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Leschenault Estuary (Bunbury)

Sat 17 Oct 2026 · Australia/Perth

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📍 Leschenault Estuary (Bunbury)
first quarter · 33%
Weather: Cloudy Wind: NW 311° · 15 km/h Swell: 1.7 m @ 10 s W Water: 18.2 °C Pressure: 1017.4 hPa → steady Sheltered water: wind direction matters less here
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Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 5:30 am
Solunar 85 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 82 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 0 out of 100 Slack
Wind 91 out of 100 NW 8 km/h
Moon 33 out of 100 first quarter all day
Water temp 82 out of 100 18.2 °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 5:09 am Last light 6:56 pm
Low 8:50 am Low 12:10 pm High 10:54 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
4:30 am → 6:30 am
67
2h
Good
4:30 pm → 8:00 pm
66
3h 30m
Good
9:30 am → 10:30 am
50
1h
First light
5:09 am
Last light
6:56 pm
Sunrise
5:34 am
Sunset
6:31 pm
Moonrise
9:46 am
Moonset
12:02 am
Low tide
8:50 am
Low tide
12:10 pm
High tide
10:54 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☀️
17°
↖︎
NW
314°
15 km/h
1am
☁️
17°
↖︎
NW
320°
14 km/h
2am
☁️
17°
↖︎
NW
324°
13 km/h
3am
☁️
17°
↖︎
NW
324°
11 km/h
4am
☁️
17°
↖︎
NW
321°
9 km/h
5am
☁️
16°
↖︎
NW
321°
8 km/h
6am
🌧️
16°
↖︎
NW
327°
7 km/h
7am
🌧️
16°
↑︎
N
340°
6 km/h
8am
🌧️
17°
↑︎
N
343°
6 km/h
9am
🌧️
18°
↖︎
NW
329°
8 km/h
10am
🌧️
19°
↖︎
NW
316°
10 km/h
11am
🌧️
19°
↖︎
NW
311°
13 km/h
12pm
☁️
20°
↖︎
NW
311°
15 km/h
1pm
☀️
20°
↖︎
NW
312°
15 km/h
2pm
☀️
20°
↖︎
NW
312°
16 km/h
3pm
☀️
20°
↖︎
NW
310°
15 km/h
4pm
☀️
19°
↖︎
NW
307°
15 km/h
5pm
☁️
19°
↖︎
NW
304°
14 km/h
6pm
☁️
19°
↖︎
NW
301°
13 km/h
7pm
☀️
18°
↖︎
NW
297°
12 km/h
8pm
☀️
18°
←︎
W
292°
11 km/h
9pm
🌧️
17°
←︎
W
287°
11 km/h
10pm
🌧️
17°
←︎
W
282°
12 km/h
11pm
🌧️
17°
←︎
W
274°
11 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~1.4 m W
12am
1.4 m
@ 9 s
←︎
W
Moderate
1am
1.5 m
@ 9 s
←︎
W
Moderate
2am
1.5 m
@ 8 s
←︎
W
Moderate
3am
1.6 m
@ 8 s
←︎
W
Moderate
4am
1.6 m
@ 9 s
←︎
W
Moderate
5am
1.7 m
@ 9 s
←︎
W
Moderate
6am
1.7 m
@ 9 s
←︎
W
Moderate
7am
1.7 m
@ 9 s
←︎
W
Moderate
8am
1.7 m
@ 9 s
←︎
W
Moderate
9am
1.7 m
@ 9 s
←︎
W
Moderate
10am
1.6 m
@ 9 s
←︎
W
Moderate
11am
1.6 m
@ 9 s
←︎
W
Moderate
12pm
1.7 m
@ 10 s
←︎
W
Moderate
1pm
1.7 m
@ 10 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
2pm
1.7 m
@ 10 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
3pm
1.7 m
@ 11 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
4pm
1.6 m
@ 11 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
5pm
1.6 m
@ 12 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
6pm
1.5 m
@ 12 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
7pm
1.5 m
@ 12 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
8pm
1.5 m
@ 12 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
9pm
1.4 m
@ 12 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
10pm
1.4 m
@ 12 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
11pm
1.4 m
@ 12 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
Water Temp (°C)
→ steady around 18.2°
Wed
14 Oct
17.9°
Thu
15 Oct
18.0°
Fri
16 Oct
18.0°
Sat
17 Oct
18.2°
Sun
18 Oct
18.3°
Mon
19 Oct
18.2°
Tue
20 Oct
18.2°
Wed
21 Oct
18.2°
Thu
22 Oct
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Fri
23 Oct
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Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 15 km/h NW (311°).

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

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