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St. Georges Island Daily Water Report — September 5, 2026

Sailing owns the day around St. Georges Island. At 9.2 it is the only score that truly likes the setup: a representative west wind of 18 knots, gusting to 25, ranging 11.0 to 21.3 knots under 36 percent cloud. That is working breeze, and the 1.1 to 1.4 meter seas sit inside what the sailing score wants. Reef for the 27.6-knot gust near 09:00, then use the rest of the daylight. Everyone else is bargaining with that same west wind. Kayaking falls to 3.9 and boating to 5.4 because wind, 1.42-meter waves at 5.7 seconds, a 0.7 m/s current toward 76 degrees, and a drizzle window from 09:00 to 23:00 (representative rain only 0.1 mm) stack against small craft. Those numbers are not safety declarations, but they are a clear shrug. Surfing holds 6.9 on short-period energy: wind waves near 1.06 meters at 3.95 seconds over a 0.66-meter swell from 315 degrees at 5.85 seconds. Diving is a respectable 7.7, helped by 29.5 C water about 1.5 C above average, even as breeze and chop keep it off yesterday’s 8.3. Atmospheric visibility of 8.56 km says nothing about the water column. Fishing sits at 6.7 with falling pressure around 1011 hPa and the wind in the mix; the timing bets are the solunar majors 07:16–09:16 and 19:16–21:16. Wildlife is a muted 4.7. This is a step down from the quieter stretch earlier in the week, when 3-to-7-knot days had kayaking and boating in the 7s and 8s. Yesterday already showed the shift: 15.7 knots, sailing still 9.2, everything else easing as pressure continued its slide from the 1020s. Air stays sticky at a representative 28.2 C, feeling like 29.5, with 80 percent humidity. Dawn is 06:32, sun 06:57 to 19:41. Last-quarter moon, 42 percent lit, sets at 15:56. Look ahead: rain chances stay high through the 7th, with peak wind near 21 knots and waves 1.2–1.5 meters on the 6th, then seas and rain both back off toward the 10th under 7.9-knot peaks and 0.6–0.7 meter waves. Best bet: reef early and go sailing on this west wind before the drizzle turns the afternoon into a gray commute.