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Cannon Beach - Dramatic Seascapes - Pacific Northwest

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%

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

Precipitation Chance 67% failing

Significant Wave Height 65% failing

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Real-time conditions

Coastal Drama Score

Wave Height0.2m

Swell Height0.2m

Wind Speed7.3m/s (moderate winds)

Cloud Cover100%

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72-hour requirements breakdown

What passed or failed, hour by hour

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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%
Thu, May 14
21:00	27%	0.28m	24135m	8.2m/s	87%
22:00	18%	0.28m	24134m	7.1m/s	93%
23:00	3.5%	0.25m	24135m	6m/s	98%
Fri, May 15
24:00	3.4%	0.26m	24134m	6.1m/s	96%
01:00	3.3%	0.26m	24134m	6m/s	98%
02:00	2.8%	0.27m	24134m	5.7m/s	99%
03:00	3.2%	0.27m	24135m	5.2m/s	99%
04:00	2.2%	0.28m	24134m	5.5m/s	100%
05:00	7.6%	0.2m	24135m	4.9m/s	100%
06:00	8.6%	0.19m	24134m	4.9m/s	100%
07:00	8%	0.17m	24093m	5.8m/s	100%
08:00	8.2%	0.16m	23613m	6.9m/s	100%
09:00	5.7%	0.15m	23995m	7.6m/s	100%
10:00	4.4%	0.15m	12086m	9.2m/s	100%
11:00	5.4%	0.19m	10113m	10m/s	100%
12:00	3.1%	0.19m	9182m	11m/s	100%
13:00	2.6%	0.2m	4416m	9.7m/s	100%
14:00	6%	0.2m	23913m	9.3m/s	100%
15:00	2.5%	0.22m	9630m	10m/s	100%
16:00	4.5%	0.23m	10366m	11m/s	100%
17:00	4%	0.25m	10389m	10m/s	100%
18:00	5%	0.43m	9044m	8.9m/s	100%
19:00	5.2%	0.6m	6446m	8.9m/s	100%
20:00	12%	0.78m	10720m	8.1m/s	100%
21:00	8.8%	0.78m	10955m	8.8m/s	100%
22:00	9.8%	0.79m	10812m	9.4m/s	100%
23:00	3.7%	0.79m	15943m	9.5m/s	100%
Sat, May 16
24:00	4.5%	0.8m	21542m	9.8m/s	100%
01:00	3.2%	0.81m	18431m	10m/s	100%
02:00	4.5%	0.82m	24134m	9.9m/s	100%
03:00	3.4%	0.91m	14677m	10m/s	100%
04:00	7.9%	1m	12107m	9.9m/s	100%
05:00	26%	1.1m	10125m	9.2m/s	100%
06:00	23%	1.1m	10689m	8.9m/s	100%
07:00	19%	1.1m	11640m	8.2m/s	99%
08:00	21%	1.1m	15356m	6.9m/s	99%
09:00	21%	1.2m	24135m	6.8m/s	99%
10:00	14%	1.3m	13631m	6.8m/s	99%
11:00	15%	1.4m	13570m	7.2m/s	99%
12:00	13%	1.5m	22116m	7.9m/s	94%
13:00	15%	1.6m	17674m	7.9m/s	89%
14:00	15%	1.6m	16180m	8.4m/s	84%
15:00	16%	1.7m	16116m	9.5m/s	86%
16:00	19%	1.8m	18779m	9.9m/s	88%
17:00	22%	1.9m	14191m	9.6m/s	90%
18:00	37%	2m	12534m	9.5m/s	80%
19:00	33%	2.1m	19111m	9.6m/s	70%
20:00	44%	2.2m	24134m	8.3m/s	60%
21:00	44%	2.3m	24134m	7.3m/s	67%
22:00	39%	2.5m	24135m	7.2m/s	75%
23:00	14%	2.6m	24135m	6.6m/s	82%
Sun, May 17
24:00	14%	2.7m	24134m	6.6m/s	68%
01:00	17%	2.8m	22340m	6.6m/s	53%
02:00	14%	2.9m	12463m	6.9m/s	39%
03:00	14%	2.8m	24134m	6.4m/s	53%
04:00	13%	2.8m	24134m	5.6m/s	67%
05:00	35%	2.7m	24134m	5.1m/s	82%
06:00	51%	2.6m	24134m	4.6m/s	67%
07:00	48%	2.6m	24135m	4.2m/s	53%
08:00	54%	2.6m	24134m	4m/s	39%
09:00	33%	2.5m	24135m	3.4m/s	39%
10:00	43%	2.3m	24134m	3.2m/s	39%
11:00	36%	2.2m	24134m	3.4m/s	39%
12:00	22%	1.9m	24135m	3.4m/s	26%
13:00	19%	1.6m	24134m	3.6m/s	13%
14:00	15%	1.3m	24135m	3.7m/s	0%
15:00	14%	1.2m	24135m	3.8m/s	0%
16:00	17%	1.1m	24134m	4.3m/s	0%
17:00	14%	0.95m	24135m	4.8m/s	0%
18:00	20%	0.92m	24135m	4.9m/s	3.1%
19:00	20%	0.89m	24135m	4.9m/s	6.2%
20:00	26%	0.86m	24135m	4.9m/s	9.3%
21:00	16%	0.89m	24135m	4.8m/s	6.2%
22:00	13%	0.92m	24135m	4.7m/s	3.1%
23:00	3.7%	0.95m	24135m	4.5m/s	0%
Mon, May 18
24:00	6.7%	1m	24135m	4m/s	1.2%
01:00	7.3%	1.1m	24135m	3.5m/s	2.3%
02:00	7.9%	1.1m	24135m	2.9m/s	3.5%
03:00	7.9%	1.1m	24135m	2.9m/s	2.3%
04:00	7.3%	1.1m	24135m	2.9m/s	1.2%
05:00	17%	1m	24135m	2.8m/s	0%
06:00	17%	0.93m	24135m	3m/s	0%
07:00	16%	0.86m	24135m	3.2m/s	0%
08:00	17%	0.78m	24135m	3.3m/s	0%
09:00	11%	0.76m	24135m	3.5m/s	7.4%
10:00	12%	0.73m	24135m	3.7m/s	15%
11:00	9.1%	0.71m	24135m	3.8m/s	22%

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 °	Sea Salt AOD (550nm)	Solar Elevation °	Total Cloud Coverage %	Wind Direction °	Wind Speed m/s	Wind Wave Height m	Wind Wave Period s
Fri, May 15 Sunrise 05:44 Sunset 20:41
13:00	12%	100%	100%	0.16m	142°	0.09	63°	100%	238°	7.3m/s	0.09m	7.6s
14:00	44%	100%	100%	0.16m	142°	0.09	61°	100%	239°	5.3m/s	0.1m	7.5s
15:00	5%	100%	100%	0.15m	141°	0.1	55°	100%	238°	7.7m/s	0.13m	6.8s
16:00	5%	98%	98%	0.13m	141°	0.09	46°	98%	236°	8m/s	0.16m	6.2s
17:00 ☾	7%	96%	84%	0.12m	141°	0.09	36°	96%	248°	8.4m/s	0.19m	5.5s
18:00 ☾	38%	100%	58%	0.11m	141°	0.09	26°	100%	245°	7.2m/s	0.39m	5.1s
19:00 ☾	63%	100%	100%	0.1m	141°	0.09	16°	100%	272°	7.3m/s	0.58m	4.7s
20:00 ☾	5%	64%	67%	0.09m	141°	0.09	5.8°	69%	257°	5.9m/s	0.78m	4.2s
21:00 ☾	0%	91%	4%	0.21m	142°	0.1	-3.5°	91%	267°	7.3m/s	0.81m	4.3s
22:00 ☾	5%	30%	0%	0.34m	142°	0.11	-12°	30%	276°	8.1m/s	0.85m	4.4s
23:00 ☾	12%	26%	0%	0.46m	142°	0.12	-18°	27%	277°	7.9m/s	0.88m	4.5s
Sat, May 16 Sunrise 05:42 Sunset 20:42
24:00 ☾	3%	40%	0%	0.4m	143°	0.09	-23°	40%	279°	8.4m/s	0.9m	4.6s
01:00 ☾	0%	88%	0%	0.35m	144°	0.09	-25°	88%	281°	8.6m/s	0.92m	4.7s
02:00 ☾	0%	63%	0%	0.29m	145°	0.09	-24°	63%	280°	8.4m/s	0.94m	4.8s
03:00 ☾	2%	27%	0%	0.21m	145°	0.09	-21°	27%	277°	8.9m/s	0.99m	4.9s
04:00 ☾	4%	50%	0%	0.13m	145°	0.08	-15°	50%	278°	8.4m/s	1m	5s
05:00 ☾	0%	32%	12%	0.05m	145°	0.07	-7°	34%	277°	7.7m/s	1.1m	5.1s
06:00	0%	23%	1%	0.17m	144°	-	2.1°	23%	277°	7.2m/s	1.1m	5.2s
07:00	0%	20%	3%	0.28m	143°	-	12°	20%	282°	7m/s	1.2m	5.3s
08:00	0%	26%	0%	0.4m	141°	-	22°	26%	292°	5.4m/s	1.3m	5.3s
09:00	0%	42%	0%	0.28m	141°	-	32°	42%	300°	5.4m/s	1.3m	5.5s
10:00	0%	5%	0%	0.17m	141°	-	43°	5%	307°	6.2m/s	1.4m	5.6s
11:00	28%	9%	1%	0.05m	141°	-	52°	28%	311°	6.3m/s	1.4m	5.7s
12:00	100%	22%	5%	0.05m	140°	-	59°	100%	312°	6.4m/s	1.5m	5.9s
13:00	100%	18%	23%	0.05m	139°	-	63°	100%	306°	6.4m/s	1.6m	6s
14:00	98%	33%	66%	0.05m	138°	-	62°	98%	308°	7.9m/s	1.6m	6.1s
15:00	98%	25%	100%	0.05m	138°	-	55°	100%	308°	8.2m/s	1.7m	6.2s
16:00	100%	23%	87%	0.05m	138°	-	47°	100%	309°	8.5m/s	1.8m	6.3s
17:00 ☾	17%	14%	79%	0.05m	137°	-	37°	79%	310°	8.3m/s	1.9m	6.4s
18:00 ☾	11%	31%	89%	0.05m	137°	-	26°	89%	313°	8.7m/s	2m	6.6s
19:00 ☾	4%	21%	100%	0.06m	137°	-	16°	100%	317°	8.2m/s	2.1m	6.8s
20:00 ☾	0%	41%	100%	0.06m	136°	-	6°	100%	317°	7.3m/s	2.2m	6.9s
21:00 ☾	5%	37%	96%	0.06m	136°	-	-3.3°	96%	316°	6.3m/s	2.3m	7.1s
22:00 ☾	0%	56%	96%	0.06m	135°	-	-12°	96%	318°	6.2m/s	2.5m	7.3s
23:00 ☾	5%	8%	96%	0.06m	135°	-	-18°	96%	318°	5.8m/s	2.6m	7.5s
Sun, May 17 Sunrise 05:41 Sunset 20:43
24:00 ☾	3%	7%	84%	0.06m	133°	-	-23°	84%	315°	5.6m/s	2.7m	7.5s
01:00 ☾	2%	60%	3%	0.06m	131°	-	-25°	60%	316°	5.5m/s	2.8m	7.6s
02:00 ☾	0%	78%	0%	0.06m	129°	-	-24°	78%	336°	5.9m/s	2.9m	7.6s
03:00 ☾	1%	27%	0%	0.19m	123°	-	-20°	27%	350°	5.3m/s	2.8m	7.5s
04:00 ☾	0%	16%	0%	0.31m	118°	-	-14°	16%	352°	4.5m/s	2.7m	7.4s
05:00 ☾	7%	11%	0%	0.44m	113°	-	-6.8°	14%	359°	4.1m/s	2.6m	7.3s
06:00	22%	12%	0%	0.88m	112°	-	2.3°	22%	2°	3.4m/s	2.4m	7.4s
07:00	98%	16%	0%	1.3m	112°	-	12°	98%	13°	3m/s	2.2m	7.4s
08:00	32%	5%	0%	1.8m	111°	-	22°	32%	17°	2.8m/s	2m	7.5s
09:00	97%	5%	4%	1.6m	101°	-	32°	97%	15°	2.8m/s	2m	7.1s
10:00	21%	13%	5%	1.4m	90°	-	43°	21%	2°	2.9m/s	1.9m	6.7s
11:00	36%	4%	5%	1.3m	80°	-	52°	36%	344°	3.2m/s	1.9m	6.3s
12:00	15%	1%	5%	1.1m	99°	-	60°	15%	334°	3.6m/s	1.6m	7.3s
13:00	5%	1%	5%	0.92m	117°	-	63°	5%	330°	4.1m/s	1.2m	8.3s
14:00	91%	1%	63%	0.74m	136°	-	62°	91%	327°	4.5m/s	0.86m	9.4s
15:00	6%	1%	90%	0.71m	135°	-	56°	90%	332°	4.4m/s	0.73m	9.2s
16:00	5%	0%	84%	0.69m	135°	-	47°	84%	331°	4.8m/s	0.6m	9.1s
17:00 ☾	5%	0%	99%	0.66m	135°	-	37°	99%	335°	5.1m/s	0.47m	9s
18:00 ☾	3%	18%	81%	0.61m	135°	-	26°	85%	343°	4.8m/s	0.52m	8.9s
19:00 ☾	2%	36%	62%	0.56m	135°	-	16°	70%	352°	4.4m/s	0.58m	8.8s
20:00 ☾	0%	54%	43%	0.51m	135°	-	6.1°	56%	360°	4.1m/s	0.63m	8.8s
21:00 ☾	0%	40%	30%	0.44m	135°	-	-3.2°	41%	356°	4m/s	0.71m	8.7s
22:00 ☾	0%	25%	18%	0.38m	135°	-	-11°	26%	353°	3.8m/s	0.79m	8.6s
23:00 ☾	0%	11%	5%	0.31m	135°	-	-18°	11%	349°	3.7m/s	0.87m	8.5s
Mon, May 18 Sunrise 05:40 Sunset 20:44
24:00 ☾	5%	9%	3%	0.23m	148°	-	-23°	12%	350°	3.2m/s	0.96m	7.3s
01:00 ☾	9%	7%	2%	0.15m	160°	-	-24°	12%	351°	2.8m/s	1m	6.1s
02:00 ☾	13%	5%	0%	0.07m	172°	-	-24°	13%	352°	2.3m/s	1.1m	4.8s
03:00 ☾	11%	5%	2%	0.12m	173°	-	-20°	11%	340°	2.5m/s	1.1m	4.9s
04:00 ☾	8%	5%	3%	0.18m	174°	-	-14°	8%	329°	2.6m/s	1m	4.9s
05:00 ☾	6%	5%	5%	0.23m	175°	-	-6.7°	6%	318°	2.8m/s	0.99m	4.9s
06:00	31%	9%	5%	0.32m	170°	-	2.4°	31%	312°	2.9m/s	0.89m	5.1s
07:00	56%	13%	5%	0.42m	164°	-	12°	56%	306°	3m/s	0.8m	5.3s
08:00	81%	16%	5%	0.51m	159°	-	22°	81%	300°	3m/s	0.7m	5.5s
09:00	60%	21%	5%	0.44m	152°	-	33°	64%	300°	3m/s	0.68m	5s
10:00	39%	26%	5%	0.36m	145°	-	43°	48%	301°	2.9m/s	0.67m	4.5s
11:00	17%	32%	5%	0.29m	138°	-	52°	32%	301°	2.9m/s	0.65m	4.1s
12:00	13%	52%	3%	0.28m	139°	-	60°	52%	298°	2.7m/s	0.72m	4.2s

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

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