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Fort Pulaski, GA Daily Water Report — October 8, 2026

A solid, workable water day—best for sailing and diving, with boating and paddling good enough if you respect the chop and the tide. The NNE breeze is holding around 9 knots, with gusts near 15 knots around 8 AM, and that is enough to put a little edge on the water without making it a write-off. Seas run roughly 0.7 to 1.0 m, built from a short 5-second easterly swell and smaller wind waves. That is manageable rather than glassy; the calmest forecast water arrives near 10 PM at about 0.72 m. Sailing gets the day’s strongest surface-water grade at 7.9/10: enough breeze to keep things moving, but not the near-calm conditions that limited sailing earlier this week. Boating rates 7.3/10, an improvement over yesterday’s 5.8 as winds ease substantially from the recent 14.6-knot representative reading. Kayaking earns 6.7/10, but this is a choose-your-water-and-timing kind of day, not a broad invitation to wander into exposed chop. The short-period wave pattern can make a modest height feel busier than the number suggests. For fishing, the 6.6/10 outlook is most interesting around the late-morning solunar major period, 10:43 AM to 12:43 PM, which overlaps the approach to the 1:14 PM low tide. The evening minor period, 5:13 to 6:13 PM, leads into the 7:16 PM high. Pressure is rising from around 1014 hPa, and no rain window is indicated. Cloud cover is complete, though atmospheric visibility is forecast near 14 km; neither figure says anything definite about underwater visibility. Diving leads all activity scores at 8.2/10, supported by the supplied water-temperature and marine inputs, though the score is not a safety clearance. Marine SST is 25.6 C, running 2.6 C above average. The ocean current forecast is light, about 0.08 m/s toward the southwest. Friday and Saturday look rougher, with winds peaking near 20 and 18.7 knots and waves building as high as 1.7 m Saturday. Conditions ease Sunday, then turn notably calmer Monday through Wednesday. Best bet: sail the daylight tide cycle today, then let the late-evening lull handle any quieter on-water plans.