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Mackerel Islands (Thevenard Island / Direction Island)

Sun 18 Oct 2026 · Australia/Perth

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📍 Mackerel Islands (Thevenard Island / Direction Island)
first quarter · 44%
Weather: Sunny Wind: SW 239° · 24 km/h Swell: 0.3 m @ 10 s W Water: 23.8 °C Pressure: 1014.2 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 · 6:30 pm
Solunar 75 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 84 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 50 out of 100 Turning
Wind 35 out of 100 SW 35 km/h
Moon 33 out of 100 first quarter all day
Water temp 91 out of 100 23.8 °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 5:24 am Last light 6:46 pm
High 12:53 am Low 7:55 am High 2:08 pm Low 7:15 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
5:30 pm → 8:00 pm
68
2h 30m
Good
5:00 am → 7:30 am
66
2h 30m
First light
5:24 am
Last light
6:46 pm
Sunrise
5:46 am
Sunset
6:24 pm
Moonrise
11:16 am
Moonset
12:18 am
High tide
12:53 am
Low tide
7:55 am
High tide
2:08 pm
Low tide
7:15 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☀️
24°
↙︎
SW
205°
30 km/h
1am
☀️
23°
↓︎
S
200°
30 km/h
2am
☀️
23°
↓︎
S
196°
31 km/h
3am
☀️
22°
↓︎
S
191°
31 km/h
4am
☀️
22°
↓︎
S
187°
31 km/h
5am
☀️
21°
↓︎
S
184°
31 km/h
6am
☀️
22°
↓︎
S
178°
27 km/h
7am
☀️
22°
↓︎
S
176°
26 km/h
8am
☀️
22°
↓︎
S
178°
24 km/h
9am
☀️
22°
↓︎
S
186°
22 km/h
10am
☀️
22°
↓︎
S
202°
20 km/h
11am
☀️
22°
↙︎
SW
222°
21 km/h
12pm
☀️
22°
↙︎
SW
239°
24 km/h
1pm
☀️
23°
←︎
W
249°
27 km/h
2pm
☀️
23°
←︎
W
252°
30 km/h
3pm
☀️
23°
←︎
W
251°
32 km/h
4pm
☀️
24°
↙︎
SW
247°
33 km/h
5pm
☀️
25°
↙︎
SW
241°
34 km/h
6pm
☀️
25°
↙︎
SW
234°
35 km/h
7pm
☀️
26°
↙︎
SW
228°
36 km/h
8pm
☀️
26°
↙︎
SW
223°
36 km/h
9pm
☀️
26°
↙︎
SW
219°
36 km/h
10pm
☀️
25°
↙︎
SW
215°
35 km/h
11pm
☀️
25°
↙︎
SW
210°
33 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.2 m W
12am
Calm
1am
Calm
2am
Calm
3am
Calm
4am
Calm
5am
Calm
6am
Calm
7am
0.3 m
@ 8 s
←︎
W
Calm
8am
0.2 m
@ 10 s
←︎
W
Calm
ground
9am
0.2 m
@ 10 s
←︎
W
Calm
ground
10am
0.3 m
@ 10 s
←︎
W
Calm
11am
0.3 m
@ 10 s
←︎
W
Calm
12pm
0.3 m
@ 10 s
←︎
W
Calm
1pm
0.3 m
@ 10 s
←︎
W
Calm
2pm
0.3 m
@ 10 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
@ 10 s
←︎
W
Calm
8pm
0.2 m
@ 10 s
←︎
W
Calm
ground
9pm
0.2 m
@ 11 s
←︎
W
Calm
ground
10pm
0.2 m
@ 10 s
←︎
W
Calm
ground
11pm
0.2 m
@ 10 s
←︎
W
Calm
ground
Water Temp (°C)
→ steady around 23.8°
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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Sat
24 Oct
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Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 24 km/h SW (239°).

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

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