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Crescent City, CA Daily Water Report — October 7, 2026

Crescent City gets a qualified go today: strong for sailing and worthwhile for fishing, but the 1.5–2.0 m sea keeps small-craft paddling from being a casual proposition. The water is workable, not tame. The best all-around daylight window is late morning, roughly 9:54 AM to noon, overlapping the 10:14 AM high tide and a solunar major period. South wind is modest overall—about 9 knots, with gusts near 12—and no rain is indicated. Stable pressure near 1014 hPa and a cool, dry-on-paper but damp-feeling morning support the fishing outlook, rated 7.1/10. The afternoon low at 4:11 PM also lines up reasonably with the 4:24–5:24 PM solunar minor period for shoreline timing, though exposed water will still have the same wave tradeoff. Sailing earns the day’s top activity score at 8.7/10: enough breeze to make progress without a large gust spread, under partly cloudy skies. Boating is more moderate at 6.4/10, because a near-2 m sea and 10-second wave energy are not background decoration. The calmest modeled wave height is still 1.54 m near 2 AM, before daylight. Kayaking rates just 4.9/10; light-to-moderate wind does not erase the consequences of swell and open-water chop. Diving comes in at 6.9/10, with marine SST around 13.2 C and waves remaining the principal limiter. Atmospheric visibility is forecast near 12.3 km, useful above water but not a claim about underwater clarity. For shoreline explorers and wildlife watchers, the 3:43 AM low was the day’s lowest tide, while the 4:11 PM low is the practical daylight option. Wildlife scores 7.2/10, helped by low-tide proximity and manageable wind. The waning crescent moon offers another major solunar period from 9:54–11:54 PM, after the 10:07 PM high tide. Compared with the reconstructed recent run, wind is a touch stronger than the last few days, while water remains cooler than the late-September values. Fishing is close to recent form, but kayaking has slipped well below the notably calmer October 4 setup. Thursday brings lighter wind but larger 2.0–2.4 m waves; Friday through Sunday look rougher still. The more promising easing arrives Monday into Tuesday, especially Tuesday’s 1.4–1.9 m wave range. Best bet: sail late morning, fish the high-tide solunar overlap, and let the sea—not the pleasant wind—make the final call.