CatchWindow fishing intelligence

Turkey Point Hudson River NERRS, NY Daily Water Report — September 4, 2026

Boats and kayaks own Turkey Point today. Boating scores 9.5 out of 10 and kayaking 9.3, the strongest pairing of the recent CatchWindow stretch, while fishing holds a middling 5.6, sailing matches that 5.6, surfing sits at 4.5 with no energy to work with, and wildlife comes in at 7.2. Those figures describe suitability, not a safety declaration. The marine forecast is a flat line: wave height stays 0 meters all day, with swell and wind waves likewise 0 and ocean current listed at 0. Open-Meteo puts representative wind at 2 knots from the west-northwest, though the day still runs 0.2 to 9.4 knots and the strongest gust, 15.9 knots, arrives around 11:00. Precipitation is 0 millimeters under clear conditions, 14 percent cloud cover, and 14.5 kilometers of atmospheric visibility. Air temperature ranges 19.6 to 27.2 C, representative 22.3 C that can feel like 25.9 C in 91 percent humidity. Pressure is 1011 hPa and falling across a tight 1010.2 to 1011.9 hPa band. UV is a mild 1.75. Water temperature is unavailable, so it stays out of the read. The cleanest hull window is the morning high of 1.06 meters at 07:31, overlapping the first solunar major period from 05:51 to 07:51 just after sunrise at 06:24. The evening high of 1.37 meters at 19:59 lines up with the second major period, 17:51 to 19:51, before sunset at 19:28. The afternoon low drops to 0.12 meters at 13:59, a plus for wildlife through low-tide proximity and light wind, but a thinner margin for anyone drawing more draft. Fishing’s 5.6 leans on solunar timing, tide state, falling pressure, wind, and available clarity, and it has eased from the 7.6 and 7.2 marks late last month even as boating climbed from yesterday’s 8.4. Kayaking is back with its September 2 reading. Surfing has no wave height or period to use, and sailing’s light breeze keeps it from breaking out. Midday is the tradeoff: that 11:00 gust arrives while the tide is falling toward the skinny low. Last-quarter moon, 53 percent illuminated, rises at 22:40. Coming days stay wave-flat. Air cools then rebounds, with peak winds near 9 knots through the 7th and only 3.9 knots on the 8th before 12-knot peaks and 37 percent rain chances on the 9th and 10th. Best bet: put a boat or kayak on the morning high and let this quiet Hudson day do the rest.