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Mackerel Islands (Thevenard Island / Direction Island)

Fri 18 Sep 2026 · Australia/Perth

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📍 Mackerel Islands (Thevenard Island / Direction Island)
first quarter · 39%
Weather: Sunny Wind: SW 239° · 27 km/h Swell: 0.2 m @ 9 s W Water: 24.1 °C Pressure: 1017.1 hPa ↑ rising
★★★★☆
High Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 6:30 pm
Solunar 44 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 100 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 50 out of 100 Turning
Wind 82 out of 100 W 13 km/h
Moon 33 out of 100 first quarter all day
Water temp 90 out of 100 24.1 °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 5:52 am Last light 6:37 pm
High 1:04 am Low 7:50 am High 1:43 pm Low 7:07 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
5:00 pm → 8:00 pm
76
3h
Good
5:30 am → 9:00 am
66
3h 30m
Good
10:30 am → 11:30 am
46
1h
Good
1:00 am → 1:30 am
45
30m
First light
5:52 am
Last light
6:37 pm
Sunrise
6:13 am
Sunset
6:15 pm
Moonrise
10:47 am
Moonset
11:56 pm
High tide
1:04 am
Low tide
7:50 am
High tide
1:43 pm
Low tide
7:07 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☁️
25°
←︎
W
257°
15 km/h
1am
☀️
25°
↙︎
SW
242°
15 km/h
2am
☀️
24°
↙︎
SW
215°
14 km/h
3am
☀️
24°
↓︎
S
196°
13 km/h
4am
☀️
24°
↓︎
S
173°
14 km/h
5am
☀️
24°
↘︎
SE
141°
15 km/h
6am
☀️
24°
↘︎
SE
129°
14 km/h
7am
☀️
24°
→︎
E
108°
13 km/h
8am
☀️
24°
→︎
E
87°
16 km/h
9am
☀️
24°
→︎
E
93°
17 km/h
10am
☀️
24°
→︎
E
89°
14 km/h
11am
☀️
25°
↗︎
NE
42°
8 km/h
12pm
☀️
25°
↖︎
NW
330°
13 km/h
1pm
☀️
25°
↖︎
NW
325°
17 km/h
2pm
☀️
25°
↖︎
NW
301°
13 km/h
3pm
☀️
25°
←︎
W
289°
13 km/h
4pm
☀️
25°
←︎
W
287°
13 km/h
5pm
☀️
25°
←︎
W
279°
14 km/h
6pm
☀️
25°
←︎
W
278°
13 km/h
7pm
☀️
25°
←︎
W
274°
13 km/h
8pm
☀️
25°
←︎
W
265°
17 km/h
9pm
☀️
25°
←︎
W
249°
26 km/h
Now
☀️
24°
↙︎
SW
239°
27 km/h
11pm
☀️
24°
↙︎
SW
222°
24 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.2 m W
12am
0.3 m
@ 9 s
←︎
W
Calm
1am
0.3 m
@ 9 s
←︎
W
Calm
2am
0.3 m
@ 9 s
←︎
W
Calm
3am
0.3 m
@ 9 s
←︎
W
Calm
4am
0.3 m
@ 9 s
←︎
W
Calm
5am
0.3 m
@ 9 s
←︎
W
Calm
6am
0.3 m
@ 9 s
←︎
W
Calm
7am
0.2 m
@ 9 s
←︎
W
Calm
8am
0.2 m
@ 9 s
←︎
W
Calm
9am
0.2 m
@ 9 s
←︎
W
Calm
10am
0.2 m
@ 9 s
←︎
W
Calm
11am
0.2 m
@ 9 s
←︎
W
Calm
12pm
0.2 m
@ 9 s
←︎
W
Calm
1pm
0.2 m
@ 9 s
←︎
W
Calm
2pm
0.2 m
@ 9 s
←︎
W
Calm
3pm
0.2 m
@ 9 s
←︎
W
Calm
4pm
0.2 m
@ 9 s
←︎
W
Calm
5pm
0.2 m
@ 9 s
←︎
W
Calm
6pm
0.2 m
@ 9 s
←︎
W
Calm
7pm
0.2 m
@ 9 s
←︎
W
Calm
8pm
0.2 m
@ 9 s
←︎
W
Calm
9pm
0.2 m
@ 9 s
←︎
W
Calm
Now
0.2 m
@ 9 s
←︎
W
Calm
11pm
0.2 m
@ 9 s
←︎
W
Calm
Water Temp (°C)
↗ warming — up 0.7° over the last 3 days
Tue
15 Sep
23.4°
Wed
16 Sep
23.5°
Thu
17 Sep
23.8°
Fri
18 Sep
24.1°
Sat
19 Sep
24.3°
Sun
20 Sep
24.3°
Mon
21 Sep
24.2°
Tue
22 Sep
24.2°
Wed
23 Sep
24.0°
Thu
24 Sep
23.9°
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 27 km/h SW (239°).

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

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