Can I really catch mulloway off the Port Denison breakwall?

Yes. The end of the south breakwater is the recognised local mulloway spot, fished after dark with whole mulies, fresh tailor heads or live herring on a 6/0 single. Dawn and dusk in light onshore wind is the working window. The fish are not always there, but when the bait push is in the harbour the breakwall consistently produces.

Is the Irwin River mouth always fishable?

No. The bar opens after winter rainfall and closes back over a dry summer. When the mouth is open, the channel fishes for tailor, mulloway and bream on the run-out and the lower river bank produces bream regardless. When closed, the mouth is sand and the action shifts to South Beach gutters and the harbour.

Does the West Coast demersal closure apply at Dongara?

Yes, but only to boats. Port Denison sits in the West Coast Bioregion, where boat-based recreational fishing for demersal scalefish — pink snapper, dhufish and the wider mixed bag — is closed until spring 2027. Land-based fishing off the breakwall, the beaches and the rocks is exempt and stays open year-round with a 2-fish mixed demersal bag. Land-based spearfishing for dhufish is the one shore prohibition. Verify current DPIRD rules before you go.

Where is the boat ramp?

Port Denison harbour's public boat ramp is on the south side — a sealed dual-lane ramp with a catwalk and trailer parking, run by the Shire of Irwin. It fills early on calm weekends through the rock-lobster season.

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Dongara / Port Denison (Harbour / Granny's Beach / South Beach / Irwin River Mouth)

Thu 29 Oct 2026 · Australia/Perth

Forecast updated Thu 29 Oct, 10:02pm AWST

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📍 Dongara / Port Denison (Harbour / Granny's Beach / South Beach / Irwin River Mouth)

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Weather: Sunny Wind: S 196° · 10 km/h Swell: 1.1 m @ 10 s SW Water: 19.8 °C Pressure: 1013.6 hPa → steady Faces west · Offshore: NE, E, SE · Onshore: SW, W, NW · Forecast wind: cross-shore

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Time of day Dawn

Tide Moving

Wind E 7 km/h

Moon waning gibbous all day

Water temp 19.8 °C all day

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Day Timeline

Major Minor Tide Twilight

First light 5:04 am Last light 7:03 pm

Low 8:12 am

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Feeding Windows

Best times to fish based on activity score.

Peak

1:30 am → 6:30 am

Good

6:00 pm → 8:00 pm

Good

1:30 pm → 3:30 pm

Good

7:30 am → 8:30 am

First light

5:04 am

Last light

7:03 pm

Sunrise

5:29 am

Sunset

6:39 pm

Moonrise

10:27 pm

Moonset

7:28 am

Low tide

8:12 am

Hourly Wind

High Bite Hours Highlighted

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Hourly Swell

Building 0.7 → 1.1 m SW

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Water Temp (°C)

↗ warming — up 0.4° over the last 3 days

Mon

26 Oct

19.4°

Tue

27 Oct

19.5°

Wed

28 Oct

19.4°

Thu

29 Oct

19.8°

Fri

30 Oct

20.4°

Sat

31 Oct

20.7°

Sun

1 Nov

20.9°

Mon

2 Nov

21.2°

Tue

3 Nov

21.4°

Wed

4 Nov

21.5°

Wind Map

Wind data (text)

Now: 10 km/h S (196°).

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

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Feeding Windows

Best times to fish based on activity score.

Peak

1:30 am → 6:30 am

Good

6:00 pm → 8:00 pm

Good

1:30 pm → 3:30 pm

Good

7:30 am → 8:30 am

First light

5:04 am

Last light

7:03 pm

Sunrise

5:29 am

Sunset

6:39 pm

Moonrise

10:27 pm

Moonset

7:28 am

Low tide

8:12 am

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