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Challenger Beach (Naval Base)

Fri 18 Sep 2026 · Australia/Perth

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📍 Challenger Beach (Naval Base)
first quarter · 39%
Weather: Cloudy Wind: N 341° · 22 km/h Swell: 1.3 m @ 8 s W Water: 18.8 °C Pressure: 1011.6 hPa ↓ falling
★★★★☆
High Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 6:00 pm
Solunar 80 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 57 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 82 out of 100 NW 18 km/h
Moon 33 out of 100 first quarter all day
Water temp 86 out of 100 18.8 °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 5:48 am Last light 6:34 pm
Low 1:10 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
5:00 pm → 7:30 pm
74
2h 30m
Good
5:30 am → 7:00 am
58
1h 30m
First light
5:48 am
Last light
6:34 pm
Sunrise
6:12 am
Sunset
6:10 pm
Moonrise
10:13 am
Moonset
12:22 am
Low tide
1:10 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☁️
19°
↑︎
N
347°
10 km/h
1am
☁️
19°
↑︎
N
346°
10 km/h
2am
☁️
19°
↑︎
N
347°
10 km/h
3am
☁️
19°
↑︎
N
352°
10 km/h
4am
☁️
19°
↑︎
N
358°
10 km/h
5am
☁️
19°
↑︎
N
5°
10 km/h
6am
☁️
19°
↑︎
N
9°
11 km/h
7am
☁️
19°
↑︎
N
12°
12 km/h
8am
☁️
19°
↑︎
N
10°
12 km/h
9am
☁️
20°
↑︎
N
3°
14 km/h
10am
☁️
20°
↑︎
N
354°
16 km/h
11am
☁️
21°
↑︎
N
347°
19 km/h
12pm
☁️
21°
↑︎
N
341°
22 km/h
1pm
☁️
22°
↖︎
NW
336°
24 km/h
2pm
☁️
22°
↖︎
NW
333°
25 km/h
3pm
🌧️
22°
↖︎
NW
331°
24 km/h
4pm
🌧️
21°
↖︎
NW
329°
23 km/h
5pm
🌧️
20°
↖︎
NW
327°
20 km/h
6pm
🌧️
19°
↖︎
NW
323°
18 km/h
7pm
🌧️
18°
↖︎
NW
319°
16 km/h
8pm
🌧️
17°
↖︎
NW
313°
15 km/h
9pm
🌧️
17°
↖︎
NW
307°
15 km/h
10pm
🌧️
16°
↖︎
NW
303°
17 km/h
11pm
🌧️
16°
↖︎
NW
299°
18 km/h
Hourly Swell
Building 0.8 → 3.4 m W
12am
0.8 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
1am
0.8 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
2am
0.9 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
3am
0.9 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
4am
0.9 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
5am
0.9 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
6am
0.9 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
7am
1.0 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
8am
1.0 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
9am
1.0 m
@ 9 s
←︎
W
Moderate
10am
1.0 m
@ 8 s
←︎
W
Moderate
chop
11am
1.1 m
@ 8 s
←︎
W
Moderate
chop
12pm
1.3 m
@ 8 s
←︎
W
Moderate
1pm
1.5 m
@ 9 s
←︎
W
Moderate
2pm
1.7 m
@ 10 s
←︎
W
Moderate
3pm
1.9 m
@ 10 s
←︎
W
Moderate
4pm
2.2 m
@ 10 s
←︎
W
Solid
5pm
2.5 m
@ 10 s
←︎
W
Solid
6pm
2.6 m
@ 10 s
←︎
W
Solid
7pm
2.8 m
@ 10 s
←︎
W
Solid
ground
8pm
2.9 m
@ 10 s
←︎
W
Solid
ground
9pm
3.1 m
@ 10 s
←︎
W
Heavy
ground
10pm
3.2 m
@ 10 s
←︎
W
Heavy
ground
11pm
3.4 m
@ 10 s
←︎
W
Heavy
ground
Water Temp (°C)
↗ warming — up 0.7° over the last 3 days
Tue
15 Sep
18.1°
Wed
16 Sep
18.5°
Thu
17 Sep
18.6°
Fri
18 Sep
18.8°
Sat
19 Sep
18.8°
Sun
20 Sep
18.3°
Mon
21 Sep
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Tue
22 Sep
—
Wed
23 Sep
—
Thu
24 Sep
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Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 22 km/h N (341°).

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

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