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Sand Point, AK Daily Water Report — October 8, 2026

Sand Point gets a qualified go rather than a free pass: sailing is the day’s strongest fit at 7.8/10, while fishing is workable at 6.5/10. For small boats, paddlers and divers, the building wind-wave mix makes this a choose-your-window day, not an all-day invitation. The best water arrives early, before the afternoon rain window and before the strongest gusts. Seas are calmest near midnight at 0.48 m, then build through the day toward a 2.0 m high end. By the representative period, a southerly 14 knots is pushing 1.3 m wind waves on top of a 0.54 m southwest swell; gusts reach 30.9 knots around 8 PM. That short 4.25-second wind-wave period is the part likely to make the ride feel busier than the headline swell suggests. Fishing has useful timing around the 12:06–14:06 solunar major period, which overlaps the 1:48 PM high tide, but it also lands as rain begins and conditions trend rougher. The pre-dawn major period, 12:06–2:06 AM, coincides with the overnight high water and lower seas, though darkness and the 2.9 C low air temperature are real tradeoffs. Pressure is falling from a relatively steady 1018 hPa representative reading, and the marine water temperature is 8.1 C—cold enough that immersion margins stay thin. Boating scores 5.3/10 and kayaking 5/10, both notably down from yesterday’s 8.2/10 as winds rise from yesterday’s 5.6 knots. Diving is also middling at 5/10: surface chop, cold water and only 4.94 km atmospheric visibility argue against expecting an easy day, and that visibility figure says nothing about underwater clarity. The very high chlorophyll reading indicates bloom conditions, not a promise of fish or wildlife action. Compared with the recent run, today is windier and less forgiving than October 7, though still far less severe than the 23.5-knot conditions recorded October 1. Friday looks rougher, with 2.0–2.9 m waves and rain certain; Saturday and Sunday ease somewhat, while Monday currently offers the lightest winds and lowest rain chance. Best bet: sail early with a conservative plan, then be off the exposed water before the southerly gusts and evening chop start throwing their weight around.