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North Spit, CA Daily Water Report — October 7, 2026

North Spit gets a qualified green light today: excellent light-wind weather for boating and paddling, but a persistent 1.6–1.9 m sea means the ocean still gets the final vote. Boating leads at 7.2/10, with kayaking, diving, and wildlife all at 7.2–7.3; fishing is a solid 7.1. Sailing, at 5.4, has the familiar problem of too little wind rather than too much. The practical sweet spot is late morning into early afternoon. The tide tops out at 10:27 AM at 1.92 m, overlapping the 9:54–11:54 AM solunar major period, while ENE wind stays light and the day’s smallest forecast wave height, 1.6 m, arrives near 1 PM. That is a useful window for scored boating, kayaking, diving, and fishing activities, provided conditions at the launch or shoreline match the broader forecast. The next high tide is 10:16 PM, with another solunar major period from 9:54 PM to 11:54 PM, but darkness makes that a different proposition entirely. Do not mistake the nearly windless forecast for flat water. The dominant swell is 1.08 m at 10.95 seconds from 305 degrees, and total seas remain substantial enough to make exposed entries, surf-zone transits, and shoreline work demanding. Wind waves are essentially absent, which should keep the surface from getting chopped up, but that does not erase the moving water beneath it. The listed 12.2 km atmospheric visibility is encouraging for travel; it says nothing about underwater visibility. Water temperatures are cool—15.3 C SST, with marine SST listed at 13.4 C—so immersion protection and conservative margins still matter. Compared with the recent CatchWindow run, today improves slightly on yesterday for boating, kayaking, and diving, though diving remains below the stronger 7.3–7.4 scores seen earlier in the week. Fishing is steady rather than exceptional, below the 7.6 posted October 5. Pressure is stable near 1014 hPa, rain is not indicated, and the air stays chilly at roughly 9–13 C. Thursday remains light-wind but seas build to 2.0–2.5 m; Friday and especially the weekend look progressively rougher, with 3.0–3.8 m waves possible Sunday before a partial easing Monday. Best bet: make the late-morning high-tide window your move, and treat the calm wind as a courtesy—not a guarantee.