Do you need a 4WD to fish Ledge Point?

Not for the groyne or main beach — those are sealed-road, walk-on access. The quieter southern beach stretches and the reef patches about 5km south are soft-sand 4WD territory, and the sand here bogs vehicles often enough that dropping tyre pressures and carrying recovery gear is standard practice.

What can you catch at Ledge Point without a boat?

Tailor in the white water over the reef from late spring to autumn, herring year-round, and yellowfin and sand whiting over the calm sand year-round, best from October to April. Mulloway and silver trevally take soft plastics along the reef edges at dawn and dusk, flathead hold near the drop-offs, and the groyne produces herring and the occasional squid.

When do the tailor bite at Ledge Point?

Late afternoon into sunset, with a bit of swell running and preferably the seabreeze in — that combination whitens the water over the ledges and brings the fish on. Late-summer afternoons are the local prime time within a season that runs late spring through autumn. Metal slugs and gang-hooked mullet cast into the wash do the work.

How bad is the weed at Ledge Point?

It's a fact of life here — after any decent blow, weed stacks into the shallows and beach launches and can make stretches unfishable for a day or two. The response is the local one: hunt the cleaner gutters and deeper blue sections, fish the calm early mornings, or move along the beach until you find water that's clear enough to work.

Is Ledge Point good for fishing with kids?

Yes — the groyne is an easy walk-on platform that regularly produces herring, tailor and the occasional squid, and light gear with small baits keeps the action steady. Calm mornings are best, both for the fishing and for small anglers. Footwear matters even here; stinging fish share the shallows.

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Ledge Point (Beach, Groyne & Reef)

Fri 16 Oct 2026 · Australia/Perth

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📍 Ledge Point (Beach, Groyne & Reef)

waxing crescent · 24%

Weather: Sunny Wind: SW 247° · 5 km/h Swell: 2.0 m @ 9 s SW Water: 19.7 °C Pressure: 1016.9 hPa → steady Faces south-west · Offshore: N, NE, E · Onshore: S, SW, W · Forecast wind: onshore

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High Fish Activity

▸ Why this score?

At the day's peak · 5:00 am

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Time of day Dawn

Tide Moving

Wind NE 10 km/h

Moon waxing crescent all day

Water temp 19.7 °C all day

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Activity Forecast

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Day Timeline

Major Minor Tide Twilight

First light 5:14 am Last light 6:54 pm

Low 10:00 am

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Feeding Windows

Best times to fish based on activity score.

Peak

4:00 am → 6:30 am

2h 30m

Good

4:00 pm → 8:00 pm

Good

9:30 am → 10:00 am

30m

First light

5:14 am

Last light

6:54 pm

Sunrise

5:38 am

Sunset

6:30 pm

Moonrise

9:00 am

Moonset

11:56 pm

Low tide

10:00 am

Hourly Wind

High Bite Hours Highlighted

12am

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14°

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360°

1 km/h

1am

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12°

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16°

1 km/h

2am

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10°

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49°

4 km/h

3am

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9°

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47°

4 km/h

4am

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9°

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47°

8 km/h

5am

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9°

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47°

10 km/h

6am

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9°

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49°

11 km/h

7am

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12°

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43°

12 km/h

8am

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17°

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42°

9 km/h

9am

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19°

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23°

6 km/h

10am

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20°

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322°

3 km/h

11am

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21°

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280°

6 km/h

12pm

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21°

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264°

13 km/h

1pm

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20°

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257°

15 km/h

2pm

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20°

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262°

16 km/h

3pm

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20°

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266°

17 km/h

4pm

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20°

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274°

16 km/h

5pm

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19°

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279°

14 km/h

6pm

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18°

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264°

11 km/h

7pm

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17°

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256°

6 km/h

Now

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16°

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247°

5 km/h

9pm

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16°

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246°

4 km/h

10pm

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15°

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251°

4 km/h

11pm

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15°

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246°

6 km/h

Hourly Swell

Building 1.2 → 1.8 m SW

12am

1.2 m

@ 6 s

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Moderate

chop

1am

1.2 m

@ 6 s

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Moderate

chop

2am

1.3 m

@ 6 s

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Moderate

chop

3am

1.4 m

@ 6 s

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Moderate

chop

4am

1.5 m

@ 7 s

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Moderate

chop

5am

1.6 m

@ 7 s

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Moderate

chop

6am

1.6 m

@ 7 s

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Moderate

chop

7am

1.6 m

@ 8 s

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Moderate

chop

8am

1.7 m

@ 8 s

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Moderate

chop

9am

1.7 m

@ 8 s

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Moderate

chop

10am

1.7 m

@ 8 s

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Moderate

chop

11am

1.8 m

@ 8 s

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Moderate

chop

12pm

1.8 m

@ 8 s

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Moderate

chop

1pm

1.8 m

@ 8 s

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Moderate

chop

2pm

1.8 m

@ 8 s

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Moderate

3pm

1.9 m

@ 8 s

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Moderate

4pm

1.9 m

@ 9 s

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Moderate

5pm

2.0 m

@ 9 s

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Solid

6pm

2.0 m

@ 9 s

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Solid

7pm

2.0 m

@ 9 s

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Solid

Now

2.0 m

@ 9 s

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Solid

9pm

2.0 m

@ 9 s

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Moderate

10pm

1.9 m

@ 8 s

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Moderate

11pm

1.8 m

@ 8 s

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Moderate

chop

Water Temp (°C)

↗ warming — up 0.6° over the last 3 days

Tue

13 Oct

19.1°

Wed

14 Oct

19.2°

Thu

15 Oct

19.5°

Fri

16 Oct

19.7°

Sat

17 Oct

19.9°

Sun

18 Oct

20.0°

Mon

19 Oct

19.9°

Tue

20 Oct

20.0°

Wed

21 Oct

20.0°

Thu

22 Oct

19.9°

Wind Map

Wind data (text)

Now: 5 km/h SW (247°).

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

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Feeding Windows

Best times to fish based on activity score.

Peak

4:00 am → 6:30 am

2h 30m

Good

4:00 pm → 8:00 pm

Good

9:30 am → 10:00 am

30m

First light

5:14 am

Last light

6:54 pm

Sunrise

5:38 am

Sunset

6:30 pm

Moonrise

9:00 am

Moonset

11:56 pm

Low tide

10:00 am

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