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Crescent City, CA Daily Water Report — September 6, 2026

Surfing owns September 6 at Crescent City, a 9.3 out of 10 that leaves fishing, boating, and kayaking in respectable mid-to-high sevens and sixes and sailing a notch quieter. Open-Meteo’s marine forecast puts a 1.08-meter sea on 9.7 seconds, a 0.66-meter swell at 11.5 seconds from 212 degrees, and only 0.12-meter wind waves, with a 0.4 m/s current toward 297 degrees and marine sea-surface temperature at 13.5 C. Representative wind is a 5-knot north-northeasterly gusting to 8; the day’s envelope runs 0.6 to 8.4 knots, and the strongest gust, 16.3 knots, is timed near 18:00. Wave heights stay between 1.0 and 1.4 meters and reach their minimum near 17:00 at 1.04 meters. That mix of period, modest height, and still-light wind is exactly what the surfing score uses. The cleanest practical window is after the 06:48 sunrise through the 08:28–10:28 solunar major, before the afternoon gust arrives. A second major period, 20:28–22:28, sits after the 19:45 sunset for anyone still out; the 18:00 blow is the tradeoff, not a safety verdict. Air is a cool 13.3 C that feels like 12.7, ranging 12.0–17.7 C, with 91 percent humidity, 1 percent cloud, no rain, and pressure steady near 1017 hPa. Atmospheric visibility is 13.2 km; that is not underwater clarity. Fishing’s 7 out of 10 rests on solunar timing, pressure, wind, and available clarity—tide state is simply absent—so it is a fair day, not a promise. Boating at 7.9 and kayaking at 6.9 like the light air, tiny wind sea, and dry sky; sailing at 6.4 is limited by that same light, not especially punchy breeze. Wildlife is 6.8. Diving is not scored. Reconstructed recent scores show yesterday’s surfing at 7.9 under even lighter 1.6-knot wind and fishing a shade higher at 7.5. Windier days earlier in the week, such as September 3’s 6 knots, cut boating to 4.8 and kayaking to 3.6, so today’s quieter air is a real lift for small craft. Ahead, the 7th stays dry with a 10.5-knot peak and waves 1.1–1.7 meters; air then warms while seas build toward 1.7–1.9 meters by the 11th. Best bet: take the morning swell while the north-northeast wind is still a whisper and the period still has shape.