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Dramatic Seascapes
Cannon Beach - Dramatic Seascapes - Pacific Northwest
Cannon Beach, Oregon, United States
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
Significant Wave Height 26% failing
Visibility 3% failing
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72-hour requirements breakdown
What passed or failed, hour by hour0matching hours in the next 72 hours
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Misses requirement
Time America/Los_Angeles | Coastal Drama Score ≥ 75.0% | Significant Wave Height ≥ 1.5m | Visibility ≥ 5000.0m | Wind Gusts ≤ 22.0m/s | Precipitation Chance ≤ 30.0% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun, Jan 11 | |||||
| 10:00 | 61% | 3.7m | 20600m | 17m/s | 16% |
| 11:00 | 51% | 3.8m | 21300m | 17m/s | 10% |
| 12:00 | 48% | 4m | 21600m | 17m/s | 10% |
| 13:00 | 53% | 4.1m | 22500m | 17m/s | 7% |
| 14:00 | 54% | 4.1m | 23600m | 17m/s | 9% |
| 15:00 | 64% | 4.1m | 23900m | 16m/s | 16% |
| 16:00 | 64% | 4.1m | 23600m | 16m/s | 23% |
| 17:00 | 63% | 3.7m | 16500m | 15m/s | 38% |
| 18:00 | 52% | 3.4m | 19500m | 16m/s | 45% |
| 19:00 | 18% | 3m | 19000m | 17m/s | 29% |
| 20:00 | 18% | 2.9m | 15400m | 16m/s | 10% |
| 21:00 | 18% | 2.7m | 14100m | 16m/s | 8% |
| 22:00 | 13% | 2.5m | 14000m | 16m/s | 9% |
| 23:00 | 13% | 2.5m | 13900m | 16m/s | 8% |
| Mon, Jan 12 | |||||
| 24:00 | 13% | 2.5m | 13800m | 16m/s | 9% |
| 01:00 | 13% | 2.4m | 13800m | 14m/s | 10% |
| 02:00 | 11% | 2.4m | 200m | 13m/s | 11% |
| 03:00 | 11% | 2.3m | 400m | 13m/s | 9% |
| 04:00 | 13% | 2.3m | 12200m | 14m/s | 9% |
| 05:00 | 13% | 2.2m | 12200m | 12m/s | 9% |
| 06:00 | 13% | 2.1m | 12200m | 12m/s | 9% |
| 07:00 | 34% | 2m | 12200m | 13m/s | 9% |
| 08:00 | 39% | 2m | 12200m | 13m/s | 8% |
| 09:00 | 36% | 2.1m | 12200m | 12m/s | 7% |
| 10:00 | 32% | 2.1m | 13200m | 11m/s | 6% |
| 11:00 | 28% | 2m | 14700m | 10m/s | 6% |
| 12:00 | 28% | 1.9m | 14300m | 9.4m/s | 5% |
| 13:00 | 28% | 1.9m | 14000m | 9.1m/s | 5% |
| 14:00 | 26% | 1.7m | 14400m | 8.5m/s | 5% |
| 15:00 | 21% | 1.6m | 13600m | 7.8m/s | 5% |
| 16:00 | 21% | 1.5m | 13600m | 7.2m/s | 6% |
| 17:00 | 19% | 1.4m | 13300m | 6m/s | 6% |
| 18:00 | 15% | 1.3m | 12800m | 4.6m/s | 6% |
| 19:00 | 5.1% | 1.3m | 13300m | 5.6m/s | 5% |
| 20:00 | 5.1% | 1.3m | 13500m | 5m/s | 8% |
| 21:00 | 5.1% | 1.3m | 13500m | 4.3m/s | 8% |
| 22:00 | 6.5% | 1.3m | 14000m | 2.7m/s | 8% |
| 23:00 | 6.1% | 1.3m | 13500m | 1.5m/s | 3% |
| Tue, Jan 13 | |||||
| 24:00 | 4.1% | 1.3m | 13200m | 1.7m/s | 3% |
| 01:00 | 4.9% | 1.3m | 13600m | 2.1m/s | 3% |
| 02:00 | 7.1% | 1.4m | 16010m | 2m/s | 3% |
| 03:00 | 9.3% | 1.5m | 19120m | 2.1m/s | 3% |
| 04:00 | 9.9% | 1.6m | 21705m | 2.3m/s | 3% |
| 05:00 | 6.9% | 1.7m | 24140m | 2.9m/s | 1% |
| 06:00 | 6.9% | 1.8m | 24140m | 2.9m/s | 1% |
| 07:00 | 24% | 1.8m | 24140m | 2.2m/s | 1% |
| 08:00 | 37% | 2.3m | 24140m | 1.8m/s | 1% |
| 09:00 | 34% | 2.7m | 24140m | 2.2m/s | 1% |
| 10:00 | 39% | 3.2m | 24140m | 1.7m/s | 1% |
| 11:00 | 36% | 3.4m | 24140m | 1.1m/s | 1% |
| 12:00 | 60% | 3.5m | 24140m | 0.8m/s | 1% |
| 13:00 | 47% | 3.7m | 24140m | 1.7m/s | 1% |
| 14:00 | 50% | 3.8m | 24140m | 1.8m/s | 1% |
| 15:00 | 51% | 4m | 24140m | 0.5m/s | 1% |
| 16:00 | 63% | 4.1m | 24140m | 1.3m/s | 1% |
| 17:00 | 74% | 3.9m | 24140m | 1m/s | 2% |
| 18:00 | 62% | 3.7m | 24140m | 2.2m/s | 2% |
| 19:00 | 16% | 3.4m | 24140m | 2m/s | 2% |
| 20:00 | 16% | 3m | 24140m | 2m/s | 2% |
| 21:00 | 11% | 2.6m | 24140m | 1.7m/s | 2% |
| 22:00 | 11% | 2.2m | 24140m | 1.6m/s | 2% |
| 23:00 | 9.9% | 2m | 24140m | 1.8m/s | 5% |
| Wed, Jan 14 | |||||
| 24:00 | 6.9% | 1.8m | 24140m | 1m/s | 5% |
| 01:00 | 9.7% | 1.6m | 24140m | 0.8m/s | 5% |
| 02:00 | 11% | 1.5m | 24140m | 0.6m/s | 5% |
| 03:00 | 7.9% | 1.4m | 24140m | 0.5m/s | 5% |
| 04:00 | 6.4% | 1.3m | 24140m | 1.9m/s | 5% |
| 05:00 | 5.9% | 1.3m | 24140m | 1.7m/s | 6% |
| 06:00 | 5.9% | 1.2m | 24140m | 1.1m/s | 6% |
| 07:00 | 16% | 1.2m | 24140m | 0.5m/s | 6% |
| 08:00 | 23% | 1.2m | 24140m | 1.4m/s | 6% |
| 09:00 | 20% | 1.1m | 24140m | 0.3m/s | 6% |
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 scoreThis 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/Los_Angeles | 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, Jan 11
Sunrise 07:55
Sunset 16:51 | ||||||||||||
| 11:00 ☾ | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0.82m | 145° | 0.04 | 20° | 100% | 205° | 7.3m/s | 3.7m | 8.7s |
| 12:00 ☾ | 100% | 100% | 8% | 0.79m | 144° | 0.03 | 22° | 100% | 207° | 7.2m/s | 3.9m | 8.8s |
| 13:00 ☾ | 100% | 100% | 0% | 0.77m | 144° | 0.03 | 22° | 100% | 209° | 7.1m/s | 4m | 9s |
| 14:00 ☾ | 100% | 100% | 38% | 0.74m | 143° | 0.03 | 19° | 100% | 213° | 7m/s | 4m | 9.2s |
| 15:00 ☾ | 95% | 100% | 16% | 0.72m | 142° | 0.04 | 14° | 100% | 214° | 7m/s | 4m | 9.4s |
| 16:00 ☾ | 100% | 82% | 100% | 0.69m | 141° | 0.04 | 6.7° | 100% | 215° | 7m/s | 4m | 9.6s |
| 17:00 ☾ | 100% | 100% | 77% | 0.68m | 141° | 0.05 | -1.7° | 100% | 210° | 7m/s | 3.6m | 9.6s |
| 18:00 ☾ | 100% | 6% | 75% | 0.66m | 141° | 0.05 | -11° | 100% | 198° | 6.5m/s | 3.3m | 9.7s |
| 19:00 ☾ | 100% | 1% | 100% | 0.65m | 141° | 0.04 | -21° | 100% | 217° | 7.5m/s | 3m | 9.8s |
| 20:00 ☾ | 100% | 12% | 100% | 0.64m | 144° | 0.04 | -32° | 100% | 208° | 7.2m/s | 2.8m | 9s |
| 21:00 ☾ | 100% | 57% | 100% | 0.62m | 147° | 0.04 | -42° | 100% | 209° | 7.5m/s | 2.6m | 8.3s |
| 22:00 ☾ | 100% | 82% | 100% | 0.61m | 150° | 0.04 | -52° | 100% | 207° | 7.4m/s | 2.4m | 7.6s |
| 23:00 ☾ | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0.6m | 151° | 0.04 | -60° | 100% | 211° | 7.6m/s | 2.4m | 7.5s |
| Mon, Jan 12
Sunrise 07:55
Sunset 16:52 | ||||||||||||
| 24:00 ☾ | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0.59m | 151° | 0.04 | -65° | 100% | 210° | 7.4m/s | 2.4m | 7.4s |
| 01:00 ☾ | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0.58m | 152° | 0.04 | -65° | 100% | 221° | 6.7m/s | 2.4m | 7.4s |
| 02:00 ☾ | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0.58m | 152° | 0.05 | -59° | 100% | 209° | 6.8m/s | 2.3m | 7.3s |
| 03:00 ☾ | 100% | 100% | 98% | 0.59m | 153° | 0.06 | -50° | 100% | 205° | 7.1m/s | 2.2m | 7.3s |
| 04:00 ☾ | 100% | 100% | 48% | 0.59m | 153° | 0.07 | -40° | 100% | 202° | 7.2m/s | 2.2m | 7.3s |
| 05:00 ☾ | 100% | 100% | 90% | 0.59m | 156° | 0.07 | -30° | 100% | 209° | 6.5m/s | 2.1m | 7s |
| 06:00 ☾ | 98% | 100% | 82% | 0.58m | 158° | 0.06 | -19° | 100% | 212° | 6.5m/s | 2m | 6.7s |
| 07:00 ☾ | 100% | 100% | 0% | 0.58m | 161° | 0.06 | -9.4° | 100% | 207° | 7m/s | 1.9m | 6.4s |
| 08:00 ☾ | 100% | 100% | 0% | 0.61m | 159° | 0.05 | 0.42° | 100% | 216° | 6.8m/s | 1.9m | 6.5s |
| 09:00 ☾ | 100% | 100% | 0% | 0.65m | 157° | 0.05 | 8.3° | 100% | 211° | 6.3m/s | 1.9m | 6.7s |
| 10:00 ☾ | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0.68m | 155° | 0.04 | 15° | 100% | 204° | 6m/s | 2m | 6.8s |
| 11:00 ☾ | 100% | 100% | 9% | 0.63m | 156° | 0.05 | 20° | 100% | 203° | 5.2m/s | 1.9m | 6.7s |
| 12:00 ☾ | 98% | 100% | 51% | 0.57m | 156° | 0.04 | 22° | 100% | 211° | 4.9m/s | 1.8m | 6.7s |
| 13:00 ☾ | 93% | 100% | 22% | 0.52m | 157° | 0.04 | 22° | 100% | 210° | 4.8m/s | 1.7m | 6.7s |
| 14:00 ☾ | 2% | 97% | 51% | 0.5m | 161° | 0.03 | 19° | 97% | 214° | 4.7m/s | 1.6m | 6.7s |
| 15:00 ☾ | 100% | 100% | 32% | 0.47m | 166° | 0.03 | 14° | 100% | 216° | 4.2m/s | 1.5m | 6.8s |
| 16:00 ☾ | 75% | 100% | 11% | 0.45m | 170° | 0.03 | 6.9° | 100% | 207° | 3.8m/s | 1.3m | 6.8s |
| 17:00 ☾ | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0.45m | 176° | - | -1.5° | 100% | 209° | 2.6m/s | 1.3m | 7s |
| 18:00 ☾ | 99% | 100% | 100% | 0.44m | 182° | - | -11° | 100% | 197° | 1.7m/s | 1.2m | 7.2s |
| 19:00 ☾ | 100% | 100% | 69% | 0.44m | 187° | - | -21° | 100% | 207° | 2.5m/s | 1.1m | 7.4s |
| 20:00 ☾ | 100% | 100% | 63% | 0.43m | 188° | - | -32° | 100% | 196° | 2.2m/s | 1.1m | 7.3s |
| 21:00 ☾ | 80% | 100% | 58% | 0.43m | 188° | - | -42° | 100% | 184° | 1.5m/s | 1.1m | 7.2s |
| 22:00 ☾ | 39% | 100% | 92% | 0.42m | 188° | - | -52° | 100% | 149° | 0.58m/s | 1.1m | 7.1s |
| 23:00 ☾ | 40% | 100% | 52% | 0.41m | 187° | - | -60° | 100% | 112° | 0.54m/s | 1.1m | 6.8s |
| Tue, Jan 13
Sunrise 07:54
Sunset 16:53 | ||||||||||||
| 24:00 ☾ | 2% | 100% | 29% | 0.41m | 187° | - | -65° | 100% | 162° | 0.63m/s | 1.1m | 6.5s |
| 01:00 ☾ | 9% | 100% | 0% | 0.4m | 186° | - | -64° | 100% | 151° | 1m/s | 1.1m | 6.2s |
| 02:00 ☾ | 18% | 75% | 12% | 0.4m | 175° | - | -59° | 79% | 159° | 1.3m/s | 1.3m | 6s |
| 03:00 ☾ | 52% | 40% | 13% | 0.41m | 163° | - | -50° | 54% | 108° | 1.9m/s | 1.4m | 5.8s |
| 04:00 ☾ | 29% | 9% | 4% | 0.41m | 152° | - | -40° | 30% | 89° | 2m/s | 1.5m | 5.5s |
| 05:00 ☾ | 5% | 0% | 0% | 0.4m | 152° | - | -30° | 6% | 75° | 2.4m/s | 1.6m | 5.6s |
| 06:00 ☾ | 10% | 0% | 0% | 0.38m | 152° | - | -19° | 10% | 88° | 2.4m/s | 1.7m | 5.8s |
| 07:00 ☾ | 74% | 0% | 0% | 0.37m | 151° | - | -9.3° | 77% | 93° | 2m/s | 1.8m | 5.9s |
| 08:00 ☾ | 5% | 0% | 0% | 0.34m | 150° | - | 0.49° | 7% | 87° | 1.7m/s | 2.3m | 6.4s |
| 09:00 ☾ | 5% | 0% | 0% | 0.31m | 149° | - | 8.4° | 6% | 81° | 1.8m/s | 2.7m | 7s |
| 10:00 ☾ | 10% | 0% | 0% | 0.28m | 148° | - | 15° | 13% | 75° | 1.1m/s | 3.2m | 7.5s |
| 11:00 ☾ | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0.26m | 147° | - | 20° | 100% | 135° | 0.14m/s | 3.4m | 7.7s |
| 12:00 ☾ | 53% | 0% | 0% | 0.25m | 146° | - | 23° | 57% | 297° | 1.1m/s | 3.5m | 7.9s |
| 13:00 ☾ | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0.23m | 145° | - | 22° | 100% | 310° | 1.6m/s | 3.7m | 8.1s |
| 14:00 ☾ | 14% | 0% | 0% | 0.22m | 145° | - | 19° | 19% | 319° | 1.1m/s | 3.8m | 8.3s |
| 15:00 ☾ | 14% | 0% | 0% | 0.21m | 144° | - | 14° | 18% | 225° | 0.85m/s | 4m | 8.4s |
| 16:00 ☾ | 62% | 0% | 0% | 0.2m | 144° | - | 7.1° | 63% | 235° | 1.2m/s | 4.1m | 8.6s |
| 17:00 ☾ | 23% | 0% | 0% | 0.2m | 144° | - | -1.3° | 25% | 351° | 0.61m/s | 3.9m | 8.7s |
| 18:00 ☾ | 60% | 0% | 0% | 0.21m | 144° | - | -11° | 67% | 81° | 2m/s | 3.6m | 8.8s |
| 19:00 ☾ | 10% | 0% | 0% | 0.21m | 143° | - | -21° | 12% | 93° | 1.7m/s | 3.4m | 8.9s |
| 20:00 ☾ | 5% | 0% | 0% | 0.27m | 144° | - | -32° | 6% | 112° | 1.6m/s | 3m | 8.9s |
| 21:00 ☾ | 5% | 0% | 0% | 0.33m | 144° | - | -42° | 5% | 125° | 1.2m/s | 2.6m | 8.9s |
| 22:00 ☾ | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0.39m | 144° | - | -52° | 0% | 127° | 1m/s | 2.2m | 9s |
| 23:00 ☾ | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0.44m | 154° | - | -60° | 0% | 162° | 0.63m/s | 1.9m | 9.6s |
| Wed, Jan 14
Sunrise 07:54
Sunset 16:54 | ||||||||||||
| 24:00 ☾ | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0.49m | 163° | - | -65° | 0% | 90° | 0.6m/s | 1.7m | 10s |
| 01:00 ☾ | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0.54m | 173° | - | -64° | 0% | 90° | 0.8m/s | 1.5m | 11s |
| 02:00 ☾ | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0.64m | 184° | - | -59° | 0% | 315° | 0.14m/s | 1.3m | 11s |
| 03:00 ☾ | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0.74m | 196° | - | -50° | 0% | 11° | 0.51m/s | 1.2m | 11s |
| 04:00 ☾ | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0.84m | 207° | - | -40° | 0% | 93° | 1.7m/s | 1m | 11s |
| 05:00 ☾ | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0.85m | 219° | - | -30° | 0% | 105° | 1.6m/s | 0.77m | 12s |
| 06:00 ☾ | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0.87m | 231° | - | -19° | 0% | 297° | 0.45m/s | 0.5m | 12s |
| 07:00 ☾ | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0.88m | 243° | - | -9.2° | 0% | 326° | 1.1m/s | 0.23m | 12s |
| 08:00 ☾ | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0.81m | 244° | - | 0.56° | 0% | 90° | 1.8m/s | 0.41m | 12s |
| 09:00 ☾ | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0.75m | 244° | - | 8.5° | 0% | 23° | 0.76m/s | 0.58m | 12s |
| 10:00 ☾ | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0.68m | 244° | - | 15° | 0% | 22° | 1.1m/s | 0.76m | 11s |
How to read: these inputs help produce the derived score; they are not requirements by themselves.
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