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

St. George’s gets a clear green light for most on-water plans today, with diving the standout at 9.2/10 and boating close behind at 8.7/10. It is a warm, relatively tidy day on the water: sea-surface temperatures are near 28°C, representative SSE wind is 7 knots, and waves sit around 0.52 m at 7.6 seconds. That is not glass, but it is comfortably manageable for properly prepared boaters, paddlers and divers. The best all-round window is early through mid-afternoon, before the forecast rain window begins at 16:00 and before winds build later. Dawn arrives at 06:51, sunrise is 07:15, and the morning ebb runs toward the 10:28 AM low of 0.17 m. The tide then floods to a 0.93 m high at 5:04 PM. Anglers have a useful solunar major period from 08:06 to 10:06, overlapping the late-morning low-water phase, with another major period from 20:06 to 22:06. Fishing is a respectable 6.4/10, though the falling pressure and late-day weather trend make the earlier session the cleaner bet. Kayaking scores 7.7/10 and sailing 8.4/10, but both deserve a little calendar discipline: wind ranges up to 17 knots during the day, with the strongest gusts reaching 23.5 knots around 22:00. Rain is forecast from late afternoon into the night, so the evening is not the time to discover whether your dry bag is actually dry. Atmospheric visibility is forecast near 23.6 km, useful for surface navigation but not a measure of underwater visibility. Compared with the recent run, diving remains excellent and improves slightly on yesterday, while boating is also stronger. Fishing and wildlife scores are lower than yesterday’s reconstructed estimates, and the pressure is falling from a 1019 hPa representative reading. The next few days look progressively less settled: rain chances rise sharply Tuesday and Wednesday, winds peak near 22 knots Wednesday, and waves may reach 1.6 m Thursday. Friday offers the calmer-looking reset, with 0.5–0.6 m waves forecast. Best bet: make the most of the warm, modest morning sea—dive, boat or paddle before the late-day wind and rain start asking harder questions.