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Karratha (Nickol Bay / Hearson's Cove)

Mon 03 Aug 2026 · Australia/Perth

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📍 Karratha (Nickol Bay / Hearson's Cove)
waning gibbous · 78%
Weather: Cloudy Wind: E 74° · 14 km/h Swell: flat Water: 20.7 °C
★★★★☆
High Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 6:30 am
Solunar 0 out of 100 Between windows
Time of day 96 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 100 out of 100 E 13 km/h
Moon 67 out of 100 waning gibbous all day
Water temp 98 out of 100 20.7 °C all day
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Activity Forecast
HIGH 70+ MED 50 LOW 30 4a 8a 12p 4p 8p
Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
5:30 am → 8:00 am
78
2h 30m
Good
5:30 pm → 8:00 pm
70
2h 30m
Good
12:00 am → 2:00 am
53
2h
Good
12:30 pm → 2:00 pm
48
1h 30m
First light
6:19 am
Last light
6:18 pm
Sunrise
6:42 am
Sunset
5:55 pm
Moonrise
10:05 pm
Moonset
9:24 am
High tide
12:52 am
Low tide
7:09 am
High tide
1:02 pm
Low tide
7:23 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☁️
23°
↗︎
NE
32°
10 km/h
1am
☁️
23°
↗︎
NE
39°
7 km/h
2am
☁️
22°
↑︎
N
348°
5 km/h
3am
☁️
22°
↖︎
NW
299°
3 km/h
4am
☁️
22°
↓︎
S
160°
6 km/h
5am
☁️
21°
↘︎
SE
131°
10 km/h
6am
☁️
22°
→︎
E
112°
13 km/h
7am
☁️
22°
→︎
E
105°
14 km/h
8am
☁️
22°
↘︎
SE
125°
15 km/h
9am
☁️
23°
→︎
E
111°
13 km/h
10am
☁️
25°
→︎
E
97°
13 km/h
11am
☁️
27°
→︎
E
84°
14 km/h
12pm
☁️
28°
→︎
E
74°
14 km/h
1pm
☀️
28°
↗︎
NE
62°
16 km/h
2pm
☁️
28°
↗︎
NE
60°
16 km/h
3pm
☀️
27°
↗︎
NE
56°
15 km/h
4pm
☀️
26°
↗︎
NE
50°
15 km/h
5pm
☀️
25°
↗︎
NE
46°
13 km/h
6pm
☀️
23°
↗︎
NE
49°
12 km/h
7pm
☀️
22°
↗︎
NE
59°
8 km/h
8pm
☁️
22°
→︎
E
72°
7 km/h
9pm
☀️
22°
→︎
E
73°
8 km/h
10pm
☁️
21°
→︎
E
69°
7 km/h
11pm
☁️
22°
→︎
E
68°
7 km/h
Water Temp (°C)
↗ warming — up 0.6° over the last 3 days
Fri
31 Jul
20.1°
Sat
1 Aug
20.2°
Sun
2 Aug
20.3°
Mon
3 Aug
20.7°
Tue
4 Aug
21.0°
Wed
5 Aug
21.3°
Thu
6 Aug
21.6°
Fri
7 Aug
21.9°
Sat
8 Aug
22.1°
Sun
9 Aug
22.0°
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 14 km/h E (74°).

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

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