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Mackerel Islands (Thevenard Island / Direction Island)

Sat 22 Aug 2026 · Australia/Perth

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📍 Mackerel Islands (Thevenard Island / Direction Island)
first quarter · 65%
Weather: Sunny Wind: W 259° · 10 km/h Swell: 0.4 m @ 10 s W Water: 22.9 °C Pressure: 1019.1 hPa ↓ falling
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Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 6:30 am
Solunar 0 out of 100 Between windows
Time of day 89 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 55 out of 100 Moving
Wind 91 out of 100 S 16 km/h
Moon 33 out of 100 first quarter all day
Water temp 94 out of 100 22.9 °C all day
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Activity Forecast
HIGH 70+ MED 50 LOW 30 4a 8a 12p 4p 8p
Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
5:30 am → 7:30 am
62
2h
Good
5:30 pm → 9:30 pm
58
4h
Good
12:30 pm → 1:30 pm
49
1h
Good
3:00 am → 4:00 am
46
1h
First light
6:15 am
Last light
6:30 pm
Sunrise
6:38 am
Sunset
6:08 pm
Moonrise
12:55 pm
Moonset
2:06 am
High tide
2:56 am
Low tide
10:30 am
High tide
5:30 pm
Low tide
8:40 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☁️
24°
←︎
W
266°
14 km/h
1am
☀️
23°
←︎
W
260°
17 km/h
2am
☀️
23°
↙︎
SW
240°
18 km/h
3am
☀️
23°
↙︎
SW
228°
17 km/h
4am
☀️
23°
↙︎
SW
218°
16 km/h
5am
☀️
22°
↙︎
SW
206°
17 km/h
6am
☀️
22°
↓︎
S
202°
16 km/h
7am
☀️
22°
↓︎
S
197°
15 km/h
8am
☀️
22°
↓︎
S
182°
13 km/h
9am
☀️
22°
↓︎
S
176°
10 km/h
10am
☀️
22°
↓︎
S
163°
5 km/h
11am
☁️
22°
←︎
W
255°
3 km/h
12pm
☀️
22°
←︎
W
259°
10 km/h
1pm
☀️
23°
←︎
W
253°
14 km/h
2pm
☀️
23°
↙︎
SW
246°
20 km/h
3pm
☁️
23°
↙︎
SW
240°
24 km/h
4pm
☀️
23°
↙︎
SW
241°
22 km/h
5pm
☀️
23°
↙︎
SW
244°
22 km/h
6pm
☀️
24°
↙︎
SW
245°
25 km/h
7pm
☀️
24°
↙︎
SW
236°
25 km/h
8pm
☀️
24°
↙︎
SW
223°
25 km/h
9pm
☀️
23°
↙︎
SW
221°
26 km/h
10pm
☀️
23°
↙︎
SW
211°
27 km/h
11pm
☀️
22°
↙︎
SW
205°
29 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.3 m W
12am
0.4 m
@ 10 s
←︎
W
Calm
ground
1am
0.4 m
@ 10 s
←︎
W
Calm
ground
2am
0.4 m
@ 10 s
←︎
W
Calm
ground
3am
0.4 m
@ 10 s
←︎
W
Calm
ground
4am
0.4 m
@ 10 s
←︎
W
Calm
ground
5am
0.4 m
@ 11 s
←︎
W
Calm
ground
6am
0.4 m
@ 10 s
←︎
W
Calm
ground
7am
0.4 m
@ 10 s
←︎
W
Calm
8am
0.3 m
@ 10 s
←︎
W
Calm
9am
0.4 m
@ 10 s
←︎
W
Calm
10am
0.4 m
@ 10 s
←︎
W
Calm
11am
0.4 m
@ 10 s
←︎
W
Calm
12pm
0.4 m
@ 10 s
←︎
W
Calm
1pm
0.4 m
@ 9 s
←︎
W
Calm
2pm
0.3 m
@ 9 s
←︎
W
Calm
3pm
0.3 m
@ 9 s
←︎
W
Calm
4pm
0.3 m
@ 9 s
←︎
W
Calm
5pm
0.3 m
@ 9 s
←︎
W
Calm
6pm
0.3 m
@ 9 s
←︎
W
Calm
7pm
0.3 m
@ 9 s
←︎
W
Calm
8pm
0.3 m
@ 9 s
←︎
W
Calm
9pm
0.3 m
@ 9 s
←︎
W
Calm
10pm
0.3 m
@ 9 s
←︎
W
Calm
11pm
0.3 m
@ 9 s
←︎
W
Calm
Water Temp (°C)
↗ warming — up 0.9° over the last 3 days
Wed
19 Aug
22.0°
Thu
20 Aug
22.3°
Fri
21 Aug
22.6°
Sat
22 Aug
22.9°
Sun
23 Aug
22.9°
Mon
24 Aug
22.8°
Tue
25 Aug
22.8°
Wed
26 Aug
23.1°
Thu
27 Aug
23.4°
Fri
28 Aug
23.1°
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 10 km/h W (259°).

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

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