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Karratha (Nickol Bay / Hearson's Cove)

Thu 05 Nov 2026 · Australia/Perth

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📍 Karratha (Nickol Bay / Hearson's Cove)
waning crescent · 23%
Weather: Sunny Wind: NW 300° · 15 km/h Swell: flat Water: 26.5 °C Pressure: 1010.3 hPa ↓ falling Faces east · Offshore: SW, W, NW · Onshore: NE, E, SE · Forecast wind: offshore
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Medium Fish Activity
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▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 8:30 pm
Solunar 81 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 0 out of 100 Night
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 100 out of 100 W 17 km/h
Moon 0 out of 100 waning crescent all day
Water temp 81 out of 100 26.5 °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 5:05 am Last light 6:47 pm
Low 1:37 am High 8:00 am Low 1:49 pm High 8:30 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
6:00 pm → 10:00 pm
66
4h
Good
8:00 am → 9:30 am
58
1h 30m
Good
4:30 am → 6:30 am
55
2h
Good
2:30 pm → 3:00 pm
47
30m
First light
5:05 am
Last light
6:47 pm
Sunrise
5:28 am
Sunset
6:24 pm
Moonrise
2:38 am
Moonset
2:54 pm
Low tide
1:37 am
High tide
8:00 am
Low tide
1:49 pm
High tide
8:30 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☁️
28°
↙︎
SW
238°
19 km/h
1am
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29°
↙︎
SW
236°
18 km/h
2am
☁️
29°
↙︎
SW
223°
16 km/h
3am
☁️
29°
↙︎
SW
230°
15 km/h
4am
☁️
29°
↙︎
SW
239°
17 km/h
5am
☁️
29°
↙︎
SW
239°
16 km/h
6am
☀️
28°
↙︎
SW
235°
16 km/h
7am
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31°
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SW
229°
14 km/h
8am
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34°
↙︎
SW
230°
10 km/h
9am
☁️
36°
↙︎
SW
247°
5 km/h
10am
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38°
←︎
W
287°
4 km/h
11am
☀️
37°
↖︎
NW
301°
10 km/h
12pm
☀️
37°
↖︎
NW
300°
15 km/h
1pm
☀️
37°
↖︎
NW
310°
12 km/h
2pm
☁️
37°
↖︎
NW
322°
10 km/h
3pm
☀️
36°
↖︎
NW
299°
13 km/h
4pm
☁️
34°
↖︎
NW
293°
15 km/h
5pm
☁️
32°
←︎
W
281°
15 km/h
6pm
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30°
←︎
W
286°
18 km/h
7pm
☁️
30°
←︎
W
277°
16 km/h
8pm
☀️
30°
←︎
W
275°
17 km/h
9pm
☀️
29°
←︎
W
281°
17 km/h
10pm
☀️
28°
←︎
W
283°
14 km/h
11pm
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28°
←︎
W
277°
11 km/h
Hourly Swell
Flat all day
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
Calm
3pm
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4pm
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5pm
Calm
6pm
Calm
7pm
Calm
8pm
Calm
9pm
Calm
10pm
Calm
11pm
Calm
Water Temp (°C)
↗ warming — up 0.7° over the last 3 days
Mon
2 Nov
25.8°
Tue
3 Nov
25.9°
Wed
4 Nov
26.3°
Thu
5 Nov
26.5°
Fri
6 Nov
26.9°
Sat
7 Nov
27.2°
Sun
8 Nov
27.6°
Mon
9 Nov
27.8°
Tue
10 Nov
27.8°
Wed
11 Nov
27.8°
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 15 km/h NW (300°).

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

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