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Port Orford, OR Daily Water Report — September 4, 2026

Port Orford is a yes today for diving, surfing, fishing, and most boat and paddle work, with sailing the honest exception. After a 25.1-knot gust at midnight and yesterday’s 19.3-knot grind that left boating at 3.3 and kayaking at 2.4, the air has gone slack. Current conditions show a representative easterly of 1 knot, though the day’s forecast still spans 1.2 to 16.0 knots. That quiet stretch is why diving sits at 8 and surfing at 7.9, while sailing, which needs consistent breeze, lands at 5.5. Forecast seas are 1.6 meters at 9.2 seconds on a 1.48-meter swell at 6.65 seconds from 296 degrees, with wind waves essentially gone. Heights run 1.6 to 2.7 meters and are calmest near 23:00 at 1.58 meters, so the more energetic water is a daytime tradeoff, not a late-night one. A 0.3-meter-per-second current toward the northeast is modest but easier to feel when the wind is this light. Marine sea-surface temperature is 13 C, 2.5 C above average. Atmospheric visibility is 12.7 kilometers under 22 percent cloud; that is air clarity, not a window into the water column. Fishing at 7.8 leans on rising pressure near 1016 hectopascals, the light wind, and solunar majors from 06:23 to 08:23 and 18:23 to 20:23, bookended by sunrise at 06:46 and sunset at 19:51. Tide data are unavailable, so those windows matter more than stage. Overnight rain from 01:00 to 03:00 already sits behind a dry representative reading. Air stays cool at 12.6 to 15.4 C. Scores describe suitability, not safety. Against the last several days this is the rebound for boaters and paddlers after two windy sessions, even as sailors lose the 8-plus marks from earlier in the week. Wildlife is a quieter 6.7. Waves ease to 1.2–1.6 meters Saturday and 1.0–1.2 Sunday, with peak winds under 10 knots and almost no rain, before a slow rebuild as air warms into the twenties. Best bet: work the morning solunar window while the easterly is still a whisper.