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Seavey Island, ME Daily Water Report — September 6, 2026

Today is a go day around Seavey Island, more boat than sail and more ride than drama: boating leads at 7.6, surfing and diving both sit at 7.2, kayaking follows at 6.9, with fishing and wildlife even at 6.6 and sailing the lightest of the lot at 6.1. Those scores are suitability, not a safety stamp. The working weather is quiet after a sharp 16.9-knot gust near 05:00. Representative wind is about 5 knots from the north, mostly 1.5 to 5.7 through the day, with no rain in the forecast, pressure near 1016 hPa and rising, and air running 13.2 to 21.0 C under about two-thirds cloud. Marine seas hold 0.7 to 1.0 meters, a 0.92-meter swell from 77 degrees at a short 5-second period, so there is some punch without much glide. Wind waves are negligible. The calmest water is late, 0.66 meters near 23:00. Surface temperature is 19.3 C, about 1.1 C above average, with a modest 0.4 m/s current toward 27 degrees. The cleanest window is the morning high of 2.26 meters at 07:25, overlapping sunrise at 06:12 and the 07:45–09:45 solunar major once that early gust fades. The evening high of 2.73 meters at 19:42 lines up with sunset at 19:13 and the second major period, a fuller, longer tide if you want time. Midday low at 13:16 is only 0.33 meters. Fishing’s 6.6 leans on those solunar and tide beats plus the rising glass and light wind, not on a miracle bite. Diving’s 7.2 uses wind, waves, and water temperature; the 25 km atmospheric visibility is not a look underwater. Versus recent CatchWindow days, boating is a step off yesterday’s 8.8 and well below the 9.4 on August 31. Surfing is the week’s high, up from 6.6 yesterday and the mid-4s at the start of September. September 7 and 8 trend warmer with smaller seas, then peak winds climb and rain chances rise on the 9th and 10th before the water flattens again. Best bet: take the 07:25 high after the dawn gust dies and let the rising glass carry the morning.