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Mobile State Docks, AL Daily Water Report — August 23, 2026

Boating takes the day at Mobile State Docks, and it is not close. Current conditions and the Open-Meteo forecast line up around a light north breeze, an empty rain column, and a marine forecast holding wave height at a flat 0 meters, which is why boating scores 9.1 out of 10 and kayaking 8.4. Those numbers weigh wind, waves, current, and precipitation—boating also folding in the modest 26 percent cloud cover—and they are suitability scores, not a declaration that the water is safe. The tradeoff is heat and humidity, not chop. A representative wind of 4 knots from the north, gusting to 9, sits inside a day range of 0.3 to 9.2 knots. The ocean current is a quiet 0.2 meters per second. NOAA has the tide high at 0.60 meters at 08:16 and low at 0.07 meters at 21:07. That morning high overlaps the first solunar major period, 07:58 to 09:58, the cleanest window if you are fishing or working the shoreline; fishing and wildlife both sit at 6 out of 10 on solunar timing, tide state, the stable 1016 hPa pressure, and light wind. A second major period runs 19:58 to 21:58 as the tide falls out, but the day’s strongest gust, 16.7 knots, is forecast at 22:00, so the evening window asks more of small craft. Air temperature has a representative 26.8 C that already feels like 32.7 under 91 percent humidity, with a climb toward 35.6 C on tap after a 06:24 sunrise. Atmospheric visibility is 14.4 kilometers; that is not underwater clarity. Diving holds 7.7 on the same light wind and flat water plus a marine sea-surface temperature of 32.9 C, 0.4 C above average in the NOAA CoastWatch field. Sailing only reaches 6.1 because there is so little breeze to work with. Surfing is 4.5 on zero swell and zero period—there is simply no wave to ride. Compared with yesterday’s reconstructed scores, fishing has eased from 7.3 and wildlife from 7.5, while boating and kayaking have ticked up from 8.9 and 7.8 as the wind backed off a 5.8-knot day and pressure rose from 1013.4 hPa. Diving is unchanged; surfing has not moved. The coming week stays pancake-flat in the marine forecast, but rain chances return Monday at 58 percent and keep showing up through the weekend in the 30-to-67 percent band, still hot. Best bet: slide a boat or kayak out on the morning high tide and let the glassy water do the work before August heat, and that late gust, take the shine off.