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Mackerel Islands (Thevenard Island / Direction Island)

Sat 17 Oct 2026 · Australia/Perth

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📍 Mackerel Islands (Thevenard Island / Direction Island)
first quarter · 33%
Weather: Sunny Wind: SW 234° · 18 km/h Swell: 0.2 m @ 8 s W Water: 23.9 °C Pressure: 1015.3 hPa ↓ falling Faces several ways: wind direction isn't scored here
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Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 5:30 am
Solunar 89 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 96 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 55 out of 100 Moving
Wind 35 out of 100 S 30 km/h
Moon 33 out of 100 first quarter all day
Water temp 91 out of 100 23.9 °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 5:25 am Last light 6:46 pm
High 12:26 am Low 7:21 am High 1:30 pm Low 6:41 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
5:00 am → 7:00 am
65
2h
Good
5:00 pm → 8:00 pm
59
3h
Good
10:30 am → 11:00 am
45
30m
First light
5:25 am
Last light
6:46 pm
Sunrise
5:47 am
Sunset
6:24 pm
Moonrise
10:22 am
Moonset
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High tide
12:26 am
Low tide
7:21 am
High tide
1:30 pm
Low tide
6:41 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☀️
24°
↙︎
SW
208°
30 km/h
1am
☀️
24°
↓︎
S
201°
31 km/h
2am
☀️
24°
↓︎
S
196°
31 km/h
3am
☀️
23°
↓︎
S
191°
31 km/h
4am
☀️
23°
↓︎
S
187°
31 km/h
5am
☀️
22°
↓︎
S
184°
30 km/h
6am
☀️
22°
↓︎
S
181°
29 km/h
7am
☀️
22°
↓︎
S
180°
28 km/h
8am
☀️
22°
↓︎
S
181°
25 km/h
9am
☀️
23°
↓︎
S
184°
21 km/h
10am
☀️
25°
↓︎
S
193°
17 km/h
11am
☀️
25°
↙︎
SW
210°
15 km/h
12pm
☀️
25°
↙︎
SW
234°
18 km/h
1pm
☀️
24°
←︎
W
249°
24 km/h
2pm
☀️
23°
←︎
W
254°
30 km/h
3pm
☀️
24°
←︎
W
253°
32 km/h
4pm
☀️
25°
←︎
W
249°
32 km/h
5pm
☀️
26°
↙︎
SW
243°
32 km/h
6pm
☀️
26°
↙︎
SW
236°
33 km/h
7pm
☀️
26°
↙︎
SW
229°
34 km/h
8pm
☀️
26°
↙︎
SW
224°
35 km/h
9pm
☀️
25°
↙︎
SW
219°
34 km/h
10pm
☀️
25°
↙︎
SW
215°
31 km/h
11pm
☀️
24°
↙︎
SW
210°
30 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.2 m W
12am
Calm
1am
Calm
2am
Calm
3am
Calm
4am
Calm
5am
Calm
6am
Calm
7am
0.2 m
@ 7 s
←︎
W
Calm
chop
8am
0.2 m
@ 8 s
←︎
W
Calm
9am
0.2 m
@ 8 s
←︎
W
Calm
10am
0.2 m
@ 8 s
←︎
W
Calm
chop
11am
0.2 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
12pm
0.2 m
@ 8 s
←︎
W
Calm
chop
1pm
0.2 m
@ 9 s
←︎
W
Calm
2pm
0.2 m
@ 10 s
←︎
W
Calm
ground
3pm
0.2 m
@ 10 s
←︎
W
Calm
ground
4pm
0.2 m
@ 10 s
←︎
W
Calm
ground
5pm
0.2 m
@ 10 s
←︎
W
Calm
ground
6pm
0.2 m
@ 10 s
←︎
W
Calm
ground
7pm
0.2 m
@ 11 s
←︎
W
Calm
ground
8pm
0.2 m
@ 10 s
←︎
W
Calm
ground
9pm
0.2 m
@ 9 s
←︎
W
Calm
10pm
0.2 m
@ 6 s
←︎
W
Calm
chop
11pm
Calm
Water Temp (°C)
→ steady around 23.9°
Wed
14 Oct
23.6°
Thu
15 Oct
23.6°
Fri
16 Oct
23.8°
Sat
17 Oct
23.9°
Sun
18 Oct
23.8°
Mon
19 Oct
23.7°
Tue
20 Oct
23.6°
Wed
21 Oct
23.4°
Thu
22 Oct
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Fri
23 Oct
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Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 18 km/h SW (234°).

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

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