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Rule 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 90% failing

Currently

Real-time conditions
Wave Height0.7m
Swell Height0.1m
Wind Speed3.8m/s (calm conditions)
Cloud Cover83%

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72-hour requirements breakdown

What passed or failed, hour by hour
0matching 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%
Fri, Jun 5
01:005.2%0.14m24135m3.1m/s97%
02:003.2%0.15m24134m3.8m/s100%
03:003.1%0.17m24083m4.6m/s100%
04:006.4%0.24m20278m5m/s100%
05:006.4%0.13m17526m5m/s100%
06:006.9%0.12m23685m5.3m/s100%
07:006.5%0.1m22800m7.4m/s99%
08:005.4%0.09m14420m7.4m/s99%
09:003.8%0.12m13074m7.5m/s99%
10:007.1%0.11m19072m7m/s99%
11:005.8%0.17m17494m6.3m/s100%
12:006.6%0.19m23504m6m/s84%
13:006.6%0.22m24135m6.1m/s69%
14:005.8%0.24m24135m6.7m/s54%
15:004.9%0.26m24134m6.4m/s69%
16:008.8%0.29m24134m6.6m/s84%
17:008.6%0.24m24134m6.3m/s99%
18:007.4%0.56m24135m6.2m/s99%
19:009.8%0.66m24134m6.1m/s99%
20:008.8%0.35m23900m6.5m/s99%
21:008.8%0.28m21368m6.2m/s99%
22:0011%0.46m15290m5.5m/s100%
23:006.6%0.19m14116m5m/s100%
Sat, Jun 6
24:003.8%0.65m12652m4.9m/s100%
01:003.1%0.69m10587m5.2m/s100%
02:002.8%0.72m7720m5.8m/s100%
03:001.4%0.84m8758m6.8m/s100%
04:009.8%0.95m19617m6.7m/s100%
05:0014%1.1m7768m6.5m/s100%
06:0023%1.1m7402m7.1m/s100%
07:0021%1.1m9722m7.1m/s100%
08:0018%1m9822m7.3m/s100%
09:0017%1m12009m7.3m/s100%
10:0015%0.98m11625m7.2m/s100%
11:008.7%0.95m12432m6.6m/s100%
12:009.4%0.88m22931m7m/s94%
13:0010%0.82m24024m6.8m/s89%
14:009.3%0.75m23619m6.2m/s83%
15:0010%0.74m24135m5.7m/s86%
16:0011%0.74m24134m5.6m/s88%
17:0012%0.73m24135m5.6m/s91%
18:008.8%0.75m14990m5.9m/s68%
19:0016%0.76m24135m5.7m/s45%
20:0017%0.78m24134m5.2m/s22%
21:0021%0.79m24135m5.2m/s42%
22:0021%0.8m24134m5m/s62%
23:006%0.81m24135m4.5m/s82%
Sun, Jun 7
24:007.5%0.78m24134m3.7m/s68%
01:005.9%0.74m24135m3.2m/s53%
02:003.3%0.71m24134m2.9m/s39%
03:003.3%0.68m24134m2.9m/s45%
04:007.1%0.66m24135m3.2m/s50%
05:007.1%0.63m24135m3.3m/s56%
06:008.1%0.61m24135m3.4m/s37%
07:007.5%0.6m24135m4.1m/s19%
08:009.2%0.58m24134m5.1m/s0%
09:006.3%0.57m24134m6.2m/s7.4%
10:006.3%0.55m24134m7.2m/s15%
11:005.2%0.54m24134m7.8m/s22%
12:004.1%0.5m24134m7.5m/s31%
13:004.2%0.45m24134m7.1m/s40%
14:004.2%0.41m24134m7m/s49%
15:004.6%0.36m24135m7.3m/s60%
16:0011%0.32m24134m8m/s71%
17:0012%0.27m24134m9.3m/s82%
18:0014%0.25m24134m10m/s83%
19:0013%0.23m24134m11m/s84%
20:0017%0.21m23729m12m/s86%
21:0017%0.21m24134m11m/s88%
22:0014%0.2m22166m11m/s91%
23:004.7%0.2m20754m10m/s94%
Mon, Jun 8
24:005.1%0.21m24134m12m/s90%
01:005.2%0.21m24135m15m/s86%
02:004.6%0.22m16670m15m/s82%
03:005.2%0.23m20338m14m/s83%
04:0013%0.24m16686m13m/s84%
05:008.1%0.25m22972m12m/s85%
06:009.1%0.26m23360m9.4m/s84%
07:009.8%0.27m23747m6.3m/s82%
08:005.5%0.28m24135m3.3m/s80%
09:005.4%0.29m24135m2.9m/s83%
10:005.4%0.29m24135m2.5m/s85%
11:004.5%0.3m24135m2.1m/s87%
12:003.9%0.32m24135m2m/s79%
13:004.5%0.34m24135m1.9m/s70%
14:005.3%0.36m24135m1.8m/s62%
15:006.2%0.36m24135m1.7m/s62%
16:007.5%0.37m24135m1.6m/s62%
17:006.5%0.37m24135m1.4m/s62%
18:007.6%0.38m22247m2.4m/s50%
19:007.6%0.4m20359m3.3m/s38%
20:008%0.41m18471m4.3m/s25%
21:006.5%0.47m16982m5.3m/s33%
22:006.7%0.53m15493m6.4m/s41%
23:002.3%0.59m14004m7.4m/s49%
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
Sat, Jun 6 Sunrise 05:26 Sunset 21:02
01:00
0% 83% 22% 0.14m 185° 0.07 -21° 83% 232° 3.8m/s 0.66m 3.5s
02:00
0% 75% 2% 0.1m 181° 0.08 -21° 75% 227° 4.2m/s 0.71m 3.5s
03:00
0% 96% 20% 0.1m 177° 0.09 -17° 96% 234° 5m/s 0.83m 3.8s
04:00
0% 47% 5% 0.09m 174° 0.09 -12° 47% 235° 4.9m/s 0.94m 4.1s
05:00
0% 21% 6% 0.09m 170° 0.08 -4.5° 21% 233° 5m/s 1.1m 4.4s
06:00
0% 60% 24% 0.2m 165° 0.08 4.3° 62% 230° 5.5m/s 1.1m 4.6s
07:00
0% 31% 46% 0.3m 161° 0.08 14° 46% 227° 5.4m/s 1.1m 4.8s
08:00
0% 43% 47% 0.41m 156° 0.06 24° 53% 226° 5.7m/s 1m 5s
09:00
0% 31% 67% 0.57m 151° 0.06 34° 67% 224° 5.9m/s 0.85m 5.2s
10:00
0% 43% 4% 0.73m 146° 0.06 45° 43% 229° 5.7m/s 0.64m 5.4s
11:00
0% 13% 4% 0.89m 141° 0.05 54° 13% 223° 5.2m/s 0.44m 5.6s
12:00
0% 6% 4% 0.8m 140° 0.05 62° 6% 224° 6m/s 0.42m 5.7s
13:00
0% 12% 0% 0.71m 139° 0.05 67° 12% 236° 6m/s 0.41m 5.8s
14:00
0% 8% 1% 0.62m 139° 0.05 65° 8% 257° 5.3m/s 0.39m 5.9s
15:00
0% 11% 3% 0.59m 146° 0.04 59° 11% 266° 4.9m/s 0.4m 5.5s
16:00
0% 9% 2% 0.56m 153° 0.04 49° 9% 268° 4.9m/s 0.41m 5.1s
17:00
0% 11% 0% 0.53m 160° 0.03 39° 11% 277° 4.8m/s 0.42m 4.7s
18:00
0% 8% 2% 0.52m 169° - 29° 8% 288° 5m/s 0.46m 4.5s
19:00
0% 20% 0% 0.52m 177° - 19° 20% 292° 4.6m/s 0.5m 4.4s
20:00
0% 11% 0% 0.51m 185° - 8.8° 11% 288° 4.2m/s 0.54m 4.2s
21:00
0% 12% 0% 0.54m 186° - 0.14° 12% 310° 4.4m/s 0.52m 4.2s
22:00
0% 23% 0% 0.58m 187° - -8.4° 23% 307° 4.1m/s 0.51m 4.1s
23:00
0% 25% 0% 0.61m 187° - -15° 25% 301° 3.6m/s 0.49m 4.1s
Sun, Jun 7 Sunrise 05:26 Sunset 21:03
24:00
0% 32% 0% 0.56m 179° - -19° 32% 300° 3.1m/s 0.47m 4.1s
01:00
0% 30% 0% 0.52m 171° - -21° 30% 284° 2.5m/s 0.46m 4.1s
02:00
0% 25% 0% 0.47m 163° - -21° 25% 267° 2.3m/s 0.44m 4.2s
03:00
0% 25% 0% 0.46m 158° - -17° 25% 247° 2.4m/s 0.43m 4.2s
04:00
0% 5% 0% 0.46m 152° - -12° 5% 235° 2.6m/s 0.43m 4.2s
05:00
0% 6% 0% 0.45m 147° - -4.4° 6% 223° 2.5m/s 0.42m 4.3s
06:00
0% 3% 0% 0.45m 145° - 4.3° 3% 199° 2.6m/s 0.45m 4.3s
07:00
4% 4% 5% 0.45m 143° - 14° 5% 187° 2.9m/s 0.48m 4.3s
08:00
57% 5% 91% 0.45m 141° - 24° 91% 186° 4.2m/s 0.51m 4.4s
09:00
99% 11% 82% 0.41m 140° - 34° 99% 184° 5.2m/s 0.51m 4.4s
10:00
100% 35% 100% 0.37m 139° - 45° 100% 194° 6.6m/s 0.51m 4.4s
11:00
100% 14% 100% 0.33m 138° - 54° 100% 197° 7.4m/s 0.51m 4.4s
12:00
100% 7% 100% 0.35m 138° - 62° 100% 204° 6.9m/s 0.36m 4.2s
13:00
100% 3% 100% 0.37m 138° - 67° 100% 212° 6.6m/s 0.2m 4s
14:00
100% 5% 100% 0.39m 138° - 65° 100% 213° 6.6m/s 0.05m 3.9s
15:00
100% 4% 100% 0.34m 141° - 59° 100% 214° 6.6m/s 0.1m 7.4s
16:00
100% 13% 100% 0.29m 144° - 50° 100% 212° 6.7m/s 0.16m 11s
17:00
99% 100% 100% 0.24m 148° - 39° 100% 212° 7.4m/s 0.21m 14s
18:00
0% 100% 100% 0.22m 148° - 29° 100% 204° 7.4m/s 0.16m 14s
19:00
0% 100% 100% 0.19m 148° - 19° 100% 191° 7.6m/s 0.12m 14s
20:00
0% 100% 100% 0.17m 148° - 8.9° 100% 191° 9m/s 0.07m 14s
21:00
0% 100% 99% 0.17m 148° - 0.23° 100% 179° 7.6m/s 0.07m 14s
22:00
0% 100% 100% 0.16m 149° - -8.3° 100% 171° 7.2m/s 0.07m 14s
23:00
0% 100% 76% 0.16m 149° - -15° 100% 162° 6m/s 0.07m 14s
Mon, Jun 8 Sunrise 05:26 Sunset 21:04
24:00
0% 100% 0% 0.16m 147° - -19° 100% 169° 6.5m/s 0.07m 13s
01:00
0% 100% 0% 0.17m 145° - -21° 100% 172° 8.3m/s 0.08m 12s
02:00
0% 100% 27% 0.17m 143° - -20° 100% 172° 8.4m/s 0.08m 11s
03:00
0% 100% 22% 0.18m 142° - -17° 100% 170° 8.2m/s 0.1m 9.9s
04:00
0% 100% 31% 0.19m 141° - -12° 100% 171° 8m/s 0.11m 8.9s
05:00
98% 100% 4% 0.2m 140° - -4.3° 100% 172° 7.8m/s 0.13m 7.9s
06:00
65% 100% 36% 0.2m 139° - 4.4° 100% 152° 5.9m/s 0.14m 7.3s
07:00
33% 100% 68% 0.21m 138° - 14° 100% 131° 4m/s 0.14m 6.7s
08:00
0% 100% 100% 0.21m 136° - 24° 100% 111° 2.2m/s 0.15m 6s
09:00
0% 100% 67% 0.22m 136° - 34° 100% 91° 2.1m/s 0.16m 6.1s
10:00
0% 100% 34% 0.22m 135° - 45° 100% 72° 2m/s 0.16m 6.2s
11:00
0% 100% 1% 0.23m 134° - 54° 100% 52° 1.9m/s 0.17m 6.2s
12:00
0% 100% 1% 0.25m 133° - 62° 100% 151° 1.7m/s 0.18m 6.6s
13:00
0% 100% 0% 0.27m 132° - 67° 100% 249° 1.6m/s 0.18m 6.9s
14:00
0% 100% 0% 0.29m 131° - 65° 100% 347° 1.5m/s 0.19m 7.2s
15:00
0% 100% 0% 0.3m 131° - 59° 100% 319° 1.3m/s 0.19m 7.3s
16:00
0% 100% 0% 0.3m 131° - 50° 100% 290° 1.1m/s 0.18m 7.5s
17:00
0% 100% 0% 0.31m 131° - 40° 100% 261° 0.97m/s 0.18m 7.6s
18:00
0% 100% 1% 0.3m 134° - 29° 100% 264° 1.6m/s 0.21m 6.9s
19:00
0% 100% 2% 0.3m 137° - 19° 100% 267° 2.1m/s 0.24m 6.2s
20:00
0% 100% 2% 0.29m 140° - 100% 270° 2.7m/s 0.27m 5.5s
21:00
0% 100% 35% 0.27m 155° - 0.31° 100% 268° 3.5m/s 0.35m 4.8s
22:00
0% 100% 67% 0.26m 169° - -8.2° 100% 265° 4.4m/s 0.44m 4.1s
23:00
0% 100% 100% 0.24m 184° - -15° 100% 263° 5.2m/s 0.52m 3.4s
Tue, Jun 9 Sunrise 05:25 Sunset 21:04
24:00
0% 100% 84% 0.22m 185° - -19° 100% 255° 4.6m/s 0.58m 3.5s
How to read: these inputs help produce the derived score; they are not requirements by themselves.

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