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More Dramatic Seascapes in Dorset & Jurassic Coast

Rule Dramatic Seascapes

West 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%

Bridport, 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

Precipitation Chance 85% failing

Significant Wave Height 72% failing

Currently

Real-time conditions

Coastal Drama Score

Wave Height1.1m

Swell Height0.8m

Wind Speed6.7m/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 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%
Sun, Jun 7
03:00	16%	1.6m	24135m	10m/s	25%
04:00	34%	1.6m	24135m	10m/s	18%
05:00	49%	1.1m	24134m	9.4m/s	12%
06:00	40%	1.6m	24135m	9.5m/s	5.9%
07:00	28%	1.4m	24134m	9.7m/s	0%
08:00	28%	1.4m	24135m	9.8m/s	0%
09:00	30%	1.4m	24134m	9.5m/s	0%
10:00	27%	1.4m	24134m	9.8m/s	0%
11:00	22%	1.4m	24135m	10m/s	0%
12:00	20%	1.4m	24134m	10m/s	0%
13:00	15%	1.4m	24135m	10m/s	0%
14:00	18%	1.5m	24135m	9.8m/s	0%
15:00	21%	1.7m	24134m	9.6m/s	0%
16:00	18%	1.5m	24134m	9.7m/s	0%
17:00	20%	1.4m	24135m	9.9m/s	13%
18:00	35%	1.1m	24135m	9.6m/s	26%
19:00	20%	0.89m	24135m	9.6m/s	39%
20:00	24%	0.87m	24134m	9.6m/s	58%
21:00	23%	0.84m	24135m	11m/s	76%
22:00	21%	0.82m	24135m	11m/s	95%
23:00	16%	0.8m	24134m	10m/s	96%
Mon, Jun 8
24:00	5.9%	1.3m	24134m	11m/s	97%
01:00	8.4%	1.1m	24135m	11m/s	98%
02:00	5.8%	1.1m	24135m	11m/s	97%
03:00	6.4%	1.1m	20993m	12m/s	96%
04:00	17%	1m	22686m	12m/s	95%
05:00	15%	1m	13693m	12m/s	96%
06:00	13%	0.99m	15858m	12m/s	97%
07:00	11%	0.96m	13079m	9.9m/s	98%
08:00	12%	0.94m	6811m	11m/s	88%
09:00	15%	0.91m	16314m	9.1m/s	78%
10:00	11%	0.89m	15586m	7m/s	69%
11:00	10%	0.87m	20609m	7.9m/s	73%
12:00	15%	0.86m	24135m	8.4m/s	78%
13:00	12%	0.84m	20279m	8.4m/s	83%
14:00	10%	0.84m	24134m	9.8m/s	55%
15:00	10%	0.84m	24134m	9.5m/s	28%
16:00	12%	0.84m	24135m	9.2m/s	0%
17:00	12%	0.84m	24134m	9.1m/s	13%
18:00	16%	0.85m	24134m	9.2m/s	26%
19:00	15%	0.85m	24134m	8.9m/s	39%
20:00	9.7%	0.87m	24134m	9.5m/s	39%
21:00	11%	0.88m	24134m	9.7m/s	39%
22:00	9.9%	0.9m	24135m	9.1m/s	39%
23:00	11%	0.92m	24135m	10m/s	58%
Tue, Jun 9
24:00	3.7%	0.95m	24135m	11m/s	76%
01:00	3.7%	0.97m	24135m	11m/s	95%
02:00	5.9%	0.98m	24134m	11m/s	84%
03:00	6.2%	1m	24134m	11m/s	73%
04:00	18%	1m	24134m	12m/s	62%
05:00	23%	1.1m	24135m	12m/s	74%
06:00	25%	1.3m	24134m	12m/s	86%
07:00	31%	1.4m	23111m	11m/s	98%
08:00	33%	1.6m	24135m	10m/s	92%
09:00	28%	1.7m	24134m	8.9m/s	87%
10:00	28%	1.8m	22404m	9m/s	82%
11:00	22%	1.7m	24135m	9.4m/s	87%
12:00	22%	1.7m	24134m	9.5m/s	92%
13:00	24%	1.7m	24134m	9.4m/s	96%
14:00	27%	1.6m	24135m	9.3m/s	72%
15:00	29%	1.6m	17522m	9.1m/s	47%
16:00	32%	1.6m	24135m	9.1m/s	22%
17:00	31%	1.6m	24134m	8.6m/s	31%
18:00	43%	1.6m	24135m	8.2m/s	40%
19:00	26%	1.6m	24134m	8.2m/s	49%
20:00	33%	1.6m	24134m	9.1m/s	46%
21:00	36%	1.6m	24134m	8.7m/s	42%
22:00	32%	1.6m	24135m	8.4m/s	39%
23:00	35%	1.6m	24134m	8.2m/s	39%
Wed, Jun 10
24:00	12%	1.5m	24135m	8.3m/s	39%
01:00	12%	1.5m	24135m	8.2m/s	39%
02:00	11%	1.5m	24134m	7.9m/s	39%
03:00	11%	1.4m	24135m	7.4m/s	39%
04:00	33%	1.4m	24135m	7m/s	39%
05:00	37%	1.4m	24134m	7.1m/s	50%
06:00	43%	1.3m	24135m	7.9m/s	61%
07:00	29%	1.3m	24134m	7.8m/s	72%
08:00	40%	1.2m	24134m	8.9m/s	68%
09:00	30%	1.2m	24135m	10m/s	64%
10:00	23%	1.1m	24135m	11m/s	61%
11:00	20%	1.1m	24135m	11m/s	62%
12:00	19%	1.1m	24135m	11m/s	64%
13:00	13%	1.1m	24135m	11m/s	65%
14:00	13%	1.2m	24135m	11m/s	44%
15:00	13%	1.2m	24135m	11m/s	22%
16:00	15%	1.3m	24135m	11m/s	0%
17:00	15%	1.2m	24135m	10m/s	7.4%
18:00	22%	1.2m	24135m	9.7m/s	15%
19:00	22%	1.2m	24135m	9.3m/s	22%
20:00	29%	1.2m	24135m	9m/s	48%
21:00	37%	1.2m	24135m	8.7m/s	74%
22:00	41%	1.3m	24135m	8.4m/s	100%
23:00	49%	1.4m	20226m	9m/s	73%
Thu, Jun 11
24:00	15%	1.5m	16317m	9.6m/s	46%
01:00	12%	1.6m	12408m	10m/s	20%

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, Jun 8 Sunrise 04:59 Sunset 21:21
03:00 ☾	0%	100%	99%	0.81m	182°	0.1	-13°	100%	214°	6.7m/s	0.6m	11s
04:00 ☾	0%	100%	99%	0.76m	181°	0.1	-7.4°	100%	208°	6.6m/s	0.51m	11s
05:00	0%	100%	90%	0.73m	182°	0.11	-0.3°	100%	214°	7.5m/s	0.42m	11s
06:00	1%	100%	100%	0.69m	182°	0.11	7.3°	100%	230°	7.4m/s	0.32m	11s
07:00	82%	100%	100%	0.66m	182°	0.08	16°	100%	236°	5.1m/s	0.23m	11s
08:00	100%	100%	100%	0.65m	182°	0.05	25°	100%	232°	7.3m/s	0.22m	10s
09:00	45%	97%	100%	0.64m	182°	0.03	35°	100%	237°	6.2m/s	0.21m	10s
10:00	0%	34%	100%	0.63m	182°	0.02	44°	100%	289°	5.2m/s	0.2m	10s
11:00	0%	97%	5%	0.62m	182°	0.02	52°	97%	296°	6.1m/s	0.2m	10s
12:00	0%	69%	0%	0.6m	182°	0.02	59°	69%	294°	5m/s	0.21m	10s
13:00	0%	16%	0%	0.59m	182°	0.02	62°	16%	280°	6m/s	0.21m	10s
14:00	0%	6%	0%	0.57m	182°	0.03	61°	6%	276°	7.9m/s	0.23m	9.9s
15:00	0%	6%	0%	0.56m	182°	0.03	55°	6%	284°	7.9m/s	0.26m	9.8s
16:00	0%	5%	0%	0.54m	181°	0.03	47°	5%	291°	7.9m/s	0.28m	9.7s
17:00	0%	5%	0%	0.53m	181°	0.03	38°	5%	291°	7.5m/s	0.32m	9.7s
18:00	0%	16%	0%	0.51m	181°	0.03	29°	16%	290°	6.8m/s	0.37m	9.6s
19:00	0%	5%	0%	0.5m	180°	0.04	19°	5%	282°	6.8m/s	0.41m	9.6s
20:00	0%	5%	0%	0.49m	180°	0.04	10°	5%	278°	6.5m/s	0.46m	9.5s
21:00	0%	0%	0%	0.47m	179°	0.05	2.2°	0%	279°	6m/s	0.5m	9.5s
22:00 ☾	0%	0%	0%	0.46m	179°	0.05	-5.2°	0%	269°	4.8m/s	0.55m	9.4s
23:00 ☾	0%	1%	5%	0.44m	177°	0.06	-11°	5%	261°	5m/s	0.6m	9.3s
Tue, Jun 9 Sunrise 04:59 Sunset 21:21
24:00 ☾	0%	5%	0%	0.43m	176°	0.06	-15°	5%	256°	5.5m/s	0.64m	9.2s
01:00 ☾	0%	8%	0%	0.41m	175°	0.06	-16°	8%	252°	5.4m/s	0.69m	9.1s
02:00 ☾	0%	5%	1%	0.5m	162°	-	-16°	5%	250°	5.8m/s	0.51m	9.1s
03:00 ☾	0%	5%	5%	0.58m	150°	-	-12°	5%	252°	5.7m/s	0.33m	9s
04:00 ☾	0%	5%	5%	0.67m	138°	-	-7.3°	5%	253°	5.9m/s	0.15m	8.9s
05:00	0%	10%	5%	0.79m	117°	-	-0.22°	10%	257°	6.4m/s	0.35m	8.9s
06:00	0%	1%	0%	0.91m	97°	-	7.3°	1%	259°	6.3m/s	0.54m	8.9s
07:00	0%	5%	0%	1m	76°	-	16°	5%	258°	6.1m/s	0.74m	8.9s
08:00	0%	16%	0%	1.1m	73°	-	25°	16%	264°	6.7m/s	0.85m	8.9s
09:00	0%	12%	0%	1.2m	70°	-	35°	12%	270°	6.6m/s	0.95m	8.9s
10:00	0%	6%	3%	1.3m	67°	-	44°	6%	271°	6.9m/s	1.1m	8.9s
11:00	0%	9%	0%	1.3m	66°	-	52°	9%	262°	6.8m/s	0.99m	8.9s
12:00	0%	6%	0%	1.3m	65°	-	59°	6%	253°	7.2m/s	0.92m	8.9s
13:00	4%	13%	0%	1.3m	64°	-	62°	13%	249°	7.3m/s	0.85m	8.9s
14:00	40%	64%	2%	1.4m	63°	-	61°	83%	257°	7.2m/s	0.76m	9s
15:00	32%	42%	11%	1.4m	63°	-	55°	48%	274°	6.6m/s	0.68m	9.1s
16:00	31%	76%	28%	1.4m	63°	-	47°	84%	274°	7.1m/s	0.59m	9.2s
17:00	5%	68%	23%	1.4m	63°	-	38°	72%	270°	6.6m/s	0.53m	9.3s
18:00	52%	14%	63%	1.5m	63°	-	29°	66%	272°	6.3m/s	0.48m	9.4s
19:00	99%	5%	100%	1.5m	63°	-	19°	100%	278°	6.3m/s	0.42m	9.5s
20:00	100%	5%	100%	1.5m	63°	-	10°	100%	280°	6m/s	0.39m	9.4s
21:00	100%	4%	100%	1.5m	63°	-	2.2°	100%	278°	5.3m/s	0.36m	9.4s
22:00 ☾	0%	4%	100%	1.5m	63°	-	-5.1°	100%	273°	4.5m/s	0.33m	9.4s
23:00 ☾	0%	4%	100%	1.5m	63°	-	-11°	100%	266°	4.2m/s	0.31m	9.3s
Wed, Jun 10 Sunrise 04:59 Sunset 21:21
24:00 ☾	0%	20%	100%	1.5m	63°	-	-15°	100%	263°	4.1m/s	0.29m	9.3s
01:00 ☾	0%	42%	100%	1.4m	62°	-	-16°	100%	262°	4.1m/s	0.27m	9.3s
02:00 ☾	0%	8%	100%	1.4m	62°	-	-15°	100%	261°	3.8m/s	0.21m	9.2s
03:00 ☾	0%	6%	100%	1.4m	62°	-	-12°	100%	263°	3.7m/s	0.15m	9.2s
04:00 ☾	0%	6%	100%	1.3m	62°	-	-7.3°	100%	264°	3.8m/s	0.09m	9.1s
05:00	0%	1%	100%	1.3m	62°	-	-0.14°	100%	266°	3.8m/s	0.08m	9.1s
06:00	0%	5%	63%	1.2m	62°	-	7.4°	63%	268°	3.7m/s	0.08m	9s
07:00	0%	4%	0%	1.2m	62°	-	16°	4%	264°	4m/s	0.07m	8.9s
08:00	33%	36%	2%	1.1m	63°	-	25°	36%	270°	5.5m/s	0.09m	8.8s
09:00	67%	67%	3%	1.1m	63°	-	35°	68%	276°	7m/s	0.11m	8.8s
10:00	100%	99%	5%	1.1m	64°	-	44°	100%	282°	8.5m/s	0.13m	8.7s
11:00	100%	69%	37%	1m	64°	-	53°	100%	283°	8.6m/s	0.28m	8.6s
12:00	100%	38%	68%	0.96m	64°	-	59°	100%	283°	8.7m/s	0.43m	8.5s
13:00	100%	8%	100%	0.91m	64°	-	62°	100%	284°	8.8m/s	0.58m	8.4s
14:00	98%	7%	94%	0.88m	64°	-	61°	99%	282°	8.4m/s	0.67m	8.3s
15:00	95%	6%	88%	0.86m	64°	-	55°	99%	280°	8m/s	0.77m	8.2s
16:00	93%	5%	82%	0.83m	65°	-	47°	98%	279°	7.7m/s	0.86m	8.1s
17:00	92%	4%	82%	0.81m	64°	-	38°	96%	275°	7.4m/s	0.82m	8s
18:00	91%	3%	82%	0.79m	64°	-	29°	93%	272°	7.2m/s	0.78m	8s
19:00	91%	3%	82%	0.77m	64°	-	19°	91%	269°	6.9m/s	0.74m	7.9s
20:00	63%	3%	66%	0.85m	63°	-	10°	72%	266°	6.7m/s	0.62m	8.7s
21:00	35%	4%	51%	0.92m	61°	-	2.3°	54%	263°	6.5m/s	0.51m	9.4s
22:00 ☾	8%	5%	36%	1m	60°	-	-5°	36%	260°	6.4m/s	0.39m	10s
23:00 ☾	38%	37%	57%	1.2m	62°	-	-11°	57%	256°	6.6m/s	0.29m	9.8s
Thu, Jun 11 Sunrise 04:58 Sunset 21:22
24:00 ☾	69%	68%	79%	1.4m	63°	-	-15°	79%	251°	6.8m/s	0.2m	9.4s
01:00 ☾	100%	100%	100%	1.6m	65°	-	-16°	100%	246°	7.1m/s	0.1m	9s
02:00 ☾	100%	100%	100%	1.6m	65°	-	-15°	100%	238°	8.5m/s	0.11m	8.9s

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

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