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Dirk Hartog Island (Wirruwana — Outer Shark Bay)

Tue 20 Oct 2026 · Australia/Perth

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📍 Dirk Hartog Island (Wirruwana — Outer Shark Bay)
first quarter · 65%
Weather: Rainy Wind: S 171° · 10 km/h Swell: 1.8 m @ 11 s SW Water: 21.9 °C Pressure: 1016.2 hPa ↓ falling Faces several ways: wind direction isn't scored here
★★★☆☆
Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 5:30 am
Solunar 0 out of 100 Between windows
Time of day 95 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 63 out of 100 S 19 km/h
Moon 33 out of 100 first quarter all day
Water temp 97 out of 100 21.9 °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 5:24 am Last light 6:59 pm
High 1:30 am Low 11:30 am

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
5:00 am → 9:00 am
65
4h
Good
6:30 pm → 8:30 pm
58
2h
Good
1:30 am → 2:30 am
50
1h
Good
11:00 am → 1:00 pm
48
2h
First light
5:24 am
Last light
6:59 pm
Sunrise
5:48 am
Sunset
6:36 pm
Moonrise
1:04 pm
Moonset
1:57 am
High tide
1:30 am
Low tide
11:30 am
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☁️
19°
↓︎
S
165°
28 km/h
1am
☁️
19°
↓︎
S
164°
26 km/h
2am
☁️
19°
↓︎
S
163°
24 km/h
3am
☁️
19°
↓︎
S
161°
23 km/h
4am
☁️
20°
↓︎
S
160°
21 km/h
5am
☁️
20°
↓︎
S
159°
19 km/h
6am
☁️
20°
↓︎
S
158°
18 km/h
7am
☁️
20°
↓︎
S
158°
16 km/h
8am
☁️
20°
↓︎
S
158°
15 km/h
9am
🌧️
21°
↓︎
S
159°
14 km/h
10am
🌧️
21°
↓︎
S
162°
12 km/h
11am
🌧️
22°
↓︎
S
166°
11 km/h
12pm
🌧️
22°
↓︎
S
171°
10 km/h
1pm
🌧️
22°
↓︎
S
176°
10 km/h
2pm
🌧️
23°
↓︎
S
178°
10 km/h
3pm
☁️
22°
↓︎
S
177°
11 km/h
4pm
☁️
22°
↓︎
S
175°
14 km/h
5pm
☁️
21°
↓︎
S
173°
16 km/h
6pm
☀️
21°
↓︎
S
172°
19 km/h
7pm
☀️
20°
↓︎
S
171°
21 km/h
8pm
☀️
20°
↓︎
S
171°
22 km/h
9pm
☀️
20°
↓︎
S
171°
22 km/h
10pm
☀️
19°
↓︎
S
172°
21 km/h
11pm
☀️
19°
↓︎
S
174°
19 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~1.7 m SW
12am
1.7 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
1am
1.7 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
2am
1.7 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
3am
1.7 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
4am
1.6 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
5am
1.6 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
6am
1.6 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
7am
1.7 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
8am
1.7 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
9am
1.8 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
10am
1.8 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
11am
1.8 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
12pm
1.8 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
1pm
1.8 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
2pm
1.8 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
3pm
1.8 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
4pm
1.8 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
5pm
1.8 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
6pm
1.7 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
7pm
1.7 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
8pm
1.7 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
9pm
1.7 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
10pm
1.7 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
11pm
1.7 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
Water Temp (°C)
→ steady around 21.9°
Sat
17 Oct
22.0°
Sun
18 Oct
22.1°
Mon
19 Oct
22.0°
Tue
20 Oct
21.9°
Wed
21 Oct
21.7°
Thu
22 Oct
21.4°
Fri
23 Oct
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Sat
24 Oct
—
Sun
25 Oct
—
Mon
26 Oct
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Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 10 km/h S (171°).

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

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