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Karratha (Nickol Bay / Hearson's Cove)

Mon 21 Sep 2026 · Australia/Perth

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📍 Karratha (Nickol Bay / Hearson's Cove)
waxing gibbous · 70%
Weather: Sunny Wind: SW 230° · 7 km/h Swell: 0.1 m @ 7 s W Water: 26.2 °C Pressure: 1014.9 hPa → steady
★★★☆☆
Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 6:00 am
Solunar 0 out of 100 Between windows
Time of day 81 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 55 out of 100 Moving
Wind 91 out of 100 S 7 km/h
Moon 67 out of 100 waxing gibbous all day
Water temp 83 out of 100 26.2 °C all day
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Activity Forecast
Now
HIGH 70+ MED 50 LOW 30 4a 8a 12p 4p 8p
Day timeline
Major Minor Tide Twilight
First light 5:41 am Last light 6:30 pm
High 2:43 am Low 11:10 am High 9:21 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
5:00 am → 7:00 am
60
2h
Good
6:00 pm → 9:30 pm
57
3h 30m
Good
1:00 pm → 2:00 pm
49
1h
Good
11:00 am → 12:00 pm
46
1h
First light
5:41 am
Last light
6:30 pm
Sunrise
6:03 am
Sunset
6:08 pm
Moonrise
1:20 pm
Moonset
2:16 am
High tide
2:43 am
Low tide
11:10 am
High tide
9:21 pm
Low tide
11:47 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☀️
25°
←︎
W
270°
16 km/h
1am
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25°
←︎
W
264°
14 km/h
2am
☀️
25°
←︎
W
258°
14 km/h
3am
☀️
25°
↙︎
SW
245°
11 km/h
4am
☀️
24°
↙︎
SW
230°
7 km/h
5am
☀️
23°
↙︎
SW
207°
6 km/h
Now
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23°
↓︎
S
172°
7 km/h
7am
☀️
25°
↘︎
SE
134°
11 km/h
8am
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27°
↘︎
SE
115°
11 km/h
9am
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30°
→︎
E
105°
14 km/h
10am
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32°
→︎
E
93°
15 km/h
11am
☀️
33°
↗︎
NE
58°
16 km/h
12pm
☀️
32°
↗︎
NE
43°
18 km/h
1pm
☀️
32°
↗︎
NE
41°
17 km/h
2pm
☀️
32°
↗︎
NE
41°
16 km/h
3pm
☀️
32°
↗︎
NE
37°
13 km/h
4pm
☀️
31°
↑︎
N
15°
11 km/h
5pm
☀️
30°
↑︎
N
347°
11 km/h
6pm
☀️
27°
↖︎
NW
319°
13 km/h
7pm
☀️
25°
↖︎
NW
307°
12 km/h
8pm
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25°
↖︎
NW
298°
12 km/h
9pm
☀️
25°
↖︎
NW
297°
12 km/h
10pm
☀️
25°
←︎
W
292°
12 km/h
11pm
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25°
←︎
W
266°
10 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.1 m W
12am
Calm
1am
Calm
2am
0.1 m
@ 7 s
←︎
W
Calm
chop
3am
0.1 m
@ 7 s
←︎
W
Calm
chop
4am
0.1 m
@ 7 s
←︎
W
Calm
chop
5am
0.1 m
@ 7 s
←︎
W
Calm
chop
Now
0.1 m
@ 7 s
←︎
W
Calm
chop
7am
0.1 m
@ 7 s
←︎
W
Calm
chop
8am
0.1 m
@ 7 s
←︎
W
Calm
chop
9am
0.1 m
@ 7 s
←︎
W
Calm
chop
10am
0.1 m
@ 7 s
←︎
W
Calm
chop
11am
0.1 m
@ 7 s
←︎
W
Calm
chop
12pm
Calm
1pm
Calm
2pm
Calm
3pm
Calm
4pm
Calm
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
Fri
18 Sep
25.5°
Sat
19 Sep
25.8°
Sun
20 Sep
25.9°
Mon
21 Sep
26.2°
Tue
22 Sep
26.4°
Wed
23 Sep
26.5°
Thu
24 Sep
26.5°
Fri
25 Sep
26.3°
Sat
26 Sep
26.2°
Sun
27 Sep
26.1°
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 7 km/h SW (230°).

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

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