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Bay Waveland Yacht Club, MS Daily Water Report — August 27, 2026

Forget whatever plans you had this morning that involved staying dry. Today is an outstanding day to get on the water around Bay Waveland Yacht Club, but you’ll want to time it right. The decisive verdict: boating and kayaking are your top plays, with fishing not far behind, while anyone hoping for surf will need to look elsewhere. The early hours bring a window of rain between 4 a.m. and noon, which keeps conditions unsettled through the morning. But once that clears, the afternoon and evening set up beautifully. The real story here is the wind. After a gusty night that peaked around 21 knots at 3 a.m., things settle dramatically. Representative winds are running just 2 knots from the south, gusting to 4, and that calm trend holds through the afternoon. Wave heights stay trivial—we’re talking 0.04 meters at a 2.4-second period, essentially flat water. The calmest stretch arrives near 6 p.m. when the wave height bottoms out at that same negligible number. For boaters and kayakers, this is textbook glassy conditions, and the boating score of 8.9 reflects that, climbing close to yesterday’s 9.3. Compared to late last week when kayaking scored only 6.3 under stiffer winds, today’s 8.0 feels like a gift. Fishing scores an 8.1, a slight uptick from the past two days’ 7.9, and the solunar major period from 11:16 a.m. to 1:16 p.m. aligns nicely with the clearing afternoon. The stable barometric pressure at 1014 hPa and moderate water temperature near 32.4°C offer no thermal shock to spook fish. Just keep in mind that early morning rain might muddy things briefly, so the bite could be slow before noon. Surfing remains a non-starter at 4.5, same as it’s been for days, with no swell to speak of—those 0.04-meter waves from the southwest won’t wrap into anything ridable. Visibility is strong at 19 kilometers, and with only 45% cloud cover after the rain exits, the late-day light will be excellent for spotting birds or surface activity. The waxing gibbous moon, 98% illuminated, sets at 5:52 a.m., so early risers won’t have moonlight interference. For the next few days, expect wind to pick up a bit Friday and Saturday, with wave heights creeping toward 0.4 meters by Sunday, but mostly manageable. The best bet: launch after lunch, when the rain is a memory and the water lies still as a mirror under a clearing sky.