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Golden Bay

Sat 17 Oct 2026 · Australia/Perth

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📍 Golden Bay
first quarter · 33%
Weather: Rainy Wind: NW 297° · 13 km/h Swell: 1.4 m @ 12 s SW Water: 18.8 °C Pressure: 1017.7 hPa → steady Faces west · Offshore: NE, E, SE · Onshore: SW, W, NW · Forecast wind: onshore
★★★★☆
High Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 5:30 am
Solunar 85 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 83 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 0 out of 100 Slack
Wind 100 out of 100 NE 6 km/h
Moon 33 out of 100 first quarter all day
Water temp 86 out of 100 18.8 °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 5:10 am Last light 6:55 pm
Low 9:30 am Low 12:00 pm High 11:00 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
4:30 am → 7:00 am
75
2h 30m
Good
4:30 pm → 7:30 pm
59
3h
Good
9:00 am → 10:30 am
51
1h 30m
First light
5:10 am
Last light
6:55 pm
Sunrise
5:34 am
Sunset
6:30 pm
Moonrise
9:48 am
Moonset
—
Low tide
9:30 am
Low tide
12:00 pm
High tide
11:00 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☀️
15°
↖︎
NW
322°
6 km/h
1am
☁️
15°
↖︎
NW
319°
5 km/h
2am
☁️
15°
↖︎
NW
324°
4 km/h
3am
☁️
14°
↑︎
N
354°
4 km/h
4am
☁️
13°
↗︎
NE
29°
5 km/h
5am
☀️
13°
↗︎
NE
40°
6 km/h
6am
☀️
14°
↗︎
NE
37°
7 km/h
7am
☀️
16°
↗︎
NE
28°
8 km/h
8am
☀️
18°
↑︎
N
16°
8 km/h
9am
☀️
19°
↑︎
N
351°
8 km/h
10am
☁️
20°
↖︎
NW
322°
9 km/h
11am
☁️
21°
↖︎
NW
305°
11 km/h
12pm
🌧️
21°
↖︎
NW
297°
13 km/h
1pm
🌧️
21°
←︎
W
291°
14 km/h
2pm
🌧️
21°
←︎
W
286°
14 km/h
3pm
☀️
21°
←︎
W
281°
14 km/h
4pm
☀️
20°
←︎
W
276°
13 km/h
5pm
☀️
20°
←︎
W
271°
12 km/h
6pm
☀️
19°
←︎
W
264°
10 km/h
7pm
☀️
18°
←︎
W
252°
7 km/h
8pm
☀️
17°
↙︎
SW
237°
6 km/h
9pm
☀️
17°
↙︎
SW
232°
6 km/h
10pm
☀️
16°
↙︎
SW
236°
6 km/h
11pm
☀️
16°
↙︎
SW
238°
6 km/h
Hourly Swell
Building 1.3 → 1.6 m SW
12am
1.3 m
@ 10 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
1am
1.3 m
@ 10 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
2am
1.3 m
@ 10 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
3am
1.3 m
@ 11 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
4am
1.4 m
@ 11 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
5am
1.4 m
@ 11 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
6am
1.4 m
@ 11 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
7am
1.4 m
@ 11 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
8am
1.5 m
@ 11 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
9am
1.4 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
10am
1.4 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
11am
1.4 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
12pm
1.4 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
1pm
1.5 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
2pm
1.5 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
3pm
1.5 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
4pm
1.5 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
5pm
1.5 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
6pm
1.5 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
7pm
1.5 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
8pm
1.5 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
9pm
1.5 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
10pm
1.6 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
11pm
1.6 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
Water Temp (°C)
↗ warming — up 0.8° over the last 3 days
Wed
14 Oct
18.0°
Thu
15 Oct
18.4°
Fri
16 Oct
18.5°
Sat
17 Oct
18.8°
Sun
18 Oct
19.1°
Mon
19 Oct
18.9°
Tue
20 Oct
18.8°
Wed
21 Oct
18.7°
Thu
22 Oct
—
Fri
23 Oct
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Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 13 km/h NW (297°).

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

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