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Exmouth (North Ningaloo / North West Cape)

Thu 17 Sep 2026 · Australia/Perth

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📍 Exmouth (North Ningaloo / North West Cape)
waxing crescent · 29%
Weather: Cloudy Wind: SW 245° · 7 km/h Swell: flat Water: 23.7 °C Pressure: 1016.2 hPa → steady
★★★☆☆
Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 6:30 pm
Solunar 0 out of 100 Between windows
Time of day 95 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 82 out of 100 NW 7 km/h
Moon 0 out of 100 waxing crescent all day
Water temp 92 out of 100 23.7 °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 5:56 am Last light 6:40 pm
High 1:20 am Low 7:57 am High 1:57 pm Low 7:34 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
4:30 pm → 8:30 pm
64
4h
Good
5:30 am → 7:30 am
58
2h
Good
12:30 am → 1:30 am
48
1h
First light
5:56 am
Last light
6:40 pm
Sunrise
6:18 am
Sunset
6:18 pm
Moonrise
10:02 am
Moonset
11:05 pm
High tide
1:20 am
Low tide
7:57 am
High tide
1:57 pm
Low tide
7:34 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☁️
22°
↓︎
S
175°
18 km/h
1am
☀️
22°
↓︎
S
177°
19 km/h
2am
☁️
22°
↓︎
S
176°
19 km/h
3am
☀️
22°
↓︎
S
170°
17 km/h
4am
☀️
21°
↓︎
S
160°
16 km/h
5am
☁️
21°
↓︎
S
165°
16 km/h
6am
☁️
22°
↓︎
S
167°
16 km/h
7am
☀️
22°
↓︎
S
170°
17 km/h
8am
☁️
25°
↓︎
S
168°
16 km/h
9am
☁️
26°
↓︎
S
163°
14 km/h
10am
☁️
27°
↓︎
S
166°
13 km/h
11am
☁️
28°
↘︎
SE
148°
8 km/h
12pm
☁️
28°
→︎
E
102°
7 km/h
1pm
☁️
29°
↗︎
NE
59°
1 km/h
2pm
☀️
31°
↗︎
NE
36°
6 km/h
3pm
☀️
32°
↑︎
N
15°
5 km/h
4pm
☀️
32°
↑︎
N
342°
6 km/h
5pm
☀️
31°
↖︎
NW
326°
8 km/h
6pm
☀️
29°
↖︎
NW
306°
7 km/h
7pm
☀️
28°
←︎
W
270°
6 km/h
8pm
☀️
27°
←︎
W
248°
6 km/h
9pm
☀️
26°
↙︎
SW
240°
6 km/h
10pm
☀️
24°
↙︎
SW
245°
7 km/h
11pm
☀️
24°
←︎
W
253°
8 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.0 m SE
12am
Calm
1am
Calm
2am
Calm
3am
Calm
4am
Calm
5am
Calm
6am
Calm
7am
Calm
8am
Calm
9am
Calm
10am
Calm
11am
Calm
12pm
Calm
1pm
Calm
2pm
0.0 m
@ 6 s
↗︎
NE
Calm
chop
3pm
0.0 m
@ 6 s
↗︎
NE
Calm
chop
4pm
0.0 m
@ 6 s
↗︎
NE
Calm
chop
5pm
0.0 m
@ 6 s
↗︎
NE
Calm
chop
6pm
0.0 m
@ 6 s
↗︎
NE
Calm
chop
7pm
0.0 m
@ 6 s
↗︎
NE
Calm
chop
8pm
0.0 m
@ 6 s
↗︎
NE
Calm
chop
9pm
Calm
10pm
Calm
11pm
Calm
Water Temp (°C)
↗ warming — up 0.4° over the last 3 days
Mon
14 Sep
23.3°
Tue
15 Sep
23.3°
Wed
16 Sep
23.5°
Thu
17 Sep
23.7°
Fri
18 Sep
23.8°
Sat
19 Sep
23.8°
Sun
20 Sep
23.8°
Mon
21 Sep
23.7°
Tue
22 Sep
23.8°
Wed
23 Sep
23.8°
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 7 km/h SW (245°).

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

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