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JOHN PENNEKAMP STATE PARK

In United States · near Spiegel Grove, Molasses Reef.

Conditions last modeled 47.7h ago · water 28°

Sunset in

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Full moon

10.7d

King/spring tide

larger range

16~~/100~~

Sunset Score

Dull sky · 17:35

High / mid cloud 50% — good, catches the colour
Low cloud / horizon Clear — the sun can light the sky from below
Haze / aerosol Low — clean, saturated colour
Seaward horizon A headland/island blocks the open-water sunset — caps the view

Dull sky unlikely · modeled 16/100 · not a promise · confidence: low

75~~/100~~

Sun & Tan

Good beach-sun day

Sky Part cloud · sun in spells
Warmth 21° — comfortable to lie out
UV peak (13:00) 5.9 — moderate

☀️ Moderate UV — fair skin burns in ~23 min unprotected. SPF 30+, hat, reapply after swimming.

modeled forecast · UV + cloud + temperature · confidence: high · modeled forecast · not medical advice

Sunset Score & Sun & Tan from the daily sky cache · refreshed 4h ago — Open-Meteo free tier, no per-view fetch.

Water

28°C

seasonal · 47.7h ago

Swell / Wind

0.38m · 7.1kn

seasonal · 47.7h ago

Sunset

17:35 local

dull sky modeled

Tide

05:06 low -0.34m

next low · modeled (FES2014)

Your beach log — starts at 0, fills with your real check-ins

Visits here

Sunsets seen here

Beaches explored

Days on the coast

Species spotted

Cleanups logged

Your Ocean Soul curates this beach:

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Today's best windows

When the water suits each activity — hourly conditions + the tide curve. Forecast — never a promise.

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Low tide

05:06 · -0.34m

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Golden hour

17:02

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Sunset

17:35

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In-water

lighter swell/wind

DawnMiddayAfternoonDuskNight

Next low tide 05:06 (local) — tide-pool + easy-entry window. Tide prediction (next from now) — Open-Meteo · FES2014-based (modeled), refreshed daily. Larger spring/king-tide range. Times local.

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Inside John Pennekamp Coral Reef — a protected reserve

Reef etiquette applies: reef-safe sunscreen, no touching coral or wildlife, no anchoring on reef. Verified against our marine-protected-area map.

In season near here

Likely around this coast this month, from Ocean Highways — coarsened. Possible, never promised.

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Loggerhead

Caretta caretta

MiCO meta-site for Loggerhead (Bentley et al. (2025) Marine megavertebrate migrations connect the global ocean. Nat Commun 16:4089. MiCO (mico.eco) — CC-BY 4.0, attribution required; data via Zenodo 10.5281/zenodo.14873514.) · IUCN VU · region-level (~110 km) · possible, not pinned to this beach

🐾 Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec

Blue Marlin

Makaira nigricans

MiCO meta-site for Blue Marlin (Bentley et al. (2025) Marine megavertebrate migrations connect the global ocean. Nat Commun 16:4089. MiCO (mico.eco) — CC-BY 4.0, attribution required; data via Zenodo 10.5281/zenodo.14873514.) · IUCN VU · region-level (~110 km) · possible, not pinned to this beach

🐾 Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec

American Manatee

Trichechus manatus

MiCO meta-site for American Manatee (Bentley et al. (2025) Marine megavertebrate migrations connect the global ocean. Nat Commun 16:4089. MiCO (mico.eco) — CC-BY 4.0, attribution required; data via Zenodo 10.5281/zenodo.14873514.) · IUCN VU · region-level (~110 km) · possible, not pinned to this beach

Sunset Mode

Tonight's time, the vividness forecast, and where to be.

Tonight · sets at

17:35 local

Sunset Score 16 / 100 — Dull
Golden hour 17:02 – 17:35
Best west-facing spot Spiegel Grove (11.5km)
Source computed astronomy + CAMS aerosol + cloud

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Water & safety: We don't have an official feed or a recent satellite pass here — treat this as unknown, not safe. · algal-bloom proxy: No recent ocean-colour pass. We can't tell you whether it's safe to get in, call the currents, or vouch for marine life — mind the local flags/lifeguard and your own limits. This panel is informational; it never makes a safety call.

Beachfront eat & drink

Venue names free from OpenStreetMap (ODbL). Photos, hours & booking come from a licensed provider — a later phase, credited then.

No mapped beachfront venues here yet (OpenStreetMap) — nothing invented.

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What's on around the water

Computed = certain. We never invent an event. (Feed + community events arrive with later phases.)

10.7d

Full moonComputed

Brightest tides + moonlit beach walks around then (full moon = bright sky).

25.4d

Dark-moon nightsComputed

Moonless nights ahead — the best chance for bioluminescence where it occurs (computed, not a sighting promise).

17:35

Tonight’s sunsetComputed

Modeled sky dull (16/100).

Local knowledge

Community + sourced facts that passed our QA pipeline — each labeled with its source & confidence. Unreviewed data never reaches this page; conflicting reports are shown, never silently merged.