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Mackerel Islands (Thevenard Island / Direction Island)

Thu 17 Sep 2026 · Australia/Perth

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📍 Mackerel Islands (Thevenard Island / Direction Island)
waxing crescent · 29%
Weather: Sunny Wind: W 266° · 12 km/h Swell: 0.3 m @ 9 s W Water: 23.7 °C Pressure: 1015.9 hPa → steady
★★★☆☆
Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 6:30 pm
Solunar 0 out of 100 Between windows
Time of day 100 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 50 out of 100 Turning
Wind 82 out of 100 SW 8 km/h
Moon 0 out of 100 waxing crescent all day
Water temp 92 out of 100 23.7 °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 5:52 am Last light 6:36 pm
High 12:41 am Low 7:19 am High 1:21 pm Low 6:47 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
4:30 pm → 8:00 pm
66
3h 30m
Good
5:30 am → 8:00 am
62
2h 30m
First light
5:52 am
Last light
6:36 pm
Sunrise
6:14 am
Sunset
6:14 pm
Moonrise
9:59 am
Moonset
11:01 pm
High tide
12:41 am
Low tide
7:19 am
High tide
1:21 pm
Low tide
6:47 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☀️
25°
↓︎
S
190°
20 km/h
1am
☀️
25°
↓︎
S
160°
20 km/h
2am
☀️
24°
↓︎
S
164°
20 km/h
3am
☁️
24°
↓︎
S
194°
20 km/h
4am
☁️
24°
↓︎
S
193°
17 km/h
5am
☁️
24°
↓︎
S
184°
13 km/h
6am
☁️
24°
↓︎
S
187°
15 km/h
7am
☁️
24°
↓︎
S
178°
16 km/h
8am
☁️
24°
↓︎
S
180°
13 km/h
9am
☁️
24°
↓︎
S
187°
9 km/h
10am
☁️
24°
→︎
E
79°
15 km/h
11am
☁️
24°
↗︎
NE
25°
7 km/h
12pm
☀️
24°
↖︎
NW
327°
7 km/h
1pm
☀️
24°
←︎
W
277°
5 km/h
2pm
☀️
24°
←︎
W
286°
4 km/h
3pm
☁️
24°
↓︎
S
191°
3 km/h
4pm
☀️
24°
↙︎
SW
232°
3 km/h
5pm
☀️
25°
←︎
W
256°
5 km/h
6pm
☀️
25°
↙︎
SW
246°
8 km/h
7pm
☀️
25°
←︎
W
257°
8 km/h
8pm
☀️
25°
←︎
W
267°
9 km/h
9pm
☀️
25°
←︎
W
277°
9 km/h
10pm
☀️
25°
←︎
W
266°
12 km/h
11pm
☀️
25°
←︎
W
261°
15 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.3 m W
12am
0.3 m
@ 9 s
←︎
W
Calm
1am
0.3 m
@ 10 s
←︎
W
Calm
2am
0.3 m
@ 10 s
←︎
W
Calm
3am
0.3 m
@ 10 s
←︎
W
Calm
4am
0.3 m
@ 10 s
←︎
W
Calm
5am
0.3 m
@ 10 s
←︎
W
Calm
6am
0.3 m
@ 10 s
←︎
W
Calm
ground
7am
0.3 m
@ 10 s
←︎
W
Calm
ground
8am
0.3 m
@ 10 s
←︎
W
Calm
ground
9am
0.3 m
@ 10 s
←︎
W
Calm
ground
10am
0.3 m
@ 10 s
←︎
W
Calm
ground
11am
0.3 m
@ 10 s
←︎
W
Calm
ground
12pm
0.3 m
@ 10 s
←︎
W
Calm
ground
1pm
0.3 m
@ 10 s
←︎
W
Calm
ground
2pm
0.3 m
@ 10 s
←︎
W
Calm
ground
3pm
0.3 m
@ 10 s
←︎
W
Calm
4pm
0.3 m
@ 10 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 0.5° over the last 3 days
Mon
14 Sep
23.3°
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°
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 12 km/h W (266°).

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

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