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Dirk Hartog Island (Wirruwana — Outer Shark Bay)

Fri 09 Oct 2026 · Australia/Perth

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📍 Dirk Hartog Island (Wirruwana — Outer Shark Bay)
waning crescent · 5%
Weather: Cloudy Wind: SW 215° · 13 km/h Swell: 2.3 m @ 10 s SW Water: 21.5 °C Pressure: 1015.4 hPa → steady Faces several ways: wind direction isn't scored here
★★★★☆
High Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 5:30 am
Solunar 11 out of 100 Minor window
Time of day 77 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 91 out of 100 S 16 km/h
Moon 0 out of 100 waning crescent all day
Water temp 98 out of 100 21.5 °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 5:35 am Last light 6:53 pm
Low 2:30 am High 8:30 am Low 2:06 pm High 8:42 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
4:30 am → 7:00 am
72
2h 30m
Good
5:00 pm → 8:00 pm
66
3h
Good
9:30 pm → 12:00 am
64
2h 30m
Good
10:30 am → 12:00 pm
62
1h 30m
First light
5:35 am
Last light
6:53 pm
Sunrise
5:58 am
Sunset
6:30 pm
Moonrise
4:53 am
Moonset
5:16 pm
Low tide
2:30 am
High tide
8:30 am
Low tide
2:06 pm
High tide
8:42 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☁️
18°
↓︎
S
190°
24 km/h
1am
☀️
18°
↓︎
S
186°
26 km/h
2am
☁️
18°
↙︎
SW
208°
21 km/h
3am
☁️
18°
↓︎
S
202°
21 km/h
4am
☀️
18°
↓︎
S
200°
17 km/h
5am
☁️
18°
↓︎
S
196°
16 km/h
6am
☁️
18°
↓︎
S
194°
15 km/h
7am
☁️
19°
↙︎
SW
203°
15 km/h
8am
☁️
20°
↓︎
S
202°
15 km/h
9am
☁️
20°
↓︎
S
202°
14 km/h
10am
☁️
20°
↙︎
SW
203°
13 km/h
11am
☁️
21°
↙︎
SW
211°
12 km/h
12pm
☁️
22°
↙︎
SW
215°
13 km/h
1pm
☁️
22°
↙︎
SW
213°
16 km/h
2pm
☁️
21°
↙︎
SW
210°
13 km/h
3pm
☁️
21°
↙︎
SW
208°
13 km/h
4pm
☀️
21°
↙︎
SW
211°
15 km/h
5pm
☀️
21°
↙︎
SW
210°
15 km/h
6pm
☁️
20°
↙︎
SW
207°
16 km/h
7pm
☀️
20°
↙︎
SW
208°
15 km/h
8pm
☀️
20°
↙︎
SW
203°
12 km/h
9pm
☁️
19°
↙︎
SW
203°
12 km/h
10pm
☁️
19°
↓︎
S
197°
13 km/h
11pm
☁️
19°
↓︎
S
191°
13 km/h
Hourly Swell
Building 1.7 → 2.5 m SW
12am
1.7 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
1am
1.7 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
2am
1.8 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
3am
1.8 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
4am
1.9 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
5am
1.9 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
6am
2.0 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
7am
2.0 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
8am
2.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
9am
2.1 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
10am
2.2 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
11am
2.3 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
12pm
2.3 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
1pm
2.3 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
2pm
2.3 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
3pm
2.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
4pm
2.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
5pm
2.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
6pm
2.4 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
7pm
2.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
8pm
2.6 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
9pm
2.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
10pm
2.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
11pm
2.5 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
Water Temp (°C)
→ steady around 21.5°
Tue
6 Oct
21.6°
Wed
7 Oct
21.6°
Thu
8 Oct
21.5°
Fri
9 Oct
21.5°
Sat
10 Oct
21.6°
Sun
11 Oct
21.5°
Mon
12 Oct
21.4°
Tue
13 Oct
21.4°
Wed
14 Oct
21.6°
Thu
15 Oct
21.8°
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 13 km/h SW (215°).

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

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