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Sand Island, Midway Atoll Daily Water Report — September 6, 2026

Sailing owns Sand Island today, scoring 8.1 out of 10 on a consistent east-northeasterly that the rest of the water crowd will feel more as a tax than a gift. Surfing follows at 7.5. Fishing sits at a modest 6.2 and wildlife at 6.5. Boating 4.4 and kayaking 3.5 make the small-craft case a hard pass. Diving is unscored, so it is simply off the board. None of those numbers is a safety stamp; they are suitability, not permission. The forecast breeze is about 15 knots from the ENE, ranging 13.9 to 17.2, with representative gusts near 19 and the day’s strongest 22.5 knots around 19:00. That is enough drive and consistency, under roughly 66 percent cloud, to keep sailing in good shape. The same wind feeds 0.86-meter wind waves at a snappy 3.55 seconds on a 1.34-meter swell from 115 degrees at 6.9 seconds. Combined seas run 2.0 to 2.3 meters at about 8.65 seconds, which is workable texture for a board and a long, wet argument against a kayak. The day’s lowest height is still 2 meters near midnight, so there is no truly quiet water on the clock. Air temperature barely moves, 26.0 to 26.7 C, feeling like 27, with 71 percent humidity, a 21 C dew point, no rain indicated, and UV around 2.85. Pressure is 1015 hPa and falling after a 1018.8 high, a slip from yesterday’s 1018.8. Atmospheric visibility is about 17 kilometers; that is not underwater clarity. Marine surface temperature is 27.5 C, with a 0.5 m/s current toward 315 degrees. Tide data are unavailable. Fishing and wildlife windows lean on solunar majors 08:11–10:11 and 20:11–22:11, with minors 14:41–15:41 and 02:41–03:41 under a waning crescent, 30 percent lit, moonset 15:31. Sunrise is 06:31, sunset 19:07. Against recent CatchWindow scores, fishing has cooled from the 7s and 8s of the past week, sailing is a step off the 8.8–9.1 of the 4th and 5th, and surfing is near yesterday’s 7.7 after a 9.0 on the 4th. Boating and kayaking have lived in this same choppy neighborhood all week. Ahead, mid-20s air holds, peak winds 14 to 18 knots, and rain chances jump to 49 percent tomorrow before easing. Seas stay 2.2–2.3 meters through the 9th, then build toward 2.7–3.0 by the 11th. Best bet: put a sail up, respect the two-meter sea, and leave the paddle craft dry.