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Rule Dramatic Seascapes

Dramatic Seascapes Forecast for Cape Cod, New England, USA

Cape Cod, Massachusetts, United States

Cape Cod's dunes, tidal flats, weathered lighthouses, and fishing harbors offer spare coastal compositions shaped by broad skies and Atlantic surf.

Currently

Real-time conditions

Coastal Drama Score

Wave Height0.4m

Swell Height0.1m

Wind Speed4.2m/s (calm conditions)

Wind Gusts4.4m/s

Cloud Cover100%

Visibility24135 (Clear)

Upcoming Opportunities

When all conditions match, PhotoWeather marks an opportunity window.

Times shown in America/New_York

No opportunities in the next 14 days

See which requirements block the most forecast hours below.

Most common blockers (86-hour forecast)

Coastal Drama Score100% of hours

How this forecast is evaluated

See which weather signals PhotoWeather uses to identify Dramatic Seascapes conditions across New England, USA. The requirements and hourly values below show how those signals apply at Cape Cod.

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Recorded match history

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

Last 30 days

recorded matching windows · 52% average confidence

Last 90 days

recorded matching windows · 53% average confidence

Last 365 days

recorded matching windows · 57% average confidence

Only 7 completed matches are recorded in the last 365 days—insufficient history to identify a reliable typical start time or month.

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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86-hour requirements breakdown

When available, the detailed table below covers only the stated 86-hour horizon (typically 72–168 hours, depending on available hourly data). Opportunity records above span the next 14 days, so this table does not explain that entire 14-day period.

What passed or failed, hour by hour

0matching hours in the next 86 hours

AND logic: all conditions required

Meets requirement

Misses requirement

Time America/New_York	Coastal Drama Score ≥ 45.0%
Sat, Aug 22
24:00	9.2%
01:00	9.1%
02:00	6.3%
03:00	5.2%
04:00	6.1%
05:00	6.1%
06:00	6.1%
07:00	6.1%
08:00	6.1%
09:00	6.1%
10:00	6.1%
11:00	6.5%
12:00	7.8%
13:00	6.5%
14:00	6.5%
15:00	6.5%
16:00	6.5%
17:00	6.5%
18:00	6.5%
19:00	6.5%
20:00	6.5%
21:00	6.5%
22:00	7.8%
23:00	7.5%
Sun, Aug 23
24:00	8.9%
01:00	6.1%
02:00	10%
03:00	7.2%
04:00	7.2%
05:00	6.1%
06:00	5.5%
07:00	4.3%
08:00	4.6%
09:00	4.5%
10:00	5%
11:00	5%
12:00	5%
13:00	5.2%
14:00	6.5%
15:00	6.4%
16:00	4.4%
17:00	5.3%
18:00	5.2%
19:00	6.2%
20:00	6.1%
21:00	6.2%
22:00	7%
23:00	8.7%
Mon, Aug 24
24:00	6.3%
01:00	6.1%
02:00	6.1%
03:00	5.1%
04:00	6%
05:00	5.7%
06:00	5.7%
07:00	5.7%
08:00	6.8%
09:00	6.1%
10:00	7.2%
11:00	6.1%
12:00	6.1%
13:00	11%
14:00	7.5%
15:00	6.8%
16:00	6.8%
17:00	6.8%
18:00	6.8%
19:00	7.5%
20:00	7.5%
21:00	6.8%
22:00	6.8%
23:00	6.1%
Tue, Aug 25
24:00	6.1%
01:00	6.1%
02:00	6.1%
03:00	5.7%
04:00	5.7%
05:00	8.2%
06:00	8.2%
07:00	7.6%
08:00	5.3%
09:00	7%
10:00	6.1%
11:00	5.9%
12:00	9.2%
13:00	9.4%

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 America/New_York	High Clouds %	Low Clouds %	Mid-Level Clouds %	Primary Swell Height m	Primary Wave Direction °	Significant Wave Height m	Total Cloud Coverage %	Wind Direction °	Wind Gusts m/s	Wind Speed m/s	Wind Wave Height m	Wind Wave Period s
Sat, Aug 22 Sunrise 05:56 Sunset 19:29
16:00	100%	100%	100%	0.09m	87°	0.38m	100%	344°	4.4m/s	4.2m/s	0.38m	2.8s
17:00	100%	100%	100%	0.09m	86°	0.4m	100%	354°	4.3m/s	3.8m/s	0.4m	2.8s
18:00	73%	100%	100%	0.09m	86°	0.42m	100%	353°	4.1m/s	3.6m/s	0.42m	2.9s
19:00	99%	100%	100%	0.08m	85°	0.43m	100%	348°	3.8m/s	3.1m/s	0.43m	3s
20:00 ☾	100%	100%	87%	0.08m	85°	0.45m	100%	339°	3.7m/s	2.9m/s	0.45m	3.1s
21:00 ☾	100%	94%	34%	0.08m	84°	0.47m	100%	326°	3m/s	2.3m/s	0.47m	3.1s
22:00 ☾	100%	56%	100%	0.08m	83°	0.48m	100%	316°	3m/s	2.2m/s	0.48m	3.1s
23:00 ☾	100%	5%	100%	0.08m	83°	0.5m	100%	311°	3m/s	2.3m/s	0.5m	3.1s
Sun, Aug 23 Sunrise 05:58 Sunset 19:28
24:00 ☾	23%	1%	100%	0.07m	83°	0.56m	100%	308°	1.6m/s	1.5m/s	0.56m	3.3s
01:00 ☾	69%	2%	100%	0.06m	84°	0.61m	100%	336°	2.1m/s	1.8m/s	0.61m	3.5s
02:00 ☾	52%	14%	94%	0.05m	85°	0.67m	94%	360°	1m/s	0.74m/s	0.67m	3.6s
03:00 ☾	91%	42%	98%	0.05m	85°	0.63m	99%	28°	0.7m/s	0.56m/s	0.63m	3.6s
04:00 ☾	61%	83%	100%	0.06m	86°	0.6m	100%	28°	1.5m/s	1.4m/s	0.6m	3.7s
05:00 ☾	98%	8%	100%	0.06m	86°	0.56m	100%	121°	0.92m/s	0.7m/s	0.56m	3.7s
06:00	100%	18%	100%	0.12m	92°	0.48m	100%	109°	2.3m/s	1.8m/s	0.44m	3.6s
07:00	100%	86%	100%	0.18m	98°	0.4m	100%	127°	3.8m/s	2.2m/s	0.33m	3.6s
08:00	100%	32%	98%	0.24m	103°	0.32m	100%	109°	4.3m/s	2.5m/s	0.21m	3.6s
09:00	100%	84%	29%	0.2m	118°	0.31m	100%	131°	4.8m/s	3.1m/s	0.23m	3.6s
10:00	100%	81%	73%	0.15m	133°	0.31m	100%	147°	5.5m/s	3.4m/s	0.26m	3.6s
11:00	100%	56%	71%	0.11m	148°	0.3m	100%	167°	7.3m/s	4.8m/s	0.28m	3.6s
12:00	100%	28%	97%	0.14m	151°	0.28m	100%	176°	7.2m/s	4.6m/s	0.26m	3.4s
13:00	100%	58%	99%	0.18m	154°	0.25m	100%	184°	7.6m/s	4.8m/s	0.23m	3.2s
14:00	100%	21%	100%	0.21m	157°	0.23m	100%	195°	7.8m/s	5.3m/s	0.21m	2.9s
15:00	100%	56%	33%	0.18m	158°	0.21m	100%	195°	7.2m/s	4.8m/s	0.17m	2.9s
16:00	100%	14%	0%	0.16m	159°	0.19m	100%	188°	7.4m/s	5.1m/s	0.13m	2.9s
17:00	100%	7%	0%	0.13m	160°	0.17m	100%	191°	7.5m/s	4.8m/s	0.09m	2.9s
18:00	100%	1%	0%	0.12m	139°	0.18m	100%	186°	7.8m/s	4.3m/s	0.12m	2.5s
19:00	100%	0%	1%	0.1m	119°	0.19m	100%	182°	7.4m/s	4m/s	0.14m	2.2s
20:00 ☾	100%	0%	100%	0.09m	98°	0.2m	100%	179°	7.4m/s	3.7m/s	0.17m	1.9s
21:00 ☾	100%	0%	86%	0.12m	111°	0.22m	100%	177°	8.1m/s	3.8m/s	0.19m	2s
22:00 ☾	100%	0%	80%	0.15m	125°	0.24m	100%	180°	9.2m/s	4.1m/s	0.21m	2.1s
23:00 ☾	90%	0%	11%	0.18m	138°	0.26m	90%	188°	9.9m/s	4.6m/s	0.23m	2.3s
Mon, Aug 24 Sunrise 05:59 Sunset 19:26
24:00 ☾	100%	0%	3%	0.16m	146°	0.26m	100%	208°	8.9m/s	4.4m/s	0.23m	2.4s
01:00 ☾	100%	0%	1%	0.13m	154°	0.26m	100%	208°	7m/s	3.3m/s	0.24m	2.5s
02:00 ☾	19%	2%	0%	0.11m	161°	0.26m	19%	188°	6.6m/s	3.2m/s	0.24m	2.6s
03:00 ☾	100%	1%	0%	0.1m	164°	0.26m	100%	191°	7m/s	3.3m/s	0.24m	2.8s
04:00 ☾	93%	0%	0%	0.1m	167°	0.25m	93%	202°	7.5m/s	3.4m/s	0.23m	3s
05:00 ☾	96%	0%	0%	0.09m	169°	0.25m	96%	219°	8.8m/s	3.6m/s	0.23m	3.1s
06:00	0%	0%	0%	0.08m	167°	0.26m	0%	223°	11m/s	4m/s	0.24m	3s
07:00	3%	0%	0%	0.06m	166°	0.26m	3%	217°	9.9m/s	3.7m/s	0.26m	2.9s
08:00	0%	0%	0%	0.05m	164°	0.27m	0%	217°	11m/s	4.3m/s	0.27m	2.8s
09:00	0%	0%	0%	0.07m	166°	0.31m	0%	223°	11m/s	6.1m/s	0.31m	3s
10:00	14%	0%	0%	0.08m	168°	0.34m	14%	229°	11m/s	7.4m/s	0.34m	3.2s
11:00	0%	0%	0%	0.1m	169°	0.38m	0%	229°	12m/s	7.7m/s	0.38m	3.3s
12:00	5%	0%	3%	0.1m	169°	0.42m	5%	228°	12m/s	8m/s	0.42m	3.4s
13:00	0%	0%	68%	0.1m	169°	0.47m	68%	229°	12m/s	8.1m/s	0.47m	3.5s
14:00	0%	0%	0%	0.1m	169°	0.51m	0%	232°	12m/s	8.2m/s	0.51m	3.5s
15:00	0%	0%	0%	0.1m	169°	0.55m	0%	235°	12m/s	8m/s	0.55m	3.7s
16:00	0%	0%	0%	0.1m	168°	0.6m	0%	233°	12m/s	7.7m/s	0.6m	3.9s
17:00	0%	0%	0%	0.1m	168°	0.64m	0%	230°	11m/s	6.6m/s	0.64m	4s
18:00	0%	0%	0%	0.1m	168°	0.61m	0%	226°	11m/s	6m/s	0.61m	4s
19:00	0%	0%	0%	0.1m	168°	0.57m	0%	220°	11m/s	5.8m/s	0.57m	3.9s
20:00 ☾	0%	0%	0%	0.1m	169°	0.54m	0%	217°	11m/s	5.5m/s	0.54m	3.8s
21:00 ☾	0%	0%	0%	0.1m	168°	0.56m	0%	236°	10m/s	6m/s	0.56m	3.8s
22:00 ☾	0%	0%	0%	0.09m	168°	0.58m	0%	254°	9.3m/s	6.5m/s	0.58m	3.8s
23:00 ☾	0%	0%	0%	0.09m	167°	0.6m	0%	272°	8.2m/s	6.9m/s	0.6m	3.8s
Tue, Aug 25 Sunrise 06:00 Sunset 19:25
24:00 ☾	0%	0%	0%	0.12m	167°	0.56m	0%	268°	8.9m/s	7.4m/s	0.55m	3.8s
01:00 ☾	0%	0%	0%	0.14m	167°	0.53m	0%	264°	9.6m/s	7.9m/s	0.51m	3.8s
02:00 ☾	0%	0%	0%	0.17m	167°	0.49m	0%	260°	10m/s	8.5m/s	0.46m	3.9s
03:00 ☾	0%	2%	0%	0.2m	168°	0.45m	2%	255°	11m/s	8.8m/s	0.44m	4.1s
04:00 ☾	0%	3%	0%	0.23m	170°	0.42m	3%	249°	11m/s	9.1m/s	0.41m	4.4s
05:00 ☾	0%	5%	0%	0.26m	171°	0.38m	5%	243°	12m/s	9.5m/s	0.39m	4.7s
06:00 ☾	0%	3%	0%	0.25m	171°	0.35m	3%	242°	12m/s	9.6m/s	0.33m	4.7s
07:00	0%	2%	0%	0.25m	171°	0.33m	2%	242°	12m/s	9.7m/s	0.26m	4.6s
08:00	0%	0%	0%	0.24m	171°	0.3m	0%	241°	11m/s	9.9m/s	0.2m	4.6s
09:00	0%	2%	0%	0.22m	173°	0.29m	2%	251°	10m/s	8.7m/s	0.23m	5.2s
10:00	0%	5%	0%	0.2m	176°	0.29m	5%	260°	9.1m/s	7.5m/s	0.25m	5.8s
11:00	0%	7%	0%	0.18m	179°	0.28m	7%	270°	8m/s	6.4m/s	0.28m	6.3s
12:00	20%	8%	0%	0.15m	179°	0.37m	25%	270°	8.7m/s	7m/s	0.37m	5.3s
13:00	41%	10%	0%	0.13m	179°	0.45m	43%	270°	9.3m/s	7.6m/s	0.45m	4.2s
14:00	61%	11%	0%	0.1m	179°	0.54m	61%	270°	9.9m/s	8.2m/s	0.54m	3.1s
15:00	42%	7%	0%	0.1m	180°	0.57m	42%	271°	9.9m/s	8m/s	0.57m	3.3s

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

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.

The weather forecast foundation comes through Open-Meteo , which aggregates models from weather agencies. PhotoWeather applies condition-specific thresholds and derived calculations; not every condition uses every model or data input.

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Aug 22, 2026, 7:04 PM UTC

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