Run: St. Andrew Bay pass → Buoy 42012 · Trip window Sat 05:30–15:00 local · Report generated 2026-09-12 04:58 CT
Sample data — not a real forecast
It's doable but not nice. The inside is fine; the problem is the last 18 miles, where a short 6-second chop stacks on top of a light long-period swell. You can make the run in a capable boat — you just won't enjoy it, and the fish aren't showing enough to justify it.
Two wave trains are present: a short 6–7 second wind sea and a low, long 11 second swell. The short train dominates the ride quality; the long train is a background push.
Seas at each leg of the run. Height alone doesn't tell you the ride: period and direction are shown for every rung, because a 3 ft / 6 s chop and a 3 ft / 12 s swell are different days.
| Leg | Seas | Period | Direction | Secondary swell | Ride read |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launch | 1.2 ft | 4 s | 158° SSE | 0.4 ft @ 9 s | Flat inside |
| 10 nm | 2.1 ft | 5 s | 160° SSE | 0.8 ft @ 10 s | Choppy but fast |
| 20 nm | 2.9 ft | 6 s | 172° S | 1.0 ft @ 11 s | Slow down |
| 30 nm | 3.4 ft | 7 s | 178° S | 1.1 ft @ 11 s | Uncomfortable |
| Dest. 38 nm | 3.8 ft | 7 s | 184° SSW | 1.1 ft @ 11 s | Worst of the run |
Ride-read wording is generated guidance, not a safety clearance. Sea state is the largest single driver of whether a trip is worth it — and the least forgiving if it's wrong.
| Time | Stage | Height | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 06:12 | Low | 0.4 ft | Slack at the pass around first light |
| 13:47 | High | 1.6 ft | Peak push — strongest current ~11:00–13:00 |
| 20:05 | Low | 0.9 ft | After the weather window closes |
Slowly rising to a modest high. Not a big tide day — current through the pass is more about wind-driven flow than volume.
| Window | Type | Overlap with your trip |
|---|---|---|
| 05:40 – 07:40 | Major | First 2 hours — best of the day |
| 11:50 – 12:50 | Minor | Mid-day, weak |
| 18:10 – 20:10 | Major | After you're back at the dock |
The morning major lines up with the best sea state, which is the only real argument for making the long run today: early, then home before the afternoon builds.
Comfortably in the band that holds pelagics, cooling slowly. No temperature break in range today, so structure is the only thing to fish.
Generated commentary, shown here as sample wording. In the live product this is written by the report generator from the numbers above — it is not a captain's recommendation.
In the live product each panel attributes its numbers to the forecast sources that produced them, and shows where those sources disagree. A report that hides its uncertainty is worse than no report.
| Panel | Intended sources | Disagreement (sample) |
|---|---|---|
| Seas / period / direction | GRIB wave models via scheduled ingest | ±0.5 ft between models at 38 nm |
| Wind | Point forecast relay | ±3 kt on speed |
| Tides | Tide stations and harmonic predictions | ±12 min on highs/lows |
| Water temp | Buoy and SST fields | ±0.4 °F near the break |
| Solunar / astro | Computed — deterministic | — |