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Cape Le Grand (Lucky Bay / Hellfire Bay / Thistle Cove)

Sat 17 Oct 2026 · Australia/Perth

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📍 Cape Le Grand (Lucky Bay / Hellfire Bay / Thistle Cove)
first quarter · 33%
Weather: Sunny Wind: SE 154° · 13 km/h Swell: 1.0 m @ 12 s SW Water: 17.7 °C Pressure: 1016.9 hPa → steady Faces south · Offshore: NW, N, NE · Onshore: SE, S, SW · Forecast wind: onshore
★★★★☆
High Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 5:00 am
Solunar 89 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 88 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 82 out of 100 SW 12 km/h
Moon 33 out of 100 first quarter all day
Water temp 79 out of 100 17.7 °C all day
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Activity Forecast

HIGH 70+ MED 50 LOW 30 4a 8a 12p 4p 8p
Day timeline
Major Minor Tide Twilight
First light 4:42 am Last light 6:31 pm
Low 8:30 am Low 3:50 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
4:00 am → 6:00 am
74
2h
Good
4:00 pm → 7:30 pm
62
3h 30m
First light
4:42 am
Last light
6:31 pm
Sunrise
5:07 am
Sunset
6:06 pm
Moonrise
9:16 am
Moonset
—
Low tide
8:30 am
Low tide
3:50 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☀️
16°
↖︎
NW
321°
3 km/h
1am
☀️
17°
↖︎
NW
297°
8 km/h
2am
☀️
17°
←︎
W
287°
11 km/h
3am
☀️
17°
←︎
W
272°
12 km/h
4am
☀️
16°
←︎
W
253°
12 km/h
5am
☀️
17°
↙︎
SW
236°
12 km/h
6am
☀️
17°
↙︎
SW
221°
12 km/h
7am
☀️
18°
↙︎
SW
204°
11 km/h
8am
☀️
19°
↓︎
S
186°
11 km/h
9am
☀️
19°
↓︎
S
173°
11 km/h
10am
☀️
20°
↓︎
S
164°
12 km/h
11am
☀️
21°
↘︎
SE
157°
12 km/h
12pm
☀️
21°
↘︎
SE
154°
13 km/h
1pm
☀️
21°
↘︎
SE
152°
14 km/h
2pm
☀️
21°
↘︎
SE
151°
15 km/h
3pm
☀️
20°
↘︎
SE
149°
15 km/h
4pm
☀️
19°
↘︎
SE
147°
14 km/h
5pm
☀️
18°
↘︎
SE
143°
14 km/h
6pm
☀️
18°
↘︎
SE
135°
14 km/h
7pm
☀️
17°
↘︎
SE
125°
15 km/h
8pm
☀️
16°
↘︎
SE
118°
15 km/h
9pm
☀️
16°
↘︎
SE
114°
13 km/h
10pm
☁️
16°
→︎
E
109°
9 km/h
11pm
☁️
16°
→︎
E
107°
7 km/h
Hourly Swell
Building 0.6 → 1.3 m SW
12am
0.6 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
chop
1am
0.6 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
chop
2am
0.6 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
chop
3am
0.6 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
4am
0.6 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
5am
0.6 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
6am
0.6 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
7am
0.7 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
8am
0.7 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
9am
0.8 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
10am
0.8 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
11am
0.9 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
12pm
1.0 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
1pm
1.0 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
2pm
1.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
3pm
1.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
4pm
1.2 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
5pm
1.2 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
6pm
1.2 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
7pm
1.2 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
8pm
1.3 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
9pm
1.3 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
10pm
1.3 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
11pm
1.3 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
Water Temp (°C)
↗ warming — up 0.5° over the last 3 days
Wed
14 Oct
17.2°
Thu
15 Oct
17.2°
Fri
16 Oct
17.4°
Sat
17 Oct
17.7°
Sun
18 Oct
17.5°
Mon
19 Oct
17.5°
Tue
20 Oct
17.5°
Wed
21 Oct
17.4°
Thu
22 Oct
—
Fri
23 Oct
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Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 13 km/h SE (154°).

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

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