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Dramatic Seascapes
Seaside - Dramatic Seascapes - Pacific Northwest
Gearhart, Oregon, United States
Dramatic coastal photography conditions - powerful waves combined with atmospheric drama and good visibility for seascape shots.
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Dramatic Seascapes
Seaside
Tue, Jan 13 · 17:00–18:00 · 1h window
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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 | 60% | 3.7m | 17700m | 15m/s | 18% |
| 11:00 | 50% | 3.8m | 19600m | 15m/s | 11% |
| 12:00 | 48% | 4m | 19900m | 14m/s | 10% |
| 13:00 | 53% | 4.1m | 20800m | 14m/s | 7% |
| 14:00 | 54% | 4.1m | 21800m | 13m/s | 10% |
| 15:00 | 64% | 4.1m | 23500m | 14m/s | 18% |
| 16:00 | 64% | 4.1m | 23000m | 14m/s | 27% |
| 17:00 | 65% | 3.7m | 15500m | 18m/s | 46% |
| 18:00 | 55% | 3.4m | 18900m | 14m/s | 40% |
| 19:00 | 18% | 3m | 18700m | 15m/s | 29% |
| 20:00 | 18% | 2.9m | 16100m | 17m/s | 12% |
| 21:00 | 16% | 2.7m | 14700m | 15m/s | 7% |
| 22:00 | 13% | 2.5m | 14600m | 15m/s | 8% |
| 23:00 | 13% | 2.5m | 14300m | 14m/s | 8% |
| Mon, Jan 12 | |||||
| 24:00 | 13% | 2.5m | 14100m | 13m/s | 9% |
| 01:00 | 13% | 2.4m | 13500m | 10m/s | 11% |
| 02:00 | 12% | 2.4m | 7400m | 13m/s | 11% |
| 03:00 | 13% | 2.3m | 12200m | 14m/s | 9% |
| 04:00 | 13% | 2.3m | 12500m | 13m/s | 9% |
| 05:00 | 13% | 2.2m | 13000m | 13m/s | 9% |
| 06:00 | 13% | 2.1m | 12600m | 12m/s | 9% |
| 07:00 | 37% | 2m | 12500m | 12m/s | 9% |
| 08:00 | 39% | 2m | 12500m | 13m/s | 8% |
| 09:00 | 36% | 2.1m | 13000m | 12m/s | 7% |
| 10:00 | 32% | 2.1m | 13800m | 11m/s | 7% |
| 11:00 | 32% | 2m | 14900m | 9.1m/s | 6% |
| 12:00 | 29% | 1.9m | 15000m | 8.4m/s | 5% |
| 13:00 | 30% | 1.9m | 14700m | 8.7m/s | 5% |
| 14:00 | 35% | 1.7m | 15300m | 8.4m/s | 5% |
| 15:00 | 21% | 1.6m | 14300m | 8m/s | 5% |
| 16:00 | 21% | 1.5m | 14000m | 7.9m/s | 7% |
| 17:00 | 19% | 1.4m | 13000m | 6.5m/s | 6% |
| 18:00 | 15% | 1.3m | 12800m | 6.4m/s | 6% |
| 19:00 | 5.1% | 1.3m | 13200m | 6.3m/s | 5% |
| 20:00 | 5.1% | 1.3m | 13000m | 5.6m/s | 8% |
| 21:00 | 5.1% | 1.3m | 13100m | 4.6m/s | 8% |
| 22:00 | 5.7% | 1.3m | 13300m | 3m/s | 8% |
| 23:00 | 6.1% | 1.3m | 13500m | 2.2m/s | 3% |
| Tue, Jan 13 | |||||
| 24:00 | 4.1% | 1.3m | 13500m | 2.3m/s | 3% |
| 01:00 | 4.9% | 1.3m | 12700m | 2.4m/s | 3% |
| 02:00 | 7.1% | 1.4m | 15260m | 2m/s | 3% |
| 03:00 | 9.3% | 1.5m | 18920m | 1.6m/s | 3% |
| 04:00 | 10% | 1.6m | 21930m | 1.8m/s | 3% |
| 05:00 | 6.9% | 1.7m | 24140m | 1.8m/s | 2% |
| 06:00 | 6.9% | 1.8m | 24140m | 1.6m/s | 2% |
| 07:00 | 20% | 1.8m | 24140m | 1.6m/s | 2% |
| 08:00 | 37% | 2.3m | 24140m | 1.6m/s | 2% |
| 09:00 | 34% | 2.7m | 24140m | 1.6m/s | 2% |
| 10:00 | 36% | 3.2m | 24140m | 1.8m/s | 2% |
| 11:00 | 36% | 3.4m | 24140m | 1.6m/s | 1% |
| 12:00 | 60% | 3.5m | 24140m | 0.9m/s | 1% |
| 13:00 | 47% | 3.7m | 24140m | 0.6m/s | 1% |
| 14:00 | 47% | 3.8m | 24140m | 1.1m/s | 1% |
| 15:00 | 69% | 4m | 24140m | 0.6m/s | 1% |
| 16:00 | 68% | 4.1m | 24140m | 1m/s | 1% |
| 17:00 | 79% | 3.9m | 24140m | 0.9m/s | 1% |
| 18:00 | 62% | 3.7m | 24140m | 1.2m/s | 1% |
| 19:00 | 20% | 3.4m | 24140m | 1.5m/s | 1% |
| 20:00 | 15% | 3m | 24140m | 1.7m/s | 1% |
| 21:00 | 11% | 2.6m | 24140m | 1.6m/s | 1% |
| 22:00 | 11% | 2.2m | 24140m | 1.5m/s | 1% |
| 23:00 | 9.9% | 2m | 24140m | 1.3m/s | 5% |
| Wed, Jan 14 | |||||
| 24:00 | 6.9% | 1.8m | 24140m | 0.7m/s | 5% |
| 01:00 | 9.7% | 1.6m | 24140m | 0.8m/s | 5% |
| 02:00 | 9.7% | 1.5m | 24140m | 0.5m/s | 5% |
| 03:00 | 5.7% | 1.4m | 24140m | 0.3m/s | 5% |
| 04:00 | 6.4% | 1.3m | 24140m | 0.8m/s | 5% |
| 05:00 | 5.9% | 1.3m | 24140m | 1.4m/s | 6% |
| 06:00 | 5.9% | 1.2m | 24140m | 0.9m/s | 6% |
| 07:00 | 14% | 1.2m | 24140m | 0.8m/s | 6% |
| 08:00 | 21% | 1.2m | 24140m | 1.2m/s | 6% |
| 09:00 | 18% | 1.1m | 24140m | 0.5m/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 16:50 | ||||||||||||
| 11:00 ☾ | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0.82m | 145° | 0.04 | 20° | 100% | 210° | 4.8m/s | 3.7m | 8.7s |
| 12:00 ☾ | 100% | 100% | 66% | 0.79m | 144° | 0.03 | 22° | 100% | 210° | 5.3m/s | 3.9m | 8.8s |
| 13:00 ☾ | 100% | 100% | 5% | 0.77m | 144° | 0.03 | 22° | 100% | 213° | 5.3m/s | 4m | 9s |
| 14:00 ☾ | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0.74m | 143° | 0.03 | 19° | 100% | 218° | 5.3m/s | 4m | 9.2s |
| 15:00 ☾ | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0.72m | 142° | 0.04 | 14° | 100% | 220° | 5.9m/s | 4m | 9.4s |
| 16:00 ☾ | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0.69m | 141° | 0.04 | 6.6° | 100% | 218° | 5.6m/s | 4m | 9.6s |
| 17:00 ☾ | 98% | 100% | 100% | 0.68m | 141° | 0.05 | -1.8° | 100% | 216° | 7.6m/s | 3.6m | 9.6s |
| 18:00 ☾ | 100% | 37% | 99% | 0.66m | 141° | 0.05 | -11° | 100% | 206° | 5.3m/s | 3.3m | 9.7s |
| 19:00 ☾ | 100% | 0% | 100% | 0.65m | 141° | 0.04 | -22° | 100% | 226° | 6.2m/s | 3m | 9.8s |
| 20:00 ☾ | 100% | 1% | 100% | 0.64m | 144° | 0.04 | -32° | 100% | 216° | 6.4m/s | 2.8m | 9s |
| 21:00 ☾ | 100% | 6% | 100% | 0.62m | 147° | 0.04 | -42° | 100% | 217° | 6.7m/s | 2.6m | 8.3s |
| 22:00 ☾ | 100% | 5% | 100% | 0.61m | 150° | 0.04 | -52° | 100% | 214° | 6.4m/s | 2.4m | 7.6s |
| 23:00 ☾ | 100% | 19% | 100% | 0.6m | 151° | 0.04 | -60° | 100% | 220° | 5.9m/s | 2.4m | 7.5s |
| Mon, Jan 12
Sunrise 07:55
Sunset 16:51 | ||||||||||||
| 24:00 ☾ | 100% | 31% | 100% | 0.59m | 151° | 0.04 | -65° | 100% | 217° | 5.1m/s | 2.4m | 7.4s |
| 01:00 ☾ | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0.58m | 152° | 0.04 | -65° | 100% | 229° | 4.1m/s | 2.4m | 7.4s |
| 02:00 ☾ | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0.58m | 152° | 0.05 | -59° | 100% | 216° | 6.3m/s | 2.3m | 7.3s |
| 03:00 ☾ | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0.59m | 153° | 0.06 | -50° | 100% | 209° | 6.4m/s | 2.2m | 7.3s |
| 04:00 ☾ | 100% | 90% | 99% | 0.59m | 153° | 0.07 | -40° | 100% | 217° | 5.9m/s | 2.2m | 7.3s |
| 05:00 ☾ | 100% | 24% | 100% | 0.59m | 156° | 0.07 | -30° | 100% | 215° | 5.6m/s | 2.1m | 7s |
| 06:00 ☾ | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0.58m | 158° | 0.06 | -19° | 100% | 215° | 5.4m/s | 2m | 6.7s |
| 07:00 ☾ | 100% | 100% | 20% | 0.58m | 161° | 0.06 | -9.4° | 100% | 212° | 5.1m/s | 1.9m | 6.4s |
| 08:00 ☾ | 98% | 100% | 2% | 0.61m | 159° | 0.05 | 0.39° | 100% | 218° | 4.8m/s | 1.9m | 6.5s |
| 09:00 ☾ | 100% | 100% | 10% | 0.65m | 157° | 0.05 | 8.3° | 100% | 211° | 4.8m/s | 1.9m | 6.7s |
| 10:00 ☾ | 94% | 100% | 11% | 0.68m | 155° | 0.04 | 15° | 100% | 204° | 4.4m/s | 2m | 6.8s |
| 11:00 ☾ | 100% | 100% | 22% | 0.63m | 156° | 0.05 | 20° | 100% | 202° | 3.7m/s | 1.9m | 6.7s |
| 12:00 ☾ | 94% | 100% | 58% | 0.57m | 156° | 0.04 | 22° | 100% | 215° | 3.5m/s | 1.8m | 6.7s |
| 13:00 ☾ | 50% | 100% | 38% | 0.52m | 157° | 0.04 | 22° | 100% | 215° | 3.9m/s | 1.7m | 6.7s |
| 14:00 ☾ | 7% | 35% | 4% | 0.5m | 161° | 0.03 | 19° | 35% | 226° | 4.2m/s | 1.6m | 6.7s |
| 15:00 ☾ | 99% | 54% | 23% | 0.47m | 166° | 0.03 | 14° | 99% | 230° | 3.9m/s | 1.5m | 6.8s |
| 16:00 ☾ | 100% | 100% | 49% | 0.45m | 170° | 0.03 | 6.8° | 100% | 221° | 3.5m/s | 1.3m | 6.8s |
| 17:00 ☾ | 100% | 100% | 100% | 0.45m | 176° | - | -1.6° | 100% | 238° | 2.3m/s | 1.3m | 7s |
| 18:00 ☾ | 100% | 100% | 40% | 0.44m | 182° | - | -11° | 100% | 203° | 2.3m/s | 1.2m | 7.2s |
| 19:00 ☾ | 100% | 100% | 20% | 0.44m | 187° | - | -21° | 100% | 213° | 2m/s | 1.1m | 7.4s |
| 20:00 ☾ | 100% | 100% | 66% | 0.43m | 188° | - | -32° | 100% | 200° | 1.5m/s | 1.1m | 7.3s |
| 21:00 ☾ | 71% | 100% | 48% | 0.43m | 188° | - | -42° | 100% | 180° | 1m/s | 1.1m | 7.2s |
| 22:00 ☾ | 61% | 100% | 100% | 0.42m | 188° | - | -52° | 100% | 149° | 0.58m/s | 1.1m | 7.1s |
| 23:00 ☾ | 49% | 100% | 100% | 0.41m | 187° | - | -60° | 100% | 131° | 0.92m/s | 1.1m | 6.8s |
| Tue, Jan 13
Sunrise 07:54
Sunset 16:53 | ||||||||||||
| 24:00 ☾ | 1% | 100% | 0% | 0.41m | 187° | - | -65° | 100% | 185° | 1.1m/s | 1.1m | 6.5s |
| 01:00 ☾ | 6% | 99% | 0% | 0.4m | 186° | - | -64° | 99% | 243° | 0.89m/s | 1.1m | 6.2s |
| 02:00 ☾ | 7% | 75% | 15% | 0.4m | 175° | - | -59° | 79% | 217° | 1m/s | 1.3m | 6s |
| 03:00 ☾ | 52% | 50% | 52% | 0.41m | 163° | - | -50° | 56% | 131° | 1.7m/s | 1.4m | 5.8s |
| 04:00 ☾ | 29% | 16% | 23% | 0.41m | 152° | - | -40° | 29% | 118° | 2.1m/s | 1.5m | 5.5s |
| 05:00 ☾ | 10% | 0% | 0% | 0.4m | 152° | - | -30° | 10% | 109° | 2.4m/s | 1.6m | 5.6s |
| 06:00 ☾ | 10% | 0% | 0% | 0.38m | 152° | - | -19° | 10% | 121° | 2.6m/s | 1.7m | 5.8s |
| 07:00 ☾ | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0.37m | 151° | - | -9.3° | 100% | 120° | 2.4m/s | 1.8m | 5.9s |
| 08:00 ☾ | 5% | 0% | 0% | 0.34m | 150° | - | 0.45° | 7% | 118° | 2.1m/s | 2.3m | 6.4s |
| 09:00 ☾ | 10% | 0% | 0% | 0.31m | 149° | - | 8.4° | 12% | 118° | 2.1m/s | 2.7m | 7s |
| 10:00 ☾ | 10% | 0% | 0% | 0.28m | 148° | - | 15° | 14% | 122° | 1.5m/s | 3.2m | 7.5s |
| 11:00 ☾ | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0.26m | 147° | - | 20° | 100% | 127° | 1m/s | 3.4m | 7.7s |
| 12:00 ☾ | 50% | 0% | 0% | 0.25m | 146° | - | 22° | 55% | 297° | 0.22m/s | 3.5m | 7.9s |
| 13:00 ☾ | 92% | 0% | 0% | 0.23m | 145° | - | 22° | 95% | 301° | 1.2m/s | 3.7m | 8.1s |
| 14:00 ☾ | 10% | 0% | 0% | 0.22m | 145° | - | 19° | 16% | 306° | 1.4m/s | 3.8m | 8.3s |
| 15:00 ☾ | 57% | 0% | 0% | 0.21m | 144° | - | 14° | 58% | 288° | 0.95m/s | 4m | 8.4s |
| 16:00 ☾ | 64% | 0% | 0% | 0.2m | 144° | - | 7° | 65% | 294° | 1.2m/s | 4.1m | 8.6s |
| 17:00 ☾ | 52% | 0% | 0% | 0.2m | 144° | - | -1.4° | 53% | 320° | 0.78m/s | 3.9m | 8.7s |
| 18:00 ☾ | 57% | 0% | 0% | 0.21m | 144° | - | -11° | 62% | 102° | 1.9m/s | 3.6m | 8.8s |
| 19:00 ☾ | 25% | 0% | 0% | 0.21m | 143° | - | -21° | 26% | 113° | 2.1m/s | 3.4m | 8.9s |
| 20:00 ☾ | 5% | 0% | 0% | 0.27m | 144° | - | -32° | 7% | 121° | 2.3m/s | 3m | 8.9s |
| 21:00 ☾ | 5% | 0% | 0% | 0.33m | 144° | - | -42° | 6% | 129° | 2.1m/s | 2.6m | 8.9s |
| 22:00 ☾ | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0.39m | 144° | - | -52° | 0% | 137° | 1.6m/s | 2.2m | 9s |
| 23:00 ☾ | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0.44m | 154° | - | -60° | 0% | 151° | 1.3m/s | 1.9m | 9.6s |
| Wed, Jan 14
Sunrise 07:54
Sunset 16:54 | ||||||||||||
| 24:00 ☾ | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0.49m | 163° | - | -65° | 0% | 124° | 0.72m/s | 1.7m | 10s |
| 01:00 ☾ | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0.54m | 173° | - | -64° | 0% | 112° | 1.1m/s | 1.5m | 11s |
| 02:00 ☾ | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0.64m | 184° | - | -59° | 0% | 135° | 0.42m/s | 1.3m | 11s |
| 03:00 ☾ | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0.74m | 196° | - | -50° | 0% | 180° | 0.3m/s | 1.2m | 11s |
| 04:00 ☾ | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0.84m | 207° | - | -40° | 0% | 123° | 1.7m/s | 1m | 11s |
| 05:00 ☾ | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0.85m | 219° | - | -30° | 0% | 122° | 1.9m/s | 0.77m | 12s |
| 06:00 ☾ | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0.87m | 231° | - | -19° | 0% | 167° | 0.92m/s | 0.5m | 12s |
| 07:00 ☾ | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0.88m | 243° | - | -9.3° | 0% | 243° | 0.67m/s | 0.23m | 12s |
| 08:00 ☾ | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0.81m | 244° | - | 0.52° | 0% | 122° | 1.9m/s | 0.41m | 12s |
| 09:00 ☾ | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0.75m | 244° | - | 8.5° | 0% | 153° | 0.67m/s | 0.58m | 12s |
| 10:00 ☾ | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0.68m | 244° | - | 15° | 0% | 90° | 0.2m/s | 0.76m | 11s |
How to read: these inputs help produce the derived score; they are not requirements by themselves.
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