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Coxsackie, Hudson River, NY Daily Water Report — September 5, 2026

Boats and kayaks own the Hudson at Coxsackie today. Boating scores 9.6 and kayaking 9.4, a pair of verdicts from light wind, a flat marine forecast, dry air, and negligible current—not a safety stamp, just the day’s clearest invitation. Fishing and sailing both sit at 5.6, wildlife at 6, and surfing at 4.5, so a rod or a sail is workable without being the reason to rearrange the day. Open-Meteo has a representative breeze of 2 knots from the ENE, with the day’s range 1.0 to 8.1 knots and the strongest gust 12.8 knots at 10:00. That mid-morning bump is the main tradeoff for a small hull or a paddle; otherwise the air stays polite. Cloud cover is only 7 percent, precipitation is 0 mm, and pressure is 1011 hPa and rising through 1010.0–1012.9 hPa. Air starts near 15 C after the 06:24 sunrise and should reach the mid-20s, with humidity 94 percent and atmospheric visibility 12.2 km—not a window into the water. Marine wave height is forecast at 0 m all day, never leaving the floor. NOAA tides run low at 0.21 m at 05:13, high 1.25 m at 10:52, low 0.18 m at 17:15, and high 1.66 m at 23:25. Fishing here uses solunar timing, tide state, pressure, wind, and available clarity, so the majors at 06:55–08:55 and 18:55–20:55 are the hours worth circling, with the afternoon low as extra structure. Wildlife scoring leans on those same solunar windows, low-tide proximity, and the light wind, which keeps it merely decent. Sailing is held to 5.6 by a breeze too thin to lean on, even with open sky; surfing has no height or period to work with. A last-quarter moon, 42 percent lit, rises at 23:36. Against CatchWindow’s recent reconstructed run, today’s boating mark edges yesterday’s 9.5 and sits just under the 9.8 of August 30, while kayaking stays in the high nines that have defined the stretch. Fishing slipped from 6.6 yesterday. Sunday the 6th stays light with a 5.3-knot peak, a 16 percent rain chance, and similar warmth; the 7th and 8th bring wider temperature swings and still-modest winds, waves remaining 0 m. Later in the week the breeze climbs toward 13 knots and rain chances rise to about a third. Best bet: launch after that 10:00 gust fades and stay out through the quiet afternoon flood.