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Garibaldi, OR Daily Water Report — October 7, 2026

Garibaldi gets a qualified go today: strong for fishing and sailing, workable for boating and diving, but the open-water texture keeps kayaking in the caution column rather than the easy-fun column. The useful window is late morning, especially around the 11:26 AM high tide and the 9:51–11:51 AM solunar major period. North wind is generally light at a representative 6 knots, pressure is steady near 1017 hPa, skies are essentially clear, and no rain is indicated. Fishing rates 7.5/10, with the tide and solunar overlap doing much of the heavy lifting. Wildlife also lands at 7.2/10, with another favorable timing overlap around the 11:20 PM high tide and 9:51–11:51 PM major period, though that is plainly an after-dark proposition. The tradeoff is the sea state. Waves run about 1.96 m at 10.55 seconds, led by a 1.54 m northwest swell from 291 degrees, with short 0.56 m wind waves mixed in. That is enough moving water to make conditions less forgiving than the light wind might suggest. Boating scores 6.7/10 and kayaking 5.7/10; the latter is notably down from 6.5 yesterday and the 7-plus scores earlier in the week. Gusts may reach 19.2 knots around 5 PM, coinciding with the afternoon low at 5:08 PM, so the day gets less tidy late. Diving holds at 6.8/10, unchanged from yesterday, but 12.5–14.1 C water and the swell demand appropriate exposure protection and conservative site judgment. The 13.8 km atmospheric visibility is encouraging for travel, not a promise of underwater clarity. Sailing is a solid 7.5/10: enough breeze for purpose, but a wider gust spread and persistent swell mean it will not be a glassy cruise. Compared with the reconstructed recent run, fishing improves slightly from yesterday, while boating and paddling lose ground as the sea builds. Thursday stays breezy with 1.7–2.0 m waves; Friday brings rain risk and up to 2.4 m seas, and Saturday looks rougher still. The more appealing easing trend arrives Sunday into Monday, with Monday forecast at 1.3–1.5 m. Best bet: fish the late-morning high-tide/solunar overlap, then let the afternoon gusts have the last word.