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Baltimore, MD Daily Water Report — September 5, 2026

Boating owns this Saturday on Baltimore water, with wildlife and diving close behind, while surfing remains a non-event on a dead-flat sea. The marine forecast shows no waves and no swell at all, a 0.2 m/s current setting east, and a representative northwest breeze of 5 knots after an overnight 14-knot gust at 03:00. Daytime wind stays in a 2.9–5.8 knot band, skies are nearly cloudless, rain is not indicated, and pressure holds steady near 1011 hPa. Air ranges 20.6–28.3 C against a marine sea-surface temperature of 28.4 C, half a degree above average. That combination is why boating scores 9/10 and kayaking 8.2/10: light wind, flat water, a weak current, and a dry day. Diving at 8.4/10 likes the same quiet surface and warm water; atmospheric visibility of 48.2 km is not a substitute for underwater clarity. Wildlife jumps to 8.6/10 from 6 yesterday on solunar timing, proximity to the 0.15 m evening low at 19:26, and the light breeze. Fishing improves to 7.8/10 from 5.6 on the 4th as solunar periods, tide state, stable pressure, and wind line up better. Sailing at 6.4/10 is only adequate because there is little breeze to work. Surfing stays 4.5/10, as it has all week, with nothing in height or period to ride. The useful windows sit on the tide. A major solunar stretch from 07:06 to 09:06 meets the morning fall toward 09:17. The afternoon high of 0.39 m at 13:32 overlaps the 13:36–14:36 minor. Another major from 19:06 to 21:06 coincides with the day’s lowest water. Dawn is 06:11, sunrise 06:38, sunset 19:34. The last-quarter moon is 42 percent illuminated. The same calm that blesses hulls and paddles starves sails and surf; these scores are suitability, not a safety declaration. Sunday looks similar and still flat, with a peak wind of 8.3 knots and only a 4 percent rain chance. Monday adds a 22 percent rain chance under lighter air, then midweek stays wave-less before heat and 12.7–16.4 knot peaks arrive by the 9th and 10th. Best bet: get a hull out at first light and stay through the evening low—this is the easiest water of the stretch.