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New Canal Station, LA Daily Water Report — September 6, 2026

New Canal Station favors paddlers and boaters today, not anyone hunting energy in the sea. Kayaking at 8.5 and boating at 8.4 sit at the top of the board, a step softer than yesterday’s 9.1 and 9.4 but still in the same easy-water neighborhood this stretch has held since late August. Surfing stays stuck at 4.5 on a wave field that barely registers, sailing is only 5.6 in light air, fishing is a middling 6.3, diving 6.9, and wildlife 7.9. Those numbers are suitability scores, not a safety stamp. The water itself is nearly still. Forecast waves run 0.0–0.2 m, with the calmest reading near midnight at 0.02 m; a representative sea is about 0.22 m at under 2 seconds, swell even smaller from the south. Wind is a west-southwest 5 knots, ranging 2.0–6.2, with the day’s strongest gust 10.3 knots near 07:00. After that early bump, the rest of daylight looks quieter for small craft. No rain is indicated, pressure holds near 1011 hPa and stable, and current is effectively slack. Tide data is unavailable, so that piece of the fishing and wildlife picture is simply missing. Solunar majors at 08:06–10:06 and 20:06–22:06, plus a minor at 14:36–15:36, are what the fishing and wildlife scores can actually lean on, along with the light wind and steady pressure. The tradeoff is the air, not the sea. A representative 28 C already feels like 33, with a day range of 24.3–34.3 C, 83 percent humidity, and 81 percent cloud. Atmospheric visibility is 16.8 km; that is not underwater clarity. Chlorophyll is very high at 15.18 mg/m3. UV is nil under overcast. Dawn is 06:16, sunrise 06:41, sunset 19:20. Tomorrow heat holds while peak wind jumps to 14.8 knots and rain chance ticks to 20 percent; midweek rain chances climb into the 60s and 70s even as waves stay tiny. Best bet: treat the hours after the 07:00 gust as a paddle-and-boat window, and leave the surfboard home.