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Dirk Hartog Island (Wirruwana — Outer Shark Bay)

Mon 12 Oct 2026 · Australia/Perth

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📍 Dirk Hartog Island (Wirruwana — Outer Shark Bay)
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Weather: Cloudy Wind: S 178° · 26 km/h Swell: 2.0 m @ 11 s SW Water: 21.4 °C Pressure: 1017.5 hPa → steady Faces several ways: wind direction isn't scored here
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Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 6:00 am
Solunar 18 out of 100 Minor window
Time of day 68 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 0 out of 100 Slack
Wind 63 out of 100 S 24 km/h
Moon 100 out of 100 new all day
Water temp 99 out of 100 21.4 °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 5:32 am Last light 6:55 pm
Low 5:15 am High 11:18 am Low 2:10 pm High 10:00 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
4:30 am → 7:30 am
63
3h
Good
12:30 am → 2:30 am
58
2h
Good
6:00 pm → 8:30 pm
58
2h 30m
Good
1:00 pm → 2:30 pm
56
1h 30m
First light
5:32 am
Last light
6:55 pm
Sunrise
5:55 am
Sunset
6:32 pm
Moonrise
6:31 am
Moonset
8:09 pm
Low tide
5:15 am
High tide
11:18 am
Low tide
2:10 pm
High tide
10:00 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☀️
19°
↓︎
S
164°
24 km/h
1am
☀️
19°
↓︎
S
164°
24 km/h
2am
☁️
18°
↓︎
S
161°
23 km/h
3am
☁️
18°
↓︎
S
161°
23 km/h
4am
☁️
19°
↓︎
S
164°
22 km/h
5am
☁️
19°
↓︎
S
168°
23 km/h
6am
☁️
19°
↓︎
S
167°
24 km/h
7am
☁️
19°
↓︎
S
163°
26 km/h
8am
☁️
20°
↘︎
SE
155°
24 km/h
9am
☁️
21°
↘︎
SE
150°
20 km/h
10am
☁️
22°
↘︎
SE
147°
16 km/h
11am
☁️
23°
↘︎
SE
155°
14 km/h
12pm
☁️
23°
↓︎
S
177°
15 km/h
1pm
☁️
22°
↓︎
S
190°
21 km/h
2pm
☁️
22°
↓︎
S
196°
21 km/h
3pm
☁️
22°
↓︎
S
198°
22 km/h
4pm
☀️
22°
↓︎
S
192°
25 km/h
5pm
☀️
21°
↓︎
S
189°
28 km/h
6pm
☀️
20°
↓︎
S
186°
29 km/h
7pm
☀️
20°
↓︎
S
183°
28 km/h
8pm
☀️
20°
↓︎
S
180°
28 km/h
9pm
☀️
20°
↓︎
S
178°
26 km/h
10pm
☀️
20°
↓︎
S
178°
26 km/h
11pm
☀️
20°
↓︎
S
179°
27 km/h
Hourly Swell
Easing 2.4 → 2.0 m SW
12am
2.4 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
1am
2.4 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
2am
2.4 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
3am
2.4 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
4am
2.3 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
5am
2.3 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
6am
2.3 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
7am
2.3 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
8am
2.3 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
9am
2.3 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
10am
2.3 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
11am
2.3 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
12pm
2.2 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
1pm
2.2 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
2pm
2.2 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
3pm
2.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
4pm
2.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
5pm
2.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
6pm
2.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
7pm
2.0 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
8pm
2.0 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Solid
ground
9pm
2.0 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
10pm
2.0 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
11pm
2.0 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
Water Temp (°C)
→ steady around 21.4°
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°
Fri
16 Oct
21.9°
Sat
17 Oct
22.0°
Sun
18 Oct
22.1°
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 26 km/h S (178°).

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

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