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Dramatic Seascapes Forecast for Cannon Beach, Pacific Northwest

Cannon Beach, Oregon, United States

Haystack Rock rises just offshore from Cannon Beach, anchoring a broad intertidal foreground of wet sand and shallow reflections. The Needles form a smaller stack group to its south, while Ecola headlands close the otherwise open Pacific horizon to the north.

Currently

Real-time conditions
Coastal Drama Score
19%
Wave Height1.3m
Swell Height0.4m
Wind Speed3.1m/s (calm conditions)
Wind Gusts2.6m/s
Cloud Cover0%
Visibility24135 (Clear)

Upcoming Opportunities

When all conditions match, PhotoWeather marks an opportunity window.

Times shown in America/Los_Angeles

No opportunities in the next 14 days

See which requirements block the most forecast hours below.

Most common blockers (88-hour forecast)

  • Coastal Drama Score100% of hours

How this forecast is evaluated

See which weather signals PhotoWeather uses to identify Dramatic Seascapes conditions across Pacific Northwest. The requirements and hourly values below show how those signals apply at Cannon Beach.

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Recorded match history

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

Last 30 days
1
recorded matching window · 52% average confidence
Last 90 days
1
recorded matching window · 52% average confidence
Last 365 days
14
recorded matching windows · 61% average confidence
Most frequent recorded start hour

17:00 local time, shared by 3 of 14 matches recorded in the last 365 days.

Most represented month

January, with 12 of 14 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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88-hour requirements breakdown

When available, the detailed table below covers only the stated 88-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 88 hours
AND logic: all conditions required
Meets requirement
Misses requirement
Time
America/Los_Angeles
Coastal Drama Score
≥ 45.0%
Sat, Sep 5
21:008.2%
22:007.1%
23:009.4%
Sun, Sep 6
24:009.4%
01:008.6%
02:0012%
03:009.5%
04:006.5%
05:007.8%
06:008.6%
07:005.7%
08:007%
09:007.4%
10:008.9%
11:008.9%
12:008.9%
13:0019%
14:0019%
15:0021%
16:0026%
17:0026%
18:0026%
19:0026%
20:0026%
21:0026%
22:0026%
23:0014%
Mon, Sep 7
24:0013%
01:0017%
02:0018%
03:0018%
04:0021%
05:0021%
06:0013%
07:0011%
08:006.1%
09:006.1%
10:0015%
11:0011%
12:0011%
13:009.8%
14:007.5%
15:0011%
16:007.8%
17:007.9%
18:007.9%
19:007.8%
20:007.8%
21:008.4%
22:006.1%
23:006.1%
Tue, Sep 8
24:006.1%
01:006.1%
02:006.1%
03:008.4%
04:008.5%
05:0011%
06:0010%
07:009.2%
08:006.9%
09:0010%
10:0010%
11:0012%
12:0012%
13:0011%
14:0011%
15:0011%
16:0012%
17:009.3%
18:008.9%
19:0011%
20:0011%
21:009.1%
22:0014%
23:0015%
Wed, Sep 9
24:0015%
01:0018%
02:0018%
03:0015%
04:0014%
05:0015%
06:0022%
07:0022%
08:0022%
09:0022%
10:0022%
11:0023%
12:0022%
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/Los_Angeles
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
Sun, Sep 6 Sunrise 06:43 Sunset 19:43
14:00
0% 0% 0% 0.38m 117° 1.3m 0% 254° 2.6m/s 3.1m/s 1.2m 5.4s
15:00
0% 1% 0% 0.28m 111° 1.5m 1% 267° 3.4m/s 3.1m/s 1.4m 5.5s
16:00
0% 0% 0% 0.19m 105° 1.6m 0% 279° 3.4m/s 2.5m/s 1.6m 5.7s
17:00 ☾
0% 0% 0% 0.09m 99° 1.8m 0% 284° 3.4m/s 2.2m/s 1.8m 5.8s
18:00 ☾
0% 0% 0% 0.09m 94° 1.8m 0% 289° 3.1m/s 2m/s 1.8m 5.8s
19:00 ☾
0% 0% 1% 0.09m 90° 1.8m 1% 288° 1.8m/s 1.6m/s 1.8m 5.8s
20:00 ☾
0% 1% 5% 0.09m 86° 1.7m 5% 284° 1.3m/s 1.2m/s 1.7m 5.8s
21:00 ☾
0% 7% 5% 0.13m 84° 1.6m 8% 271° 1.1m/s 1m/s 1.6m 5.7s
22:00 ☾
0% 8% 6% 0.16m 82° 1.6m 10% 239° 1m/s 0.84m/s 1.5m 5.6s
23:00 ☾
0% 9% 5% 0.2m 80° 1.5m 10% 218° 1.1m/s 0.98m/s 1.5m 5.6s
Mon, Sep 7 Sunrise 06:44 Sunset 19:41
24:00 ☾
0% 8% 5% 0.23m 79° 1.5m 9% 186° 1.2m/s 1.2m/s 1.4m 5.6s
01:00 ☾
0% 9% 5% 0.25m 78° 1.4m 10% 178° 1.6m/s 1.6m/s 1.4m 5.6s
02:00 ☾
0% 12% 5% 0.28m 77° 1.4m 13% 182° 2m/s 2.1m/s 1.4m 5.6s
03:00 ☾
4% 18% 5% 0.27m 75° 1.4m 18% 179° 2.6m/s 2.6m/s 1.3m 5.5s
04:00 ☾
5% 20% 5% 0.27m 74° 1.3m 20% 170° 2.9m/s 2.9m/s 1.2m 5.3s
05:00 ☾
0% 24% 5% 0.26m 72° 1.2m 24% 167° 3.1m/s 3.1m/s 1.1m 5.2s
06:00 ☾
0% 7% 5% 0.22m 69° 1.1m 8% 165° 3.3m/s 3.2m/s 1.1m 5.1s
07:00
0% 2% 1% 0.19m 66° 1m 2% 159° 3.3m/s 3.2m/s 0.99m 5s
08:00
0% 2% 0% 0.15m 63° 0.96m 2% 155° 3.1m/s 2.8m/s 0.93m 4.8s
09:00
7% 0% 0% 0.22m 61° 0.93m 7% 164° 2.4m/s 2.3m/s 0.88m 4.8s
10:00
49% 2% 0% 0.28m 60° 0.9m 49% 189° 2m/s 2m/s 0.83m 4.7s
11:00
4% 6% 0% 0.35m 58° 0.87m 6% 227° 1.7m/s 2.2m/s 0.78m 4.7s
12:00
0% 2% 0% 0.31m 57° 0.81m 2% 253° 1.9m/s 2.6m/s 0.73m 4.5s
13:00
0% 9% 0% 0.27m 56° 0.74m 9% 271° 2.5m/s 2.6m/s 0.69m 4.4s
14:00
0% 10% 0% 0.23m 55° 0.68m 10% 284° 2.9m/s 2.4m/s 0.64m 4.3s
15:00
0% 13% 0% 0.28m 54° 0.65m 13% 293° 2.8m/s 2.3m/s 0.56m 4.2s
16:00
0% 6% 0% 0.34m 53° 0.61m 6% 314° 3.3m/s 2.8m/s 0.48m 4.1s
17:00 ☾
0% 0% 0% 0.39m 52° 0.58m 0% 330° 4.1m/s 3.1m/s 0.4m 4.1s
18:00 ☾
0% 0% 0% 0.37m 63° 0.58m 0% 338° 3.9m/s 2.9m/s 0.43m 3.8s
19:00 ☾
0% 0% 0% 0.34m 73° 0.59m 0% 356° 4.8m/s 3.5m/s 0.45m 3.6s
20:00 ☾
0% 0% 0% 0.32m 83° 0.59m 0% 8° 5.4m/s 3.7m/s 0.48m 3.4s
21:00 ☾
0% 1% 0% 0.27m 95° 0.65m 1% 18° 4.9m/s 3.5m/s 0.57m 3.5s
22:00 ☾
0% 0% 0% 0.22m 107° 0.71m 0% 30° 3.8m/s 3m/s 0.65m 3.6s
23:00 ☾
0% 0% 0% 0.17m 119° 0.77m 0% 35° 3.4m/s 2.7m/s 0.74m 3.8s
Tue, Sep 8 Sunrise 06:45 Sunset 19:40
24:00 ☾
0% 0% 0% 0.14m 118° 0.75m 0% 37° 3.8m/s 2.7m/s 0.73m 3.8s
01:00 ☾
0% 0% 0% 0.12m 118° 0.73m 0% 28° 4.2m/s 2.9m/s 0.71m 3.8s
02:00 ☾
0% 0% 0% 0.09m 118° 0.71m 0% 26° 5m/s 3.3m/s 0.7m 3.8s
03:00 ☾
0% 0% 0% 0.25m 122° 0.7m 0% 33° 4.5m/s 3.2m/s 0.65m 3.9s
04:00 ☾
0% 0% 0% 0.4m 126° 0.68m 0% 38° 4m/s 3.1m/s 0.59m 4s
05:00 ☾
0% 0% 0% 0.56m 131° 0.67m 0% 39° 3.5m/s 2.8m/s 0.54m 4s
06:00 ☾
0% 0% 0% 0.53m 140° 0.64m 0% 35° 3.8m/s 3m/s 0.39m 4.3s
07:00
0% 0% 0% 0.5m 148° 0.62m 0% 47° 3.3m/s 2.9m/s 0.25m 4.7s
08:00
0% 0% 0% 0.47m 157° 0.59m 0% 46° 3.1m/s 2.7m/s 0.1m 5s
09:00
0% 0% 0% 0.47m 159° 0.58m 0% 34° 3m/s 2.7m/s 0.11m 5.3s
10:00
0% 0% 0% 0.46m 161° 0.56m 0% 14° 3.4m/s 3.3m/s 0.13m 5.7s
11:00
0% 0% 0% 0.46m 163° 0.55m 0% 360° 3.9m/s 4.2m/s 0.14m 6s
12:00
0% 0% 0% 0.42m 159° 0.52m 0% 351° 4.7m/s 5.2m/s 0.17m 6.4s
13:00
0% 0% 0% 0.38m 155° 0.5m 0% 347° 5.5m/s 5.8m/s 0.21m 6.8s
14:00
0% 0% 0% 0.34m 152° 0.47m 0% 345° 7m/s 6.4m/s 0.24m 7.2s
15:00
0% 0% 0% 0.31m 147° 0.44m 0% 352° 6.9m/s 5.4m/s 0.23m 8s
16:00
0% 0% 0% 0.27m 142° 0.42m 0% 346° 7.8m/s 6.1m/s 0.22m 8.7s
17:00 ☾
0% 0% 0% 0.24m 137° 0.39m 0% 351° 8.9m/s 6.6m/s 0.21m 9.5s
18:00 ☾
0% 0% 0% 0.24m 183° 0.52m 0% 356° 8.2m/s 5.5m/s 0.38m 7.5s
19:00 ☾
0% 0% 0% 0.25m 229° 0.66m 0% 360° 9m/s 5.7m/s 0.55m 5.5s
20:00 ☾
0% 4% 0% 0.25m 275° 0.79m 4% 8° 7.2m/s 4.8m/s 0.72m 3.4s
21:00 ☾
2% 3% 0% 0.24m 274° 0.9m 4% 8° 7m/s 4.8m/s 0.84m 3.6s
22:00 ☾
0% 0% 0% 0.22m 274° 1m 0% 11° 5.9m/s 4.2m/s 0.96m 3.8s
23:00 ☾
0% 0% 0% 0.21m 273° 1.1m 0% 21° 5.1m/s 3.8m/s 1.1m 4s
Wed, Sep 9 Sunrise 06:47 Sunset 19:38
24:00 ☾
0% 0% 0% 0.2m 275° 1.1m 0% 35° 4.2m/s 3.3m/s 1.1m 4.1s
01:00 ☾
0% 0% 0% 0.18m 277° 1.1m 0% 48° 3.3m/s 2.7m/s 1.1m 4.1s
02:00 ☾
0% 0% 0% 0.17m 278° 1.2m 0% 62° 2.4m/s 2.2m/s 1.1m 4.2s
03:00 ☾
0% 0% 0% 0.16m 277° 1.3m 0% 160° 2.5m/s 2.6m/s 1.3m 4.3s
04:00 ☾
0% 0% 0% 0.16m 276° 1.4m 0% 258° 2.7m/s 3m/s 1.3m 4.4s
05:00 ☾
0% 0% 0% 0.15m 275° 1.5m 0% 356° 2.8m/s 3.4m/s 1.4m 4.5s
06:00 ☾
0% 1% 0% 0.15m 276° 1.5m 1% 348° 3.1m/s 3.4m/s 1.5m 4.6s
07:00
0% 2% 0% 0.15m 276° 1.6m 2% 341° 3.4m/s 3.3m/s 1.6m 4.7s
08:00
0% 3% 0% 0.15m 277° 1.6m 3% 333° 3.7m/s 3.3m/s 1.6m 4.8s
09:00
0% 2% 0% 0.15m 276° 1.6m 2% 338° 4.7m/s 3.5m/s 1.6m 4.8s
10:00
0% 1% 0% 0.16m 275° 1.6m 1% 343° 5.6m/s 3.8m/s 1.6m 4.7s
11:00
0% 0% 0% 0.16m 274° 1.5m 0% 348° 6.5m/s 4m/s 1.5m 4.7s
12:00
0% 0% 0% 0.16m 276° 1.5m 0% 352° 5.2m/s 3.4m/s 1.5m 4.6s
13:00
0% 0% 0% 0.16m 278° 1.5m 0% 356° 3.9m/s 2.8m/s 1.4m 4.6s
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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