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Denham (Shark Bay)

Fri 16 Oct 2026 · Australia/Perth

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📍 Denham (Shark Bay)
waxing crescent · 24%
Weather: Sunny Wind: SW 222° · 12 km/h Swell: 0.2 m @ 6 s SW Water: 22.3 °C Pressure: 1016.4 hPa → steady Faces south-west · Offshore: N, NE, E · Onshore: S, SW, W · Forecast wind: onshore
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Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 5:00 am
Solunar 69 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 41 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 55 out of 100 Moving
Wind 82 out of 100 S 10 km/h
Moon 0 out of 100 waxing crescent all day
Water temp 96 out of 100 22.3 °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 5:27 am Last light 6:56 pm
High 1:54 am Low 10:10 am High 5:30 pm Low 7:50 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
2:00 am → 7:00 am
68
5h
Good
4:30 pm → 8:00 pm
54
3h 30m
Good
9:00 am → 11:00 am
50
2h
First light
5:27 am
Last light
6:56 pm
Sunrise
5:50 am
Sunset
6:32 pm
Moonrise
9:23 am
Moonset
11:49 pm
High tide
1:54 am
Low tide
10:10 am
High tide
5:30 pm
Low tide
7:50 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☁️
19°
↓︎
S
170°
9 km/h
1am
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19°
↓︎
S
177°
9 km/h
2am
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18°
↓︎
S
180°
9 km/h
3am
☁️
18°
↓︎
S
179°
9 km/h
4am
☁️
17°
↓︎
S
176°
10 km/h
5am
☁️
18°
↓︎
S
172°
10 km/h
6am
☁️
18°
↓︎
S
165°
10 km/h
7am
☀️
20°
↓︎
S
159°
11 km/h
8am
☀️
21°
↓︎
S
158°
11 km/h
9am
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23°
↓︎
S
164°
10 km/h
10am
☀️
24°
↓︎
S
178°
9 km/h
11am
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26°
↓︎
S
200°
9 km/h
12pm
☀️
26°
↙︎
SW
222°
12 km/h
1pm
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25°
↙︎
SW
233°
17 km/h
2pm
☀️
24°
↙︎
SW
237°
21 km/h
3pm
☀️
24°
↙︎
SW
236°
23 km/h
4pm
☀️
24°
↙︎
SW
233°
22 km/h
5pm
☀️
23°
↙︎
SW
228°
21 km/h
6pm
☀️
22°
↙︎
SW
218°
20 km/h
7pm
☀️
21°
↙︎
SW
203°
19 km/h
8pm
☀️
20°
↓︎
S
193°
18 km/h
9pm
☀️
19°
↓︎
S
191°
16 km/h
10pm
☀️
19°
↓︎
S
194°
14 km/h
11pm
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18°
↓︎
S
198°
12 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.3 m SW
12am
Calm
1am
Calm
2am
Calm
3am
Calm
4am
Calm
5am
Calm
6am
Calm
7am
0.2 m
@ 6 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
8am
0.2 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
9am
0.2 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
10am
0.2 m
@ 6 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
11am
0.2 m
@ 6 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
12pm
0.2 m
@ 6 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
1pm
0.2 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
2pm
0.2 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
3pm
0.2 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
4pm
0.2 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
5pm
0.2 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
6pm
0.2 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
7pm
0.2 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
8pm
0.3 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
9pm
0.3 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
10pm
0.3 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
11pm
0.3 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
Water Temp (°C)
↗ warming — up 0.6° over the last 3 days
Tue
13 Oct
21.7°
Wed
14 Oct
22.0°
Thu
15 Oct
22.2°
Fri
16 Oct
22.3°
Sat
17 Oct
22.4°
Sun
18 Oct
22.4°
Mon
19 Oct
22.3°
Tue
20 Oct
22.0°
Wed
21 Oct
21.8°
Thu
22 Oct
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Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 12 km/h SW (222°).

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

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