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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
Tip: Scroll down to the 72-hour table to see exactly which condition fails hour by hour.
Most common blockers (next 72 hours)
Coastal Drama Score 100% failing
Significant Wave Height 100% failing
Precipitation Chance 79% failing
Currently
Real-time conditionsWave Height0.4m
Swell Height0.2m
Wind Speed5.6m/s (moderate winds)
Cloud Cover100%
Upcoming Opportunities
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Times shown in America/Los_Angeles
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72-hour requirements breakdown
What passed or failed, hour by hour0matching hours in the next 95 hours
AND logic: all conditions required
Meets requirement
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, Mar 15 | |||||
| 24:00 | 2.9% | 0.35m | 24135m | 3.4m/s | 0% |
| 01:00 | 2.6% | 0.33m | 24135m | 2.6m/s | 0% |
| 02:00 | 2.8% | 0.32m | 24135m | 2.9m/s | 0% |
| 03:00 | 4% | 0.24m | 24135m | 3.1m/s | 0% |
| 04:00 | 4.7% | 0.29m | 24134m | 3.7m/s | 0% |
| 05:00 | 3.4% | 0.22m | 24134m | 3.8m/s | 0% |
| 06:00 | 3.4% | 0.22m | 24134m | 3.7m/s | 0% |
| 07:00 | 9.8% | 0.21m | 24135m | 4m/s | 0% |
| 08:00 | 13% | 0.21m | 24134m | 3.3m/s | 0% |
| 09:00 | 10% | 0.21m | 24134m | 3.4m/s | 0% |
| 10:00 | 8.5% | 0.21m | 24134m | 2.5m/s | 0% |
| 11:00 | 12% | 0.25m | 24134m | 2.5m/s | 0% |
| 12:00 | 12% | 0.25m | 24134m | 2.4m/s | 0% |
| 13:00 | 12% | 0.25m | 24134m | 2.8m/s | 14% |
| 14:00 | 12% | 0.25m | 24134m | 2.7m/s | 0.91% |
| 15:00 | 13% | 0.25m | 24134m | 2.8m/s | 0.61% |
| 16:00 | 7.5% | 0.25m | 24134m | 5.2m/s | 0.3% |
| 17:00 | 8.5% | 0.41m | 24134m | 4.4m/s | 0% |
| 18:00 | 10% | 0.42m | 24134m | 4.2m/s | 0% |
| 19:00 | 11% | 0.18m | 24135m | 4.8m/s | 0% |
| 20:00 | 9.9% | 0.19m | 24134m | 4.6m/s | 0% |
| 21:00 | 3.1% | 0.2m | 24135m | 3.3m/s | 0% |
| 22:00 | 3.4% | 0.21m | 24135m | 4.8m/s | 0% |
| 23:00 | 3.7% | 0.42m | 24135m | 6.6m/s | 0% |
| Mon, Mar 16 | |||||
| 24:00 | 3.3% | 0.41m | 24135m | 8.7m/s | 8% |
| 01:00 | 3.2% | 0.39m | 24135m | 9.4m/s | 16% |
| 02:00 | 3.3% | 0.38m | 24135m | 10m/s | 24% |
| 03:00 | 3.3% | 0.36m | 24135m | 11m/s | 29% |
| 04:00 | 3% | 0.34m | 24135m | 11m/s | 34% |
| 05:00 | 3.7% | 0.32m | 24135m | 11m/s | 39% |
| 06:00 | 3% | 0.31m | 24134m | 9.9m/s | 26% |
| 07:00 | 8.5% | 0.31m | 24135m | 9.6m/s | 13% |
| 08:00 | 9.6% | 0.3m | 24134m | 10m/s | 0% |
| 09:00 | 7.4% | 0.3m | 24134m | 10m/s | 0% |
| 10:00 | 9.8% | 0.3m | 24134m | 8.3m/s | 0% |
| 11:00 | 6.3% | 0.3m | 24134m | 9.5m/s | 0% |
| 12:00 | 6.8% | 0.29m | 24134m | 10m/s | 0% |
| 13:00 | 6.8% | 0.29m | 24135m | 11m/s | 0% |
| 14:00 | 8.3% | 0.28m | 24134m | 12m/s | 0% |
| 15:00 | 12% | 0.28m | 24134m | 12m/s | 17% |
| 16:00 | 12% | 0.28m | 24134m | 12m/s | 33% |
| 17:00 | 13% | 0.28m | 24134m | 12m/s | 50% |
| 18:00 | 21% | 0.29m | 24134m | 12m/s | 48% |
| 19:00 | 17% | 0.31m | 24135m | 12m/s | 47% |
| 20:00 | 9% | 0.32m | 24135m | 12m/s | 45% |
| 21:00 | 6.6% | 0.33m | 24135m | 13m/s | 56% |
| 22:00 | 6.3% | 0.35m | 24134m | 13m/s | 67% |
| 23:00 | 5.9% | 0.36m | 24135m | 14m/s | 79% |
| Tue, Mar 17 | |||||
| 24:00 | 6.3% | 0.37m | 24135m | 14m/s | 83% |
| 01:00 | 5.5% | 0.37m | 23790m | 12m/s | 88% |
| 02:00 | 5.5% | 0.38m | 23825m | 12m/s | 93% |
| 03:00 | 5.5% | 0.39m | 22182m | 10m/s | 95% |
| 04:00 | 3.8% | 0.39m | 24134m | 13m/s | 97% |
| 05:00 | 3.8% | 0.4m | 24134m | 14m/s | 99% |
| 06:00 | 3.1% | 0.41m | 24135m | 12m/s | 92% |
| 07:00 | 9.6% | 0.42m | 24134m | 12m/s | 85% |
| 08:00 | 5.4% | 0.43m | 8261m | 11m/s | 78% |
| 09:00 | 8.4% | 0.42m | 20681m | 13m/s | 83% |
| 10:00 | 5.7% | 0.42m | 9921m | 11m/s | 88% |
| 11:00 | 4% | 0.41m | 4665m | 13m/s | 93% |
| 12:00 | 4.8% | 0.41m | 8296m | 11m/s | 92% |
| 13:00 | 5.8% | 0.41m | 11098m | 13m/s | 91% |
| 14:00 | 5.3% | 0.41m | 14164m | 11m/s | 90% |
| 15:00 | 5.3% | 0.43m | 11387m | 9.4m/s | 90% |
| 16:00 | 5% | 0.44m | 10197m | 9.8m/s | 90% |
| 17:00 | 7.4% | 0.46m | 22415m | 6.5m/s | 90% |
| 18:00 | 7% | 0.47m | 10927m | 3.7m/s | 85% |
| 19:00 | 6% | 0.48m | 8695m | 2m/s | 79% |
| 20:00 | 5.3% | 0.49m | 6784m | 3.2m/s | 74% |
| 21:00 | 2.8% | 0.51m | 15025m | 6m/s | 77% |
| 22:00 | 3.2% | 0.52m | 24134m | 8.6m/s | 81% |
| 23:00 | 3.2% | 0.54m | 24134m | 9.8m/s | 85% |
| Wed, Mar 18 | |||||
| 24:00 | 3.2% | 0.54m | 24134m | 11m/s | 83% |
| 01:00 | 3.4% | 0.54m | 24134m | 13m/s | 81% |
| 02:00 | 4.7% | 0.54m | 24135m | 14m/s | 80% |
| 03:00 | 3.7% | 0.52m | 24050m | 14m/s | 82% |
| 04:00 | 3.7% | 0.51m | 24135m | 14m/s | 83% |
| 05:00 | 3.7% | 0.49m | 23381m | 14m/s | 85% |
| 06:00 | 3.6% | 0.47m | 23632m | 14m/s | 76% |
| 07:00 | 10% | 0.44m | 23884m | 14m/s | 67% |
| 08:00 | 12% | 0.42m | 24135m | 14m/s | 59% |
| 09:00 | 8.9% | 0.41m | 24135m | 14m/s | 60% |
| 10:00 | 8.9% | 0.39m | 24135m | 14m/s | 62% |
| 11:00 | 7.1% | 0.38m | 24135m | 13m/s | 64% |
| 12:00 | 8.4% | 0.36m | 24135m | 13m/s | 55% |
| 13:00 | 15% | 0.35m | 24135m | 13m/s | 46% |
| 14:00 | 15% | 0.33m | 24135m | 13m/s | 37% |
| 15:00 | 15% | 0.32m | 24135m | 13m/s | 41% |
| 16:00 | 14% | 0.3m | 24135m | 13m/s | 45% |
| 17:00 | 14% | 0.29m | 24135m | 13m/s | 48% |
| 18:00 | 17% | 0.29m | 24135m | 13m/s | 42% |
| 19:00 | 17% | 0.3m | 24135m | 13m/s | 37% |
| 20:00 | 13% | 0.3m | 24135m | 12m/s | 31% |
| 21:00 | 5.2% | 0.32m | 24135m | 13m/s | 39% |
| 22:00 | 5.2% | 0.33m | 24135m | 13m/s | 47% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon, Mar 16
Sunrise 07:26
Sunset 19:21 | ||||||||||||
| 01:00 ☾ | 100% | 100% | 5% | 0.24m | 225° | 0.03 | -45° | 100% | 179° | 5.6m/s | 0.26m | 3.6s |
| 02:00 ☾ | 100% | 100% | 54% | 0.26m | 215° | 0.04 | -45° | 100% | 179° | 6m/s | 0.23m | 3.8s |
| 03:00 ☾ | 100% | 100% | 78% | 0.26m | 208° | 0.04 | -41° | 100% | 175° | 6.3m/s | 0.19m | 4.2s |
| 04:00 ☾ | 98% | 100% | 100% | 0.27m | 201° | 0.04 | -34° | 100% | 178° | 6.8m/s | 0.14m | 4.7s |
| 05:00 ☾ | 22% | 100% | 28% | 0.27m | 194° | 0.04 | -25° | 100% | 178° | 6.5m/s | 0.1m | 5.1s |
| 06:00 ☾ | 99% | 100% | 100% | 0.25m | 184° | 0.04 | -16° | 100% | 175° | 5.9m/s | 0.1m | 4.7s |
| 07:00 ☾ | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0.24m | 173° | 0.04 | -5.3° | 100% | 173° | 5.9m/s | 0.09m | 4.3s |
| 08:00 ☾ | 92% | 100% | 78% | 0.22m | 163° | 0.04 | 5.2° | 100% | 169° | 5.9m/s | 0.09m | 3.9s |
| 09:00 ☾ | 76% | 94% | 99% | 0.21m | 142° | 0.03 | 15° | 99% | 162° | 6m/s | 0.11m | 3.9s |
| 10:00 ☾ | 92% | 52% | 60% | 0.21m | 121° | 0.03 | 25° | 92% | 174° | 4.8m/s | 0.12m | 3.8s |
| 11:00 ☾ | 100% | 6% | 100% | 0.2m | 100° | 0.03 | 33° | 100% | 184° | 6m/s | 0.14m | 3.8s |
| 12:00 ☾ | 100% | 1% | 12% | 0.2m | 90° | 0.03 | 39° | 100% | 188° | 7m/s | 0.19m | 3.8s |
| 13:00 ☾ | 100% | 0% | 14% | 0.2m | 81° | 0.02 | 42° | 100% | 192° | 7.3m/s | 0.23m | 3.8s |
| 14:00 ☾ | 100% | 0% | 53% | 0.2m | 72° | 0.02 | 42° | 100% | 192° | 8m/s | 0.28m | 3.7s |
| 15:00 ☾ | 44% | 0% | 0% | 0.2m | 101° | 0.02 | 38° | 44% | 190° | 8.1m/s | 0.21m | 5.2s |
| 16:00 ☾ | 43% | 0% | 0% | 0.21m | 131° | 0.02 | 32° | 43% | 187° | 8.2m/s | 0.13m | 6.7s |
| 17:00 ☾ | 5% | 0% | 0% | 0.21m | 161° | 0.02 | 23° | 5% | 187° | 7.8m/s | 0.06m | 8.1s |
| 18:00 ☾ | 46% | 0% | 86% | 0.2m | 160° | 0.02 | 14° | 93% | 178° | 7.8m/s | 0.12m | 8.1s |
| 19:00 ☾ | 0% | 0% | 100% | 0.2m | 160° | 0.03 | 3.4° | 100% | 178° | 7.2m/s | 0.19m | 8.1s |
| 20:00 ☾ | 0% | 0% | 7% | 0.19m | 159° | 0.04 | -7.2° | 7% | 180° | 7m/s | 0.25m | 8.1s |
| 21:00 ☾ | 77% | 0% | 4% | 0.21m | 158° | 0.04 | -17° | 77% | 173° | 7.3m/s | 0.23m | 8.2s |
| 22:00 ☾ | 88% | 1% | 54% | 0.24m | 158° | 0.05 | -27° | 88% | 170° | 7.1m/s | 0.21m | 8.4s |
| 23:00 ☾ | 18% | 100% | 100% | 0.26m | 157° | 0.06 | -35° | 100% | 181° | 7.7m/s | 0.19m | 8.5s |
| Tue, Mar 17
Sunrise 07:24
Sunset 19:23 | ||||||||||||
| 24:00 ☾ | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0.26m | 156° | 0.07 | -42° | 100% | 175° | 8.6m/s | 0.16m | 8.6s |
| 01:00 ☾ | 80% | 100% | 100% | 0.27m | 156° | 0.06 | -45° | 100% | 172° | 7.8m/s | 0.14m | 8.8s |
| 02:00 ☾ | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0.27m | 156° | 0.06 | -45° | 100% | 173° | 7.5m/s | 0.11m | 8.9s |
| 03:00 ☾ | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0.27m | 153° | 0.04 | -41° | 100% | 181° | 6.1m/s | 0.16m | 8.3s |
| 04:00 ☾ | 98% | 100% | 100% | 0.27m | 151° | 0.03 | -34° | 100% | 177° | 8.2m/s | 0.2m | 7.7s |
| 05:00 ☾ | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0.27m | 149° | 0.03 | -25° | 100% | 178° | 8.3m/s | 0.25m | 7.1s |
| 06:00 ☾ | 100% | 100% | 61% | 0.27m | 140° | - | -15° | 100% | 173° | 6.6m/s | 0.3m | 6.9s |
| 07:00 ☾ | 100% | 100% | 90% | 0.27m | 132° | - | -5° | 100% | 176° | 6.7m/s | 0.36m | 6.8s |
| 08:00 ☾ | 7% | 100% | 100% | 0.27m | 123° | - | 5.5° | 100% | 187° | 6m/s | 0.41m | 6.6s |
| 09:00 ☾ | 100% | 69% | 100% | 0.26m | 123° | - | 16° | 100% | 167° | 6.8m/s | 0.4m | 6.5s |
| 10:00 ☾ | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0.26m | 123° | - | 25° | 100% | 170° | 5.7m/s | 0.39m | 6.4s |
| 11:00 ☾ | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0.25m | 122° | - | 33° | 100% | 172° | 6.7m/s | 0.38m | 6.3s |
| 12:00 ☾ | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0.25m | 122° | - | 39° | 100% | 178° | 6m/s | 0.4m | 6.3s |
| 13:00 ☾ | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0.25m | 122° | - | 43° | 100% | 164° | 6.5m/s | 0.41m | 6.3s |
| 14:00 ☾ | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0.25m | 123° | - | 42° | 100% | 165° | 6m/s | 0.43m | 6.3s |
| 15:00 ☾ | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0.24m | 105° | - | 39° | 100% | 171° | 5.4m/s | 0.45m | 5.6s |
| 16:00 ☾ | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0.24m | 87° | - | 32° | 100% | 166° | 5.5m/s | 0.46m | 5s |
| 17:00 ☾ | 100% | 100% | 98% | 0.23m | 69° | - | 23° | 100% | 151° | 4.3m/s | 0.48m | 4.3s |
| 18:00 ☾ | 81% | 100% | 100% | 0.23m | 69° | - | 14° | 100% | 150° | 2.5m/s | 0.5m | 4.4s |
| 19:00 ☾ | 14% | 100% | 96% | 0.24m | 69° | - | 3.7° | 100% | 155° | 1.5m/s | 0.51m | 4.5s |
| 20:00 ☾ | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0.24m | 69° | - | -6.9° | 100% | 170° | 2.3m/s | 0.53m | 4.6s |
| 21:00 ☾ | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0.23m | 68° | - | -17° | 100% | 174° | 3.5m/s | 0.54m | 4.7s |
| 22:00 ☾ | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0.23m | 68° | - | -27° | 100% | 168° | 4.4m/s | 0.56m | 4.7s |
| 23:00 ☾ | 92% | 100% | 100% | 0.22m | 68° | - | -35° | 100% | 176° | 5.3m/s | 0.57m | 4.7s |
| Wed, Mar 18
Sunrise 07:22
Sunset 19:24 | ||||||||||||
| 24:00 ☾ | 100% | 100% | 97% | 0.22m | 68° | - | -41° | 100% | 186° | 6.3m/s | 0.57m | 4.7s |
| 01:00 ☾ | 80% | 87% | 100% | 0.21m | 68° | - | -45° | 100% | 188° | 7.2m/s | 0.57m | 4.7s |
| 02:00 ☾ | 45% | 64% | 82% | 0.21m | 68° | - | -44° | 83% | 182° | 8.5m/s | 0.57m | 4.7s |
| 03:00 ☾ | 84% | 100% | 98% | 0.23m | 68° | - | -40° | 100% | 182° | 8.6m/s | 0.55m | 4.7s |
| 04:00 ☾ | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0.24m | 68° | - | -33° | 100% | 179° | 8.8m/s | 0.54m | 4.7s |
| 05:00 ☾ | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0.26m | 68° | - | -25° | 100% | 182° | 8.9m/s | 0.52m | 4.6s |
| 06:00 ☾ | 100% | 90% | 100% | 0.25m | 79° | - | -15° | 100% | 184° | 8.7m/s | 0.49m | 5.1s |
| 07:00 ☾ | 100% | 80% | 100% | 0.24m | 91° | - | -4.7° | 100% | 186° | 8.5m/s | 0.47m | 5.5s |
| 08:00 ☾ | 100% | 69% | 100% | 0.23m | 102° | - | 5.9° | 100% | 188° | 8.3m/s | 0.44m | 6s |
| 09:00 ☾ | 98% | 80% | 100% | 0.23m | 110° | - | 16° | 100% | 185° | 8.4m/s | 0.42m | 6.3s |
| 10:00 ☾ | 96% | 90% | 100% | 0.22m | 117° | - | 25° | 100% | 183° | 8.6m/s | 0.41m | 6.6s |
| 11:00 ☾ | 94% | 100% | 100% | 0.22m | 124° | - | 34° | 100% | 181° | 8.7m/s | 0.39m | 6.8s |
| 12:00 ☾ | 88% | 76% | 94% | 0.24m | 129° | - | 40° | 94% | 179° | 8.6m/s | 0.34m | 7.5s |
| 13:00 ☾ | 82% | 53% | 88% | 0.26m | 134° | - | 43° | 88% | 177° | 8.4m/s | 0.29m | 8.2s |
| 14:00 ☾ | 77% | 29% | 83% | 0.28m | 139° | - | 43° | 83% | 176° | 8.3m/s | 0.24m | 8.9s |
| 15:00 ☾ | 84% | 52% | 88% | 0.26m | 143° | - | 39° | 88% | 175° | 8.1m/s | 0.23m | 10s |
| 16:00 ☾ | 92% | 75% | 94% | 0.24m | 148° | - | 32° | 94% | 174° | 8m/s | 0.23m | 11s |
| 17:00 ☾ | 100% | 98% | 100% | 0.22m | 152° | - | 24° | 100% | 173° | 7.8m/s | 0.22m | 12s |
| 18:00 ☾ | 100% | 68% | 100% | 0.21m | 152° | - | 14° | 100% | 171° | 7.6m/s | 0.25m | 12s |
| 19:00 ☾ | 100% | 38% | 99% | 0.2m | 152° | - | 3.9° | 100% | 169° | 7.4m/s | 0.28m | 12s |
| 20:00 ☾ | 100% | 8% | 99% | 0.19m | 152° | - | -6.7° | 100% | 167° | 7.2m/s | 0.31m | 12s |
| 21:00 ☾ | 100% | 35% | 97% | 0.2m | 149° | - | -17° | 100% | 170° | 7.4m/s | 0.26m | 11s |
| 22:00 ☾ | 100% | 63% | 94% | 0.21m | 147° | - | -26° | 100% | 172° | 7.7m/s | 0.21m | 9.7s |
| 23:00 ☾ | 100% | 90% | 92% | 0.22m | 144° | - | -35° | 100% | 175° | 7.9m/s | 0.16m | 8.5s |
| Thu, Mar 19
Sunrise 07:20
Sunset 19:25 | ||||||||||||
| 24:00 ☾ | 100% | 93% | 95% | 0.21m | 147° | - | -41° | 100% | 176° | 8.2m/s | 0.2m | 7.5s |
How to read: these inputs help produce the derived score; they are not requirements by themselves.
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