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Karratha (Nickol Bay / Hearson's Cove)

Wed 12 Aug 2026 · Australia/Perth

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📍 Karratha (Nickol Bay / Hearson's Cove)
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Weather: Sunny Wind: E 74° · 22 km/h Swell: flat Water: 21.8 °C
★★★☆☆
Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 6:30 am
Solunar 33 out of 100 Minor window
Time of day 87 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 15 out of 100 Strong flow
Wind 100 out of 100 SE 17 km/h
Moon 100 out of 100 new all day
Water temp 98 out of 100 21.8 °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
3:00 am → 7:30 am
68
4h 30m
Good
4:30 pm → 7:30 pm
64
3h
Good
10:30 pm → 12:00 am
62
1h 30m
Good
10:30 am → 12:30 pm
51
2h
First light
6:14 am
Last light
6:21 pm
Sunrise
6:37 am
Sunset
5:58 pm
Moonrise
6:09 am
Moonset
5:32 pm
Low tide
3:49 am
High tide
10:01 am
Low tide
4:32 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☀️
18°
↓︎
S
180°
3 km/h
1am
☀️
18°
↓︎
S
162°
4 km/h
2am
☀️
18°
↘︎
SE
150°
6 km/h
3am
☀️
18°
↘︎
SE
138°
8 km/h
4am
☀️
18°
↘︎
SE
128°
11 km/h
5am
☀️
19°
↘︎
SE
120°
14 km/h
6am
☀️
19°
↘︎
SE
114°
17 km/h
7am
☀️
20°
→︎
E
109°
20 km/h
8am
☀️
21°
→︎
E
105°
21 km/h
9am
☀️
22°
→︎
E
99°
22 km/h
10am
☀️
23°
→︎
E
92°
22 km/h
11am
☀️
24°
→︎
E
83°
22 km/h
12pm
☀️
25°
→︎
E
74°
22 km/h
1pm
☀️
26°
↗︎
NE
66°
22 km/h
2pm
☀️
26°
↗︎
NE
61°
22 km/h
3pm
☀️
26°
↗︎
NE
56°
22 km/h
4pm
☀️
26°
↗︎
NE
51°
21 km/h
5pm
☀️
25°
↗︎
NE
47°
21 km/h
6pm
☀️
24°
↗︎
NE
43°
19 km/h
7pm
☀️
23°
↗︎
NE
41°
18 km/h
8pm
☀️
23°
↗︎
NE
39°
16 km/h
9pm
☀️
22°
↗︎
NE
41°
14 km/h
10pm
☀️
21°
↗︎
NE
46°
11 km/h
11pm
☀️
21°
↗︎
NE
61°
7 km/h
Water Temp (°C)
→ steady around 21.8°
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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Sun
16 Aug
—
Mon
17 Aug
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Tue
18 Aug
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Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 22 km/h E (74°).

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

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