CatchWindow fishing intelligence

Fort Pulaski, GA Daily Water Report — October 6, 2026

Fort Pulaski gets a qualified go today: excellent sailing weather if you’re prepared for a brisk northeasterly, but a noticeable step down for small, human-powered craft and exposed boating compared with the unusually gentle last several days. The working ingredients are a 13-knot NNE wind, gusts around 18 knots for much of the day and a stronger 25-knot gust potential this evening. Waves are running about 0.88 m with a short 4.1-second period, largely driven by 0.8 m wind waves at 3.25 seconds. That is enough chop to make the water feel busier than the headline wave height suggests. The calmest marine window was near 2 AM at 0.72 m; conditions build through the day, with the forecast range reaching 1.6 m. Sailing earns the day’s clear nod at 8.5/10: there is useful breeze, manageable wave height, and no rain indicated. Boating is more middling at 6.6/10, while kayaking sits at 6/10; both require a realistic appetite for wind, chop, and a current forecast near 0.17 m/s toward 198 degrees. This is not the glassy setup seen in recent reconstructed CatchWindow history, when winds ran roughly 3 to 7 knots and boating and kayaking regularly scored above eight. Today’s wind is the whole story—and it has brought the sailing score up while trimming the comfort margin elsewhere. For anglers, the best timing is the 9:06-11:06 AM solunar major period, overlapping the late ebb toward the 11:22 AM low tide. A second major period runs 9:06-11:06 PM, well after sunset, while the 5:31 PM high tide offers a useful daylight tide change. Fishing rates 6.1/10, essentially steady with yesterday, with falling pressure and wind keeping it from becoming a slam dunk. Cloud cover is complete, but forecast atmospheric visibility near 13.9 km should not be mistaken for underwater clarity. Water remains warm at 26.7 C, though diving has no usable score today. Expect a mostly cloudy, dry day near 20-23 C, with dawn at 6:56 AM and sunset at 7:05 PM. Wednesday remains breezy with 0.9-1.3 m waves, but Thursday looks like the cleaner reset: lighter peak wind near 7.6 knots and 0.7-0.9 m seas. Best bet: rig the sail today, but let the kayaks wait for Thursday’s calmer water.