57%	1m	171°	1.6m	57%	284°	9.8m/s	5.3m/s	1.2m	10s
11:00	0%	21%	2%	1m	169°	1.6m	25%	281°	11m/s	5.8m/s	1.2m	10s
12:00	0%	30%	40%	0.99m	168°	1.6m	52%	286°	11m/s	5.9m/s	1.2m	10s
13:00	0%	7%	25%	0.96m	166°	1.5m	29%	286°	11m/s	5.9m/s	1.2m	10s
14:00	0%	29%	42%	0.94m	167°	1.5m	52%	290°	12m/s	6.1m/s	1.2m	9.9s
15:00	0%	60%	50%	0.91m	167°	1.5m	70%	292°	12m/s	6.3m/s	1.1m	9.8s
16:00	0%	80%	52%	0.89m	168°	1.5m	81%	294°	12m/s	6.1m/s	1.1m	9.7s
17:00	0%	79%	45%	0.89m	164°	1.4m	78%	294°	10m/s	5.4m/s	1.1m	9.7s
18:00	0%	66%	33%	0.88m	160°	1.4m	66%	293°	8m/s	4.4m/s	0.98m	9.6s
19:00 Night	0%	52%	22%	0.88m	157°	1.4m	52%	293°	6.6m/s	3.7m/s	0.91m	9.6s
20:00 Night	0%	37%	13%	0.86m	153°	1.3m	37%	287°	6.5m/s	3.6m/s	0.81m	9.6s
21:00 Night	0%	21%	5%	0.83m	150°	1.2m	21%	281°	7m/s	3.8m/s	0.72m	9.6s
22:00 Night	0%	8%	0%	0.81m	147°	1.2m	8%	275°	7.3m/s	3.9m/s	0.62m	9.5s
23:00 Night	0%	0%	0%	0.79m	144°	1.1m	0%	274°	7m/s	3.8m/s	0.62m	9.5s
Sun, Oct 11, 2026Sunrise 07:25 · Sunset 18:25
24:00 Night	0%	0%	0%	0.76m	142°	1.1m	0%	274°	6.4m/s	3.5m/s	0.63m	9.4s
01:00 Night	0%	0%	0%	0.74m	140°	1.1m	0%	273°	5.8m/s	3.3m/s	0.63m	9.4s
02:00 Night	0%	29%	0%	0.7m	137°	1.1m	29%	277°	5.4m/s	3.1m/s	0.72m	9.4s
03:00 Night	0%	70%	0%	0.67m	135°	1.1m	70%	280°	5m/s	2.8m/s	0.81m	9.4s
04:00 Night	0%	100%	0%	0.63m	133°	1.1m	100%	284°	4.6m/s	2.6m/s	0.9m	9.4s
05:00 Night	0%	100%	0%	0.64m	135°	1.1m	100%	282°	4.2m/s	2.4m/s	0.87m	9.4s
06:00 Night	0%	100%	0%	0.65m	136°	1.2m	100%	281°	3.8m/s	2.1m/s	0.85m	9.4s
07:00 Night	0%	97%	0%	0.66m	138°	1.2m	97%	279°	3.5m/s	1.9m/s	0.82m	9.4s
08:00	0%	86%	0%	0.72m	146°	1.2m	87%	286°	3.1m/s	1.6m/s	0.9m	9.5s
09:00	0%	73%	0%	0.79m	154°	1.3m	73%	293°	2.7m/s	1.4m/s	0.99m	9.5s
10:00	0%	66%	0%	0.85m	163°	1.4m	67%	300°	2.6m/s	1.3m/s	1.1m	9.5s
11:00	23%	74%	0%	0.85m	163°	1.5m	75%	294°	3.2m/s	1.5m/s	1.2m	9.5s
12:00	53%	89%	0%	0.85m	164°	1.6m	89%	287°	4.2m/s	2m/s	1.4m	9.4s
13:00	69%	100%	0%	0.85m	164°	1.7m	100%	281°	4.9m/s	2.3m/s	1.5m	9.3s

How this forecast is evaluated

See which weather signals PhotoWeather uses to identify Dramatic Seascapes conditions across Dorset & Jurassic Coast. The requirements and hourly values above show how those signals apply at Lulworth Cove.

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Recorded match history

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

Last 30 days

recorded matching windows · 52% average confidence

Last 90 days

104

recorded matching windows · 52% average confidence

Last 365 days

151

recorded matching windows · 56% average confidence

Most frequent recorded start hour

06:00 local time, shared by 17 of 150 matches recorded in the last 365 days.

Most represented month

September, with 53 of 150 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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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.

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