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Karratha (Nickol Bay / Hearson's Cove)

Sun 09 Aug 2026 · Australia/Perth

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📍 Karratha (Nickol Bay / Hearson's Cove)
waning crescent · 18%
Weather: Sunny Wind: E 92° · 18 km/h Swell: flat Water: 22.0 °C
★★★☆☆
Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 6:30 pm
Solunar 0 out of 100 Between windows
Time of day 71 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 50 out of 100 Turning
Wind 91 out of 100 N 9 km/h
Moon 0 out of 100 waning crescent all day
Water temp 97 out of 100 22.0 °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 pm → 10:00 pm
65
4h 30m
Good
5:30 am → 7:30 am
60
2h
Good
12:30 pm → 3:00 pm
53
2h 30m
Good
8:30 am → 9:30 am
51
1h
First light
6:16 am
Last light
6:20 pm
Sunrise
6:39 am
Sunset
5:57 pm
Moonrise
3:17 am
Moonset
2:08 pm
High tide
5:04 am
Low tide
12:38 pm
High tide
7:30 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☀️
23°
↓︎
S
166°
20 km/h
1am
☀️
23°
↓︎
S
162°
19 km/h
2am
☀️
22°
↓︎
S
158°
19 km/h
3am
☀️
21°
↘︎
SE
152°
19 km/h
4am
☀️
20°
↘︎
SE
144°
20 km/h
5am
☀️
19°
↘︎
SE
137°
20 km/h
6am
☀️
19°
↘︎
SE
132°
21 km/h
7am
☀️
19°
↘︎
SE
127°
22 km/h
8am
☀️
19°
↘︎
SE
123°
22 km/h
9am
☀️
20°
↘︎
SE
118°
22 km/h
10am
☀️
22°
↘︎
SE
113°
22 km/h
11am
☀️
23°
→︎
E
107°
20 km/h
12pm
☀️
24°
→︎
E
92°
18 km/h
1pm
☀️
25°
→︎
E
70°
16 km/h
2pm
☀️
25°
↗︎
NE
51°
16 km/h
3pm
☀️
25°
↗︎
NE
40°
16 km/h
4pm
☀️
25°
↗︎
NE
32°
14 km/h
5pm
☀️
24°
↗︎
NE
24°
12 km/h
6pm
☀️
23°
↑︎
N
8°
9 km/h
7pm
☀️
22°
↖︎
NW
326°
5 km/h
8pm
☀️
22°
←︎
W
275°
6 km/h
9pm
☁️
21°
←︎
W
250°
8 km/h
10pm
☁️
21°
↙︎
SW
234°
10 km/h
11pm
☁️
21°
↙︎
SW
226°
11 km/h
Water Temp (°C)
↗ warming — up 0.4° over the last 3 days
Thu
6 Aug
21.6°
Fri
7 Aug
21.9°
Sat
8 Aug
22.1°
Sun
9 Aug
22.0°
Mon
10 Aug
22.0°
Tue
11 Aug
21.9°
Wed
12 Aug
21.8°
Thu
13 Aug
21.6°
Fri
14 Aug
21.6°
Sat
15 Aug
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Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 18 km/h E (92°).

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

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