Where are the best mulloway gutters at Bunbury Back Beach?

Wyalup Point and Hungry Hollow are the local reputations — both hold deeper gutters that mulloway use as ambush points. Fish at night on dark phases of the moon around tide change with fresh whole bait on heavy gear.

When does Bunbury Back Beach fish best?

Dawn and dusk on a moving tide year-round. March through June for the salmon run; October to June for tailor, best December to May. Easterly land breeze flattens the chop until mid-morning. After a winter storm, give the gutters 2–3 days to settle before expecting clean conditions.

Can I fish the southern breakwater?

Yes in manageable swell. The breakwater fishes well when the open beach is washed out, but the lower rocks get swell-washed in heavy seas — stay back and watch sets before committing to a low position.

How does Bunbury Back Beach compare to other South West beaches?

More urban-adjacent than Preston Beach (Bunbury CBD is 10 minutes away). Slightly more sheltered than Tim's Thicket because of the bay shape. Fishery is similar in species but the gutter character is more consistent. The southern breakwater is a structure-fishing option you don't get further north.

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Bunbury Back Beach (Geographe Bay)

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📍 Bunbury Back Beach (Geographe Bay)

waxing gibbous · 90%

Weather: Sunny Wind: SW 224° · 11 km/h Swell: 1.5 m @ 12 s SW Water: 18.3 °C Pressure: 1020.9 hPa ↓ falling Faces west · Offshore: NE, E, SE · Onshore: SW, W, NW · Forecast wind: onshore

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Medium Fish Activity

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At the day's peak · 7:00 pm

Solunar Between windows

Time of day Dusk

Tide Moving

Wind S 19 km/h

Moon waxing gibbous all day

Water temp 18.3 °C all day

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Day Timeline

Major Minor Tide Twilight

First light 5:02 am Last light 7:02 pm

Low 1:48 am High 7:36 am Low 1:26 pm High 8:10 pm

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Feeding Windows

Best times to fish based on activity score.

Peak

6:00 pm → 8:00 pm

Good

4:30 am → 6:00 am

1h 30m

Good

9:30 am → 10:30 am

Good

9:30 pm → 11:00 pm

1h 30m

First light

5:02 am

Last light

7:02 pm

Sunrise

5:27 am

Sunset

6:36 pm

Moonrise

3:42 pm

Moonset

3:28 am

Low tide

1:48 am

High tide

7:36 am

Low tide

1:26 pm

High tide

8:10 pm

Hourly Wind

High Bite Hours Highlighted

12am

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11°

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161°

9 km/h

1am

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10°

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137°

8 km/h

2am

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10°

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123°

8 km/h

3am

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10°

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133°

7 km/h

4am

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11°

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159°

7 km/h

5am

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12°

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175°

8 km/h

6am

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12°

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148°

11 km/h

7am

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13°

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158°

11 km/h

8am

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14°

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165°

12 km/h

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14°

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174°

11 km/h

10am

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15°

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189°

10 km/h

11am

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15°

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207°

10 km/h

12pm

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15°

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224°

11 km/h

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233°

12 km/h

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235°

13 km/h

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229°

14 km/h

4pm

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218°

14 km/h

5pm

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14°

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206°

16 km/h

6pm

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14°

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194°

17 km/h

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13°

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186°

19 km/h

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12°

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180°

20 km/h

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175°

19 km/h

10pm

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11°

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168°

18 km/h

11pm

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10°

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161°

16 km/h

Hourly Swell

Easing 1.8 → 1.2 m SW

12am

1.8 m

@ 12 s

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Moderate

ground

1am

1.8 m

@ 12 s

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Moderate

ground

2am

1.8 m

@ 12 s

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Moderate

ground

3am

1.7 m

@ 12 s

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Moderate

ground

4am

1.7 m

@ 12 s

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Moderate

ground

5am

1.7 m

@ 12 s

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Moderate

ground

6am

1.7 m

@ 12 s

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Moderate

ground

7am

1.6 m

@ 12 s

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Moderate

ground

8am

1.6 m

@ 12 s

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Moderate

ground

9am

1.6 m

@ 12 s

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Moderate

ground

10am

1.6 m

@ 12 s

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Moderate

ground

11am

1.5 m

@ 12 s

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Moderate

ground

12pm

1.5 m

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Moderate

ground

1pm

1.5 m

@ 12 s

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Moderate

ground

2pm

1.5 m

@ 12 s

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Moderate

ground

3pm

1.4 m

@ 11 s

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Moderate

ground

4pm

1.4 m

@ 11 s

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Moderate

ground

5pm

1.4 m

@ 11 s

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Moderate

ground

6pm

1.4 m

@ 11 s

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Moderate

ground

7pm

1.4 m

@ 11 s

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Moderate

ground

8pm

1.3 m

@ 11 s

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Moderate

ground

9pm

1.3 m

@ 11 s

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Moderate

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10pm

1.3 m

@ 11 s

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Moderate

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11pm

1.2 m

@ 11 s

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Moderate

ground

Water Temp (°C)

→ steady around 18.3°

Tue

20 Oct

18.5°

Wed

21 Oct

18.5°

Thu

22 Oct

18.4°

Fri

23 Oct

18.3°

Sat

24 Oct

18.2°

Sun

25 Oct

17.9°

Mon

26 Oct

17.7°

Tue

27 Oct

18.1°

Wed

28 Oct

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Thu

29 Oct

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Wind Map

Wind data (text)

Now: 11 km/h SW (224°).

Wind map data: ECMWF HRES (operational), updated every 6 hours. Not for navigation.

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Feeding Windows

Best times to fish based on activity score.

Peak

6:00 pm → 8:00 pm

Good

4:30 am → 6:00 am

1h 30m

Good

9:30 am → 10:30 am

Good

9:30 pm → 11:00 pm

1h 30m

First light

5:02 am

Last light

7:02 pm

Sunrise

5:27 am

Sunset

6:36 pm

Moonrise

3:42 pm

Moonset

3:28 am

Low tide

1:48 am

High tide

7:36 am

Low tide

1:26 pm

High tide

8:10 pm

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