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Leschenault Estuary (Bunbury)

Sat 17 Oct 2026 · Australia/Perth

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📍 Leschenault Estuary (Bunbury)
first quarter · 33%
Weather: Sunny Wind: NW 321° · 14 km/h Swell: 1.6 m @ 10 s W Water: 18.5 °C Pressure: 1014.2 hPa → steady Sheltered water: wind direction matters less here
★★★★☆
High Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 5:00 am
Solunar 75 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 68 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 91 out of 100 NE 8 km/h
Moon 33 out of 100 first quarter all day
Water temp 84 out of 100 18.5 °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 5:09 am Last light 6:56 pm
Low 9:30 am Low 12:20 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
4:30 am → 6:30 am
73
2h
Good
4:30 pm → 8:00 pm
66
3h 30m
Good
9:30 am → 10:30 am
48
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
9:30 am
Low tide
12:20 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☀️
17°
↖︎
NW
326°
8 km/h
1am
☀️
16°
↖︎
NW
329°
7 km/h
2am
☀️
14°
↑︎
N
339°
4 km/h
3am
☀️
13°
↑︎
N
360°
4 km/h
4am
☀️
13°
↑︎
N
20°
5 km/h
5am
☀️
13°
↗︎
NE
36°
8 km/h
6am
☀️
13°
↗︎
NE
43°
11 km/h
7am
☁️
15°
↗︎
NE
42°
13 km/h
8am
☁️
17°
↗︎
NE
29°
13 km/h
9am
☀️
18°
↑︎
N
12°
14 km/h
10am
☀️
20°
↑︎
N
349°
16 km/h
11am
☀️
20°
↖︎
NW
335°
17 km/h
12pm
☀️
20°
↖︎
NW
331°
18 km/h
1pm
☀️
20°
↖︎
NW
329°
18 km/h
2pm
☀️
20°
↖︎
NW
325°
18 km/h
3pm
☀️
20°
↖︎
NW
320°
17 km/h
4pm
☀️
20°
↖︎
NW
315°
17 km/h
5pm
☀️
19°
↖︎
NW
318°
16 km/h
Now
☀️
19°
↖︎
NW
321°
14 km/h
7pm
☀️
18°
↖︎
NW
334°
10 km/h
8pm
☀️
18°
↑︎
N
341°
12 km/h
9pm
☀️
17°
↑︎
N
347°
13 km/h
10pm
☁️
18°
↑︎
N
344°
17 km/h
11pm
🌧️
17°
↖︎
NW
328°
21 km/h
Hourly Swell
Building 1.3 → 1.6 m W
12am
1.3 m
@ 8 s
←︎
W
Moderate
1am
1.3 m
@ 9 s
←︎
W
Moderate
2am
1.3 m
@ 9 s
←︎
W
Moderate
3am
1.3 m
@ 9 s
←︎
W
Moderate
4am
1.4 m
@ 9 s
←︎
W
Moderate
5am
1.4 m
@ 9 s
←︎
W
Moderate
6am
1.4 m
@ 9 s
←︎
W
Moderate
7am
1.4 m
@ 9 s
←︎
W
Moderate
8am
1.4 m
@ 9 s
←︎
W
Moderate
9am
1.5 m
@ 9 s
←︎
W
Moderate
10am
1.5 m
@ 9 s
←︎
W
Moderate
11am
1.5 m
@ 9 s
←︎
W
Moderate
12pm
1.5 m
@ 10 s
←︎
W
Moderate
1pm
1.5 m
@ 10 s
←︎
W
Moderate
2pm
1.5 m
@ 10 s
←︎
W
Moderate
3pm
1.6 m
@ 10 s
←︎
W
Moderate
4pm
1.6 m
@ 10 s
←︎
W
Moderate
5pm
1.6 m
@ 10 s
←︎
W
Moderate
Now
1.6 m
@ 10 s
←︎
W
Moderate
7pm
1.6 m
@ 10 s
←︎
W
Moderate
8pm
1.7 m
@ 10 s
←︎
W
Moderate
9pm
1.6 m
@ 10 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
10pm
1.6 m
@ 10 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
11pm
1.6 m
@ 11 s
←︎
W
Moderate
ground
Water Temp (°C)
↗ warming — up 0.6° over the last 3 days
Wed
14 Oct
17.9°
Thu
15 Oct
18.1°
Fri
16 Oct
18.2°
Sat
17 Oct
18.5°
Sun
18 Oct
18.5°
Mon
19 Oct
18.5°
Tue
20 Oct
18.5°
Wed
21 Oct
18.5°
Thu
22 Oct
18.4°
Fri
23 Oct
18.3°
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 14 km/h NW (321°).

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

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