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Bridgeport, CT Daily Water Report — August 23, 2026

Bridgeport gets a decisive yes today for anyone who wants to be on or under easy water, and a polite shrug for anyone hoping the ocean will stand up. Boating leads at 8.6, diving sits right behind at 8.4, and kayaking holds a useful 7.5. Those figures are a read on wind, waves, current, and a dry forecast, not a safety declaration. Sailing is only 6.5 on the same light air that makes the powerboat day simple. Fishing is a middling 6.1 and wildlife 6.5. Surfing, at 4.5, is the leftover. The forecast is a mostly gentle southerly, representative 5 knots and gusting to 13, ranging 1.7 to 8.8 knots. Air should run 20.0 to 25.9 C around a representative 22.2 C that feels closer to 24.7 C in 86 percent humidity. Skies are called clear, pressure stable near 1010 hPa, and atmospheric visibility a long 15.5 km—good for the horizon, not a claim about the water column. The tradeoff arrives early. The strongest gust, 17.1 knots, is due at 07:00, and a rain window is marked 08:00 to 09:00 even though representative precipitation is 0 mm. Sunrise is 05:10. Wait out that first push and the rest of daylight looks kinder. Marine water stays small, 0.2 to 0.3 meters at only 2.65 seconds, with a 0.14-meter swell from the south and matching wind waves. The calmest reading is near midnight at 0.16 meters. A 0.5 m/s current setting east is the other number to budget for. Marine sea-surface temperature is 24.4 C, 1.1 C above average. Fishing and wildlife lean on solunar timing, pressure, and wind; no tide data came in, so there is no tide story. Major periods run 06:56 to 08:56, tangled with the gust and that rain window, and 18:56 to 20:56, which opens after sunset at 18:43 under a 76 percent waxing gibbous moon rising at 16:19. Yesterday was a close cousin: boating 8.8, diving 8.4, kayaking 7.7, fishing 6.2, under cooler air, slightly lighter wind, and higher pressure. Through the 26th the outlook stays quiet and nearly dry, waves shrinking toward flat. The 27th and 28th add rain chances near half and a bit more breeze before it eases again. Best bet: launch after the morning gust fades and let the boat or the dive be the whole point of the day.