CatchWindow fishing intelligence

South Beach, OR Daily Water Report — October 8, 2026

South Beach is a qualified go for fishing, boating, kayaking and diving, but it is not a glassy-water day: the 2.0–2.3 m sea state is the boss, even with generally light winds. CatchWindow rates kayaking highest at 6.9/10, with diving at 6.7, fishing and boating at 6.5; sailing trails at 3/10 because the breeze is too slight and gusts can still be uneven. The most workable stretch is around late morning, when the tide tops out at 2.47 m at 11:35 AM and overlaps the 10:39 AM–12:39 PM solunar major period. Winds range only 0.4–8 knots through the day, but the forecast still carries gust potential, building to the day’s strongest gust near 19 knots late tonight. That makes early planning sensible: light average wind does not erase a short-period 0.96 m wind-wave component riding alongside a 1.4 m, 10.25-second northwest swell. The representative combined wave height is 2.04 m, so small craft and divers should treat exposed water with appropriate caution rather than reading “light wind” as an all-clear. A second useful shore-side timing cue arrives near the 5:39 PM low tide, with a solunar minor period from 5:09–6:09 PM. Dusk follows at 7:16 PM. The sky is forecast fully cloudy, with 12.2 km atmospheric visibility and no rain indicated; that visibility is for the air, not a promise of underwater clarity. Marine SST is 13.2 C, running 1.6 C above average, though it remains cold-water territory. Pressure is falling from around 1015 hPa, another reason to keep the plan flexible. Compared with the reconstructed CatchWindow history, conditions have slipped from the stronger boating and kayaking scores of recent days, while fishing is also below the 7-plus run earlier this week. The waves, not the average wind, are the likely practical limiter. Friday may ease somewhat, with waves forecast from 1.5–2.2 m, before Saturday turns lumpier again near 2.2–2.3 m. The more encouraging marine trend arrives Sunday through Tuesday, especially Monday’s projected 1.4–1.6 m waves. Best bet: fish the late-morning high-tide/major-period overlap, but let the two-metre sea state—not the gentle breeze—make the final call.