Why is the Greenough River mouth a mulloway spot?

The river outflow concentrates bait in the surf zone, the gutters either side of the bar are deep enough to hold fish through the tide, and the Southgate Dunes give anglers space to spread out at night. The combination of clean food supply, deeper near-shore water and limited foot traffic produces consistent mulloway from soapies up to genuine quality fish.

Is the bar always open?

No. The bar opens after rainfall and winter storms and closes back over dry summers. The lower river holds bream regardless, but mulloway and tailor fishing at the mouth itself shifts with the bar — when it is closed the fish hold further out in the surf, and when it is open the bait push is more concentrated. Read the bar each visit.

Does the West Coast demersal closure apply here?

From a boat, yes. Cape Burney is in the West Coast Bioregion, where boat-based demersal fishing is closed until spring 2027. It does not apply to land-based fishing, so the south-side rocks stay open for pink snapper and dhufish under a 2-fish mixed demersal bag with 2 pink snapper inside it. Land-based spearfishing for dhufish is the one thing still banned. Check current DPIRD rules before a trip.

Can I fish the river without a boat?

Yes. The lower river is wadable and bank-accessible from the Cape Burney side and produces bream year-round on light spin gear. A boat or kayak helps reach the upstream snags above the bar but is not required for a productive session at the mouth.

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Greenough River Mouth (Cape Burney)

Fri 30 Oct 2026 · Australia/Perth

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📍 Greenough River Mouth (Cape Burney)

waning gibbous · 83%

Weather: Sunny Wind: NW 298° · 12 km/h Swell: 1.0 m @ 10 s SW Water: 20.8 °C Pressure: 1016.2 hPa ↓ falling Faces west · Offshore: NE, E, SE · Onshore: SW, W, NW · Forecast wind: onshore

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Time of day Dawn

Tide Moving

Wind NE 6 km/h

Moon waning gibbous all day

Water temp 20.8 °C all day

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Day Timeline

Major Minor Tide Twilight

First light 5:06 am Last light 7:04 pm

Low 9:19 am

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Feeding Windows

Best times to fish based on activity score.

Peak

3:00 am → 7:00 am

Good

6:00 pm → 8:30 pm

2h 30m

Good

11:00 pm → 12:00 am

Good

3:00 pm → 4:30 pm

1h 30m

First light

5:06 am

Last light

7:04 pm

Sunrise

5:30 am

Sunset

6:40 pm

Moonrise

11:29 pm

Moonset

8:34 am

Low tide

9:19 am

High tide

11:34 pm

Hourly Wind

High Bite Hours Highlighted

12am

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17°

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169°

5 km/h

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16°

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138°

3 km/h

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70°

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15°

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45°

4 km/h

4am

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14°

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41°

5 km/h

5am

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13°

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39°

6 km/h

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14°

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31°

7 km/h

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17°

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18°

8 km/h

8am

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20°

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309°

6 km/h

9am

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22°

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288°

10 km/h

10am

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23°

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283°

11 km/h

11am

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23°

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277°

14 km/h

12pm

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23°

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286°

16 km/h

1pm

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23°

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275°

16 km/h

2pm

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274°

17 km/h

3pm

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278°

19 km/h

4pm

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22°

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273°

19 km/h

5pm

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21°

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271°

18 km/h

6pm

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20°

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266°

16 km/h

7pm

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20°

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274°

11 km/h

8pm

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290°

10 km/h

9pm

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294°

11 km/h

10pm

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19°

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298°

12 km/h

11pm

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19°

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298°

12 km/h

Hourly Swell

Steady ~1.0 m SW

12am

1.2 m

@ 9 s

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Moderate

1am

1.2 m

@ 9 s

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Moderate

2am

1.2 m

@ 9 s

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Moderate

3am

1.2 m

@ 9 s

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Moderate

4am

1.2 m

@ 9 s

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Moderate

5am

1.2 m

@ 9 s

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Moderate

6am

1.2 m

@ 9 s

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Moderate

7am

1.2 m

@ 9 s

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Moderate

8am

1.2 m

@ 9 s

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Moderate

9am

1.1 m

@ 9 s

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Moderate

10am

1.1 m

@ 9 s

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Moderate

11am

1.1 m

@ 9 s

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Moderate

12pm

1.1 m

@ 9 s

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Moderate

1pm

1.1 m

@ 9 s

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Moderate

2pm

1.1 m

@ 9 s

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Moderate

3pm

1.1 m

@ 9 s

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Moderate

4pm

1.1 m

@ 9 s

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Moderate

5pm

1.1 m

@ 9 s

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Moderate

6pm

1.0 m

@ 9 s

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Moderate

7pm

1.0 m

@ 9 s

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Slight

8pm

0.9 m

@ 9 s

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Slight

9pm

0.9 m

@ 9 s

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Slight

10pm

1.0 m

@ 10 s

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Moderate

11pm

1.0 m

@ 10 s

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Moderate

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Water Temp (°C)

↗ warming — up 1.0° over the last 3 days

Tue

27 Oct

19.8°

Wed

28 Oct

19.8°

Thu

29 Oct

20.2°

Fri

30 Oct

20.8°

Sat

31 Oct

20.8°

Sun

1 Nov

20.9°

Mon

2 Nov

21.1°

Tue

3 Nov

21.0°

Wed

4 Nov

21.0°

Thu

5 Nov

21.1°

Wind Map

Wind data (text)

Now: 12 km/h NW (298°).

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

3:00 am → 7:00 am

Good

6:00 pm → 8:30 pm

2h 30m

Good

11:00 pm → 12:00 am

Good

3:00 pm → 4:30 pm

1h 30m

First light

5:06 am

Last light

7:04 pm

Sunrise

5:30 am

Sunset

6:40 pm

Moonrise

11:29 pm

Moonset

8:34 am

Low tide

9:19 am

High tide

11:34 pm

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