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Karratha (Nickol Bay / Hearson's Cove)

Fri 18 Sep 2026 · Australia/Perth

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📍 Karratha (Nickol Bay / Hearson's Cove)
first quarter · 39%
Weather: Sunny Wind: NW 301° · 13 km/h Swell: flat Water: 25.4 °C Pressure: 1014.8 hPa ↓ falling
★★★☆☆
Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 6:00 pm
Solunar 74 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 62 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 15 out of 100 Strong flow
Wind 82 out of 100 NW 13 km/h
Moon 33 out of 100 first quarter all day
Water temp 86 out of 100 25.4 °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 5:44 am Last light 6:29 pm
High 1:24 am Low 8:03 am High 1:53 pm Low 7:49 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
5:30 pm → 8:00 pm
67
2h 30m
Good
5:30 am → 7:00 am
53
1h 30m
Good
1:00 am → 1:30 am
48
30m
First light
5:44 am
Last light
6:29 pm
Sunrise
6:06 am
Sunset
6:07 pm
Moonrise
10:41 am
Moonset
11:46 pm
High tide
1:24 am
Low tide
8:03 am
High tide
1:53 pm
Low tide
7:49 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☀️
23°
↙︎
SW
216°
8 km/h
1am
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23°
↙︎
SW
220°
6 km/h
2am
☀️
22°
↓︎
S
201°
6 km/h
3am
☀️
22°
↙︎
SW
207°
7 km/h
4am
☀️
22°
↘︎
SE
153°
2 km/h
5am
☀️
22°
↓︎
S
170°
5 km/h
6am
☀️
22°
↘︎
SE
147°
12 km/h
7am
☀️
23°
↓︎
S
171°
11 km/h
8am
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26°
↘︎
SE
129°
2 km/h
9am
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29°
↘︎
SE
135°
6 km/h
10am
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32°
↘︎
SE
141°
6 km/h
11am
☀️
34°
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E
68°
6 km/h
12pm
☀️
34°
↗︎
NE
38°
11 km/h
1pm
☀️
33°
↑︎
N
18°
16 km/h
2pm
☀️
34°
↑︎
N
19°
12 km/h
3pm
☀️
33°
↑︎
N
4°
11 km/h
4pm
☀️
31°
↖︎
NW
336°
17 km/h
5pm
☀️
28°
↖︎
NW
321°
16 km/h
6pm
☀️
26°
↖︎
NW
311°
13 km/h
7pm
☀️
25°
↖︎
NW
318°
12 km/h
8pm
☀️
25°
↖︎
NW
320°
10 km/h
9pm
☀️
25°
↖︎
NW
311°
11 km/h
10pm
☀️
25°
↖︎
NW
301°
13 km/h
11pm
☁️
25°
←︎
W
282°
11 km/h
Hourly Swell
Flat all day
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1am
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2am
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3am
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5am
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6am
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7am
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8am
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9am
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10am
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11am
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12pm
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1pm
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2pm
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3pm
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4pm
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5pm
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6pm
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7pm
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8pm
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9pm
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10pm
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11pm
Calm
Water Temp (°C)
↗ warming — up 0.6° over the last 3 days
Tue
15 Sep
24.9°
Wed
16 Sep
25.0°
Thu
17 Sep
25.1°
Fri
18 Sep
25.5°
Sat
19 Sep
25.8°
Sun
20 Sep
26.0°
Mon
21 Sep
26.1°
Tue
22 Sep
26.2°
Wed
23 Sep
26.3°
Thu
24 Sep
26.1°
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 13 km/h NW (301°).

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

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