Can you fish off the Cervantes jetty?

Yes — the new public jetty has ramped pedestrian access and fishes for the standard mid-coast mix: herring, skippy, garfish, whiting, squid and tailor, with mulloway and the occasional pink snapper or samson off the deeper end. It's a working fishing-port jetty, so respect commercial vessel movement and keep clear of moored cray boats.

Is Hangover Bay worth the drive?

Yes, especially for tailor at dawn or dusk and for mulloway in the gutters at night. It's twelve minutes south of Cervantes inside Nambung National Park (entry fee applies), partially sheltered from southerly winds, and quiet on weekdays. No dogs, but barbecues and toilets are on site.

What's the West Coast demersal closure?

Boat-based recreational demersal fishing in the West Coast Bioregion, Kalbarri to Augusta, is in extended recovery closure to spring 2027. It does not apply to land-based fishing — off the jetty or the rocks you keep a 2-fish mixed demersal bag with 2 pink snapper inside it, and land-based spearfishing for dhufish is the one prohibition. Verify current DPIRD rules before a trip.

How long does the drive from Perth take?

About 2 hours up the Indian Ocean Drive. Last reliable fuel before Cervantes is Lancelin. Caravan parks and accommodation in town make weekend trips practical, and the Pinnacles, Lake Thetis and Hangover Bay turn it into a family-friendly destination.

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Cervantes (Jetty / Hangover Bay / Thirsty Point)

Fri 30 Oct 2026 · Australia/Perth

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📍 Cervantes (Jetty / Hangover Bay / Thirsty Point)

waning gibbous · 83%

Weather: Sunny Wind: NW 317° · 12 km/h Swell: 1.3 m @ 10 s SW Water: 20.1 °C Pressure: 1015.5 hPa ↓ falling Faces west · Offshore: NE, E, SE · Onshore: SW, W, NW · Forecast wind: cross-shore

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At the day's peak · 7:00 pm

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Time of day Dusk

Tide Moving

Wind NW 9 km/h

Moon waning gibbous all day

Water temp 20.1 °C all day

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Day Timeline

Major Minor Tide Twilight

First light 5:01 am Last light 7:05 pm

Low 9:40 am

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Feeding Windows

Best times to fish based on activity score.

Peak

6:00 pm → 8:30 pm

2h 30m

Good

3:00 am → 6:30 am

3h 30m

Good

2:30 pm → 5:00 pm

2h 30m

First light

5:01 am

Last light

7:05 pm

Sunrise

5:26 am

Sunset

6:40 pm

Moonrise

11:32 pm

Moonset

8:27 am

Low tide

9:40 am

Hourly Wind

High Bite Hours Highlighted

12am

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16°

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189°

6 km/h

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16°

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152°

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13°

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52°

3 km/h

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39°

5 km/h

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13°

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22°

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14°

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22°

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18°

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18°

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351°

3 km/h

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20°

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309°

7 km/h

10am

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301°

11 km/h

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301°

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304°

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297°

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317°

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Hourly Swell

Steady ~1.3 m SW

12am

1.4 m

@ 9 s

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Moderate

1am

1.3 m

@ 9 s

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Moderate

2am

1.3 m

@ 10 s

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Moderate

3am

1.4 m

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Moderate

4am

1.4 m

@ 10 s

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Moderate

5am

1.4 m

@ 10 s

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Moderate

6am

1.3 m

@ 9 s

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Moderate

7am

1.3 m

@ 9 s

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Moderate

8am

1.2 m

@ 9 s

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Moderate

9am

1.3 m

@ 9 s

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Moderate

10am

1.3 m

@ 9 s

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Moderate

11am

1.3 m

@ 9 s

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Moderate

12pm

1.3 m

@ 9 s

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Moderate

1pm

1.3 m

@ 9 s

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Moderate

2pm

1.4 m

@ 9 s

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Moderate

3pm

1.3 m

@ 9 s

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Moderate

4pm

1.3 m

@ 9 s

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Moderate

5pm

1.2 m

@ 9 s

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Moderate

6pm

1.2 m

@ 9 s

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Moderate

7pm

1.2 m

@ 10 s

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Moderate

ground

8pm

1.2 m

@ 11 s

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Moderate

ground

9pm

1.2 m

@ 10 s

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Moderate

ground

10pm

1.3 m

@ 10 s

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Moderate

11pm

1.3 m

@ 9 s

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Moderate

Water Temp (°C)

↗ warming — up 0.5° over the last 3 days

Tue

27 Oct

19.6°

Wed

28 Oct

19.7°

Thu

29 Oct

19.9°

Fri

30 Oct

20.1°

Sat

31 Oct

20.1°

Sun

1 Nov

20.2°

Mon

2 Nov

20.3°

Tue

3 Nov

20.4°

Wed

4 Nov

20.4°

Thu

5 Nov

20.4°

Wind Map

Wind data (text)

Now: 12 km/h NW (317°).

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 → 8:30 pm

2h 30m

Good

3:00 am → 6:30 am

3h 30m

Good

2:30 pm → 5:00 pm

2h 30m

First light

5:01 am

Last light

7:05 pm

Sunrise

5:26 am

Sunset

6:40 pm

Moonrise

11:32 pm

Moonset

8:27 am

Low tide

9:40 am

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