CatchWindow fishing intelligence

TEMCO Kalama Terminal, WA Daily Water Report — August 23, 2026

Boating and kayaking own TEMCO Kalama Terminal today, and the rest of the scoreboard explains why. Open-Meteo current conditions and forecast put representative wind at a lazy 3 knots from the north, gusting to 4, with no rain and no measurable wave, swell, or current. Boating lands at 9.4 and kayaking at 9.1 on that quiet mix of wind, waves, current, and a dry sky; fishing follows at 8.2 and wildlife at 8. Surfing is a 4.5 on a 0-meter sea, and sailing only reaches 5.6 because there is barely enough air to work with. Those numbers are suitability scores, not permission slips. The cleanest window sits around the morning low. NOAA has −0.09 meters at 09:39, overlapping the 08:21–10:21 solunar major, which is exactly the tide-and-timing pairing that feeds the fishing and wildlife scores. A second, smaller pulse comes with the 0.61-meter high at 14:38 and the 14:51–15:51 minor. Air runs a representative 24.6 C (feels like 26.1) under about 10 percent cloud, pressure holds a stable 1019 hPa, and atmospheric visibility stretches 37.3 kilometers—long sightlines above the water, not a claim about what you can see below it. UV is 6.2 on a clear day, so the sun is the real working condition. The evening major, 20:21–22:21, starts after the 20:10 sunset under a waxing gibbous moon and meets the day’s strongest gust, 13.8 knots at 21:00. Useful on the clock, less friendly in the boat. Diving is 7.6 from wind, waves, available clarity, and water temperature; marine SST is unavailable, so read that score as issued. Yesterday’s reconstructed CatchWindow history had fishing and wildlife both at 6.2 under lighter wind and slightly lower pressure; both are up today, while kayaking eased from 9.7 and diving held even. The next several days stay dry and essentially flat on the marine forecast, with hotter afternoons Monday and Tuesday before a gradual cool-down and still-modest winds. Best bet: put a boat or kayak in between the morning low and the mid-afternoon high, and leave the surfboard in the rack.