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Dramatic Seascapes Forecast for Donostia / San Sebastián, Spanish Coast & Islands

Donostia / San Sebastian, Basque Country, Spain

San Sebastián wraps around La Concha Bay, where promenade railings, offshore Santa Clara Island, and Mount Urgull define balanced coastal frames.

20 matching opportunities in the 14-day forecast.

Hourly forecast scores

Forecast valid from Oct 7, 2026, 11:00 PM UTC (one hour; not an observation)

Coastal Drama Score

41%

Wave Height3.5m

Swell Height0.3m

Wind Speed7.4m/s

Wind Gusts12.3m/s

Cloud Cover89%

Visibility6540

Upcoming Opportunities

When all conditions match, PhotoWeather marks an opportunity window.

Times shown in Europe/Madrid

First upcoming window

Moderate Seascape

Donostia / San Sebastián

Thu, Oct 8 · 03:00–06:00 · 3h window

Low confidence

37%

🌊Coastal Drama Score45-51.1%

Wave Height: 4.5m

Swell Height: 0.2m

Wind Speed: 8.0m/s (moderate winds)

Wind Gusts: 15.7m/s

Moderate Seascape at Sunrise

Donostia / San Sebastián

Thu, Oct 8 · 07:00–08:00

🌊Coastal Drama Score:53.4%

Medium

Dramatic Seascape

Donostia / San Sebastián

Thu, Oct 8 · 10:00–18:00

🌊Coastal Drama Score:47.5-64.2%

Low

Moderate Seascape at Sunset

Donostia / San Sebastián

Thu, Oct 8 · 18:00–20:00

🌊Coastal Drama Score:47.2-48.3%

Low

Moderate Seascape at Dusk

Donostia / San Sebastián

Thu, Oct 8 · 20:00–21:00

🌊Coastal Drama Score:51.7%

Low

Moderate Seascape

Donostia / San Sebastián

Thu, Oct 8 · 21:00–04:00

🌊Coastal Drama Score:47.2-51.8%

Low

Moderate Seascape

Donostia / San Sebastián

Fri, Oct 9 · 11:00–12:00

🌊Coastal Drama Score:49.1%

Low

+13 more windows in the next 14 days

72-hour requirements breakdown

When available, this detailed table covers only the stated 72-hour horizon (typically 72–168 hours, depending on available hourly data). Opportunity records above span the full 14-day forecast period, so this table does not explain that entire period. Times shown in Europe/Madrid.

Most common blockers

Ranked across the 95-hour forecast horizon, not the full opportunity period.

Coastal Drama Score40% of hours

43matching hours in the displayed 72-hour forecastJump to first displayed match

AND logic: all conditions required

Meets requirement

Misses requirement

Time Europe/Madrid	Coastal Drama Score ≥ 45.0%
Thu, Oct 8
Rule fails. 01:00	Coastal Drama Score: 41%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 02:00	Coastal Drama Score: 44%. Misses requirement
Rule passes. 03:00	Coastal Drama Score: 45%. Meets requirement
Rule passes. 04:00	Coastal Drama Score: 49%. Meets requirement
Rule passes. 05:00	Coastal Drama Score: 51%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 06:00	Coastal Drama Score: 42%. Misses requirement
Rule passes. 07:00	Coastal Drama Score: 53%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 08:00	Coastal Drama Score: 42%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 09:00	Coastal Drama Score: 44%. Misses requirement
Rule passes. 10:00	Coastal Drama Score: 48%. Meets requirement
Rule passes. 11:00	Coastal Drama Score: 64%. Meets requirement
Rule passes. 12:00	Coastal Drama Score: 53%. Meets requirement
Rule passes. 13:00	Coastal Drama Score: 55%. Meets requirement
Rule passes. 14:00	Coastal Drama Score: 60%. Meets requirement
Rule passes. 15:00	Coastal Drama Score: 49%. Meets requirement
Rule passes. 16:00	Coastal Drama Score: 49%. Meets requirement
Rule passes. 17:00	Coastal Drama Score: 52%. Meets requirement
Rule passes. 18:00	Coastal Drama Score: 48%. Meets requirement
Rule passes. 19:00	Coastal Drama Score: 47%. Meets requirement
Rule passes. 20:00	Coastal Drama Score: 52%. Meets requirement
Rule passes. 21:00	Coastal Drama Score: 47%. Meets requirement
Rule passes. 22:00	Coastal Drama Score: 47%. Meets requirement
Rule passes. 23:00	Coastal Drama Score: 51%. Meets requirement
Fri, Oct 9
Rule passes. 24:00	Coastal Drama Score: 50%. Meets requirement
Rule passes. 01:00	Coastal Drama Score: 52%. Meets requirement
Rule passes. 02:00	Coastal Drama Score: 52%. Meets requirement
Rule passes. 03:00	Coastal Drama Score: 50%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 04:00	Coastal Drama Score: 45%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 05:00	Coastal Drama Score: 37%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 06:00	Coastal Drama Score: 37%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 07:00	Coastal Drama Score: 37%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 08:00	Coastal Drama Score: 37%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 09:00	Coastal Drama Score: 37%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 10:00	Coastal Drama Score: 42%. Misses requirement
Rule passes. 11:00	Coastal Drama Score: 49%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 12:00	Coastal Drama Score: 33%. Misses requirement
Rule passes. 13:00	Coastal Drama Score: 48%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 14:00	Coastal Drama Score: 39%. Misses requirement
Rule passes. 15:00	Coastal Drama Score: 54%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 16:00	Coastal Drama Score: 42%. Misses requirement
Rule passes. 17:00	Coastal Drama Score: 46%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 18:00	Coastal Drama Score: 42%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 19:00	Coastal Drama Score: 42%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 20:00	Coastal Drama Score: 36%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 21:00	Coastal Drama Score: 37%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 22:00	Coastal Drama Score: 35%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 23:00	Coastal Drama Score: 40%. Misses requirement
Sat, Oct 10
Rule fails. 24:00	Coastal Drama Score: 38%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 01:00	Coastal Drama Score: 38%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 02:00	Coastal Drama Score: 44%. Misses requirement
Rule passes. 03:00	Coastal Drama Score: 45%. Meets requirement
Rule passes. 04:00	Coastal Drama Score: 46%. Meets requirement
Rule passes. 05:00	Coastal Drama Score: 46%. Meets requirement
Rule passes. 06:00	Coastal Drama Score: 57%. Meets requirement
Rule passes. 07:00	Coastal Drama Score: 62%. Meets requirement
Rule passes. 08:00	Coastal Drama Score: 65%. Meets requirement
Rule passes. 09:00	Coastal Drama Score: 59%. Meets requirement
Rule passes. 10:00	Coastal Drama Score: 57%. Meets requirement
Rule passes. 11:00	Coastal Drama Score: 61%. Meets requirement
Rule passes. 12:00	Coastal Drama Score: 58%. Meets requirement
Rule passes. 13:00	Coastal Drama Score: 51%. Meets requirement
Rule passes. 14:00	Coastal Drama Score: 53%. Meets requirement
Rule passes. 15:00	Coastal Drama Score: 47%. Meets requirement
Rule passes. 16:00	Coastal Drama Score: 51%. Meets requirement
Rule fails. 17:00	Coastal Drama Score: 37%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 18:00	Coastal Drama Score: 37%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 19:00	Coastal Drama Score: 37%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 20:00	Coastal Drama Score: 36%. Misses requirement
Rule fails. 21:00	Coastal Drama Score: 33%. Misses requirement
Rule passes. 22:00	Coastal Drama Score: 47%. Meets requirement
Rule passes. 23:00	Coastal Drama Score: 47%. Meets requirement
Sun, Oct 11
Rule passes. 24:00	Coastal Drama Score: 53%. Meets requirement

How to read: colored cells show whether each predicate requirement is met; highlighted rows mean the full rule matched (an opportunity).

Supporting forecast inputs

Additional hourly values for interpreting the forecast and any derived scores. See the separate requirements breakdown for rule logic; missing values are unavailable.

Forecast time (Europe/Madrid)	High Clouds	Low Clouds	Mid-Level Clouds	Primary Swell Height	Primary Wave Direction	Significant Wave Height	Total Cloud Coverage	Wind Direction	Wind Gusts	Wind Speed	Wind Wave Height	Wind Wave Period
Thu, Oct 8, 2026Sunrise 08:13 · Sunset 19:36
01:00 Night	1%	49%	0%	0.3m	59°	3.5m	89%	323°	12m/s	7.4m/s	3.5m	8.2s
02:00 Night	52%	18%	0%	0.27m	58°	3.8m	100%	313°	14m/s	7.9m/s	3.8m	8.5s
03:00 Night	75%	100%	25%	0.24m	57°	4m	100%	317°	15m/s	8.5m/s	4m	8.8s
04:00 Night	50%	61%	50%	0.21m	57°	4.3m	100%	311°	16m/s	8m/s	4.3m	9.1s
05:00 Night	1%	1%	17%	0.18m	56°	4.5m	64%	310°	16m/s	8m/s	4.5m	9.3s
06:00 Night	0%	100%	100%	0.25m	57°	4.8m	100%	317°	16m/s	6.9m/s	4.8m	9.6s
07:00 Night	0%	87%	3%	0.33m	57°	5.1m	69%	330°	15m/s	6.4m/s	5m	9.8s
08:00 Night	0%	90%	100%	0.4m	58°	5.3m	100%	328°	16m/s	6.5m/s	5.3m	10s
09:00	0%	0%	0%	0.61m	58°	5.5m	0%	337°	15m/s	6.5m/s	5.5m	10s
10:00	0%	3%	11%	0.82m	57°	5.7m	8%	329°	15m/s	5.6m/s	5.6m	10s
11:00	0%	64%	65%	1m	57°	5.8m	50%	335°	14m/s	6.3m/s	5.8m	11s
12:00	0%	14%	2%	1.1m	58°	5.8m	6%	342°	14m/s	6.5m/s	5.7m	11s
13:00	0%	67%	56%	1.3m	59°	5.8m	87%	339°	13m/s	6.6m/s	5.7m	11s
14:00	0%	53%	52%	1.4m	60°	5.8m	73%	343°	14m/s	6.5m/s	5.7m	11s
15:00	0%	99%	51%	1.4m	61°	5.7m	100%	355°	13m/s	6.2m/s	5.5m	11s
16:00	0%	68%	100%	1.4m	62°	5.6m	100%	10°	12m/s	3.9m/s	5.5m	11s
17:00	0%	100%	100%	1.5m	63°	5.6m	100%	328°	7.7m/s	2.6m/s	5.3m	11s
18:00	0%	93%	0%	1.5m	65°	5.3m	97%	60°	8m/s	2.2m/s	5.1m	11s
19:00	0%	94%	100%	1.5m	67°	5.1m	100%	15°	8m/s	3.1m/s	4.9m	11s
20:00 Night	0%	79%	100%	1.5m	69°	4.9m	100%	21°	15m/s	4m/s	4.6m	11s
21:00 Night	0%	100%	1%	1.5m	68°	4.5m	100%	30°	8.4m/s	3.8m/s	4.3m	11s
22:00 Night	0%	100%	100%	1.4m	67°	4.2m	100%	10°	6.9m/s	2.9m/s	4m	11s
23:00 Night	0%	76%	78%	1.4m	67°	3.9m	81%	4°	11m/s	5.3m/s	3.7m	11s
Fri, Oct 9, 2026Sunrise 08:14 · Sunset 19:34
24:00 Night	0%	0%	0%	1.9m	70°	3.7m	0%	104°	11m/s	2.1m/s	3.6m	10s
01:00 Night	0%	100%	100%	2.5m	73°	3.5m	100%	106°	5.5m/s	2.2m/s	3.5m	10s
02:00 Night	0%	100%	100%	3m	76°	3.3m	100%	121°	4.3m/s	1.8m/s	3.5m	10s
03:00 Night	0%	100%	42%	2.9m	80°	3.2m	100%	155°	3.4m/s	1.7m/s	2.5m	10s
04:00 Night	0%	91%	0%	2.8m	84°	3m	95%	164°	2.6m/s	1.5m/s	1.5m	10s
05:00 Night	100%	100%	3%	2.6m	88°	2.9m	100%	144°	2.8m/s	1.7m/s	0.44m	10s
06:00 Night	100%	95%	0%	2.5m	91°	2.9m	100%	152°	3.2m/s	1.9m/s	0.44m	10s
07:00 Night	100%	100%	0%	2.5m	94°	2.8m	100%	210°	3.4m/s	1.6m/s	0.44m	10s
08:00 Night	100%	44%	0%	2.4m	97°	2.7m	100%	155°	2.6m/s	1.7m/s	0.44m	10s
09:00	100%	77%	0%	2.3m	94°	2.6m	100%	156°	3.3m/s	1.8m/s	0.42m	10s
10:00	95%	30%	0%	2.2m	91°	2.6m	89%	168°	3.7m/s	1.9m/s	0.41m	10s
11:00	13%	19%	0%	2.1m	88°	2.5m	23%	173°	3.7m/s	0.81m/s	0.39m	9.9s
12:00	0%	1%	0%	2m	102°	2.5m	10%	131°	3m/s	1.1m/s	0.39m	10s
13:00	0%	45%	0%	2m	116°	2.5m	45%	22°	3.6m/s	1.1m/s	0.4m	10s
14:00	0%	7%	0%	1.9m	129°	2.4m	2%	353°	4.8m/s	1.6m/s	0.4m	10s
15:00	33%	0%	0%	1.9m	135°	2.4m	31%	355°	5.5m/s	2.3m/s	0.4m	10s
16:00	89%	1%	0%	1.8m	140°	2.4m	92%	8°	5.7m/s	2.2m/s	0.39m	10s
17:00	13%	0%	0%	1.8m	146°	2.4m	24%	9°	5.4m/s	1.8m/s	0.39m	10s
18:00	94%	1%	0%	1.8m	149°	2.4m	94%	12°	4.5m/s	1.8m/s	0.4m	10s
19:00	92%	3%	0%	1.8m	151°	2.4m	92%	18°	3.9m/s	1.6m/s	0.42m	10s
20:00 Night	89%	4%	0%	1.7m	154°	2.3m	90%	35°	2.8m/s	1.1m/s	0.43m	11s
21:00 Night	90%	22%	0%	1.8m	149°	2.4m	92%	124°	1m/s	0.36m/s	0.75m	11s
22:00 Night	96%	25%	0%	1.8m	144°	2.5m	97%	146°	0.5m/s	0.72m/s	1.1m	11s
23:00 Night	88%	16%	1%	1.8m	140°	2.5m	90%	167°	1.9m/s	1.8m/s	1.4m	11s
Sat, Oct 10, 2026Sunrise 08:15 · Sunset 19:33
24:00 Night	96%	41%	3%	1.9m	123°	2.6m	98%	177°	2.1m/s	1.9m/s	1.4m	11s
01:00 Night	95%	73%	2%	2m	107°	2.7m	99%	172°	2.4m/s	2.2m/s	1.5m	11s
02:00 Night	81%	100%	5%	2m	91°	2.8m	100%	167°	2.3m/s	2.3m/s	1.5m	11s
03:00 Night	71%	100%	21%	2.1m	85°	2.9m	100%	172°	2.6m/s	2.1m/s	1.5m	11s
04:00 Night	29%	100%	5%	2.1m	80°	2.9m	100%	174°	2.8m/s	2m/s	1.4m	11s
05:00 Night	25%	100%	0%	2.1m	74°	2.9m	100%	171°	2.4m/s	1.9m/s	1.4m	11s
06:00 Night	14%	54%	0%	2.2m	71°	2.9m	61%	177°	2.1m/s	1.8m/s	1.3m	11s
07:00 Night	45%	46%	2%	2.3m	67°	2.8m	71%	191°	2.6m/s	2m/s	1.2m	11s
08:00 Night	17%	53%	11%	2.4m	64°	2.7m	65%	191°	2.7m/s	2m/s	1m	11s
09:00	13%	67%	5%	2.2m	63°	2.7m	72%	193°	2.8m/s	2.2m/s	1.5m	11s
10:00	1%	39%	0%	2m	62°	2.7m	40%	195°	2.8m/s	2m/s	2m	11s
11:00	0%	61%	4%	1.8m	61°	2.7m	63%	215°	3m/s	1.6m/s	2.5m	11s
12:00	1%	59%	7%	1.5m	62°	2.8m	63%	277°	3.9m/s	1.7m/s	2.5m	11s
13:00	1%	74%	1%	1.3m	63°	2.8m	75%	293°	4.5m/s	2.1m/s	2.6m	11s
14:00	0%	64%	22%	1.1m	65°	2.8m	71%	298°	4.5m/s	1.9m/s	2.6m	11s
15:00	0%	75%	3%	1m	64°	2.8m	75%	308°	4.2m/s	1.6m/s	2.6m	11s
16:00	0%	31%	0%	1m	63°	2.8m	31%	319°	4.1m/s	1.8m/s	2.6m	10s
17:00	0%	11%	0%	0.98m	62°	2.7m	11%	310°	4.1m/s	1.7m/s	2.5m	10s
18:00	7%	12%	0%	0.94m	62°	2.7m	17%	309°	3.8m/s	1.4m/s	2.5m	10s
19:00	0%	11%	0%	0.91m	62°	2.7m	11%	304°	3.2m/s	1.1m/s	2.5m	10s
20:00 Night	1%	1%	0%	0.87m	62°	2.7m	1%	207°	2m/s	0.67m/s	2.5m	10s
21:00 Night	10%	1%	0%	0.83m	63°	2.7m	10%	172°	1.4m/s	1.4m/s	2.6m	9.9s
22:00 Night	34%	11%	0%	0.8m	63°	2.7m	41%	171°	1.9m/s	1.9m/s	2.6m	9.7s
23:00 Night	29%	50%	0%	0.76m	64°	2.7m	64%	169°	2.1m/s	2m/s	2.6m	9.6s
Sun, Oct 11, 2026Sunrise 08:17 · Sunset 19:31
24:00 Night	31%	39%	0%	0.73m	62°	2.8m	58%	175°	2.3m/s	2.2m/s	2.7m	8.8s

How this forecast is evaluated

See which weather signals PhotoWeather uses to identify Dramatic Seascapes conditions across Spanish Coast & Islands. The requirements and hourly values above show how those signals apply at Donostia / San Sebastián.

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Recorded match history

Completed PhotoWeather forecast matches recorded for this exact rule at Donostia / San Sebastián during the last 365 days.

Last 30 days

recorded matching windows · 51% average confidence

Last 90 days

recorded matching windows · 52% average confidence

Last 365 days

recorded matching windows · 56% average confidence

Most represented month

September, with 24 of 94 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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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.

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