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Cabo San Lucas, BCS Daily Water Report — October 4, 2026

Cabo is workable but not mellow: sailing gets the clearest green light, while boating, fishing, and diving are reasonable with a close eye on the 2.2–2.5 m sea. Kayaks get the short straw today; the 4.6/10 score fits a day when the water has more muscle than a small craft needs. An easterly wind around 9 knots, with gusts to 15 knots, is manageable on its own, but the early hours carry the sharper edge: gusts are forecast to reach 24.5 knots near 06:00. The dominant swell is 2.02 m at 8.1 seconds from 200 degrees, plus short wind waves, producing a substantial, mixed ride rather than glassy cruising water. Conditions ease only modestly late, with the day’s calmest wave height near 2.16 m around 23:00. That is calmer, not calm. For anglers, the best timing is the morning solunar major period from 06:18 to 08:18, with another major window from 18:18 to 20:18. The fishing score of 6.4/10 is a slight improvement on yesterday’s 6.1, helped by rising pressure now near 1012 hPa, but it is not a free pass through the chop. The midday minor period, 12:48–13:48, is a secondary option. No tide data are available, so there is no tide-based timing call to add. Diving rates 6.1/10 in very warm 30.6 C marine water, but surface conditions remain the tradeoff. Atmospheric visibility is about 8.8 km; that is not an underwater-visibility reading. Boaters improve notably from yesterday’s 4.6 to 6.1, though the swell still argues for conservative route and launch decisions. Sailing leads at 8/10, better than the last several days, with enough breeze to work with and less wind than yesterday’s representative 13.6 knots. Rain is possible through much of the day, though representative precipitation is only 0.1 mm. Looking ahead, seas ease toward 1.7–1.8 m from Tuesday through Friday, while rain chances remain high through Wednesday and temperatures climb into the low 30s C. Best bet: sail after the early gust peak, then let the evening fishing window earn its keep before dusk at 18:29.