Can you fish at Mettams Pool?

No. Fishing at Mettams Pool Beach is prohibited under clause 2.10 of the City of Stirling Local Government Property Local Law, which names the beach at item (y) by name and by both coastal reserve lots. It was gazetted on 28 July 2026 and commenced on 11 August 2026. State fisheries law would allow shore fishing here — Mettams sits inside Marmion Marine Park but outside its three sanctuary zones — but the local-law ban applies regardless, and it attaches to the reserve rather than to a water line, so there is no part of the beach it does not cover.

Where can you fish instead of Mettams Pool?

North Beach jetty is a kilometre north and gives you a platform over deeper water. Watermans Bay is the same Marmion Marine Park reef system with more rock and no local-law prohibition. Trigg Beach is a kilometre south for open-beach gutters and tailor. All three carry the species Mettams used to — herring, sand whiting, tarwhine, skippy and squid — and none of them is on the City of Stirling list.

Is Mettams Pool good for kids or wheelchair users?

For kids, yes — the lagoon is under two metres deep, protected by the reef, and a short walk from sealed parking, with flushing toilets, showers, changerooms and shade at the top. For anyone with limited mobility it is the best-served reef mark on this coast: a sloping concrete walkway and stairs reach the beach, and a water access ramp rebuilt in 2024 runs directly into the lagoon with a continuous handrail. The City of Stirling describes it as safe water entry rather than as wheelchair access, so check it suits before relying on it. Dogs are not permitted.

What's the danger at Mettams Pool?

The surge on the outer edge of the reef, which is much stronger than the calm inner lagoon suggests. Beyond that, cobblers sit in the weed near shore and their dorsal and pectoral spines are venomous, and wet limestone is slippery and sharp — wear proper footwear and watch where you stand.

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Mettams Pool

Fri 16 Oct 2026 · Australia/Perth

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waxing crescent · 24%

Weather: Sunny Wind: W 262° · 4 km/h Swell: 0.9 m @ 10 s W Water: 19.8 °C Pressure: 1015.8 hPa ↓ falling Faces west · Offshore: NE, E, SE · Onshore: SW, W, NW · Forecast wind: onshore

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High Fish Activity

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Time of day Dawn

Tide Moving

Wind NE 8 km/h

Moon waxing crescent all day

Water temp 19.8 °C all day

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Day Timeline

Major Minor Tide Twilight

First light 5:12 am Last light 6:53 pm

Low 11:00 am High 11:20 pm

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Feeding Windows

Best times to fish based on activity score.

Peak

3:30 am → 6:30 am

Good

4:00 pm → 7:30 pm

3h 30m

First light

5:12 am

Last light

6:53 pm

Sunrise

5:36 am

Sunset

6:29 pm

Moonrise

8:56 am

Moonset

11:57 pm

Low tide

11:00 am

High tide

11:20 pm

Hourly Wind

High Bite Hours Highlighted

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Hourly Swell

Building 0.5 → 0.9 m W

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Water Temp (°C)

↗ warming — up 0.5° over the last 3 days

Tue

13 Oct

19.2°

Wed

14 Oct

19.3°

Thu

15 Oct

19.5°

Fri

16 Oct

19.7°

Sat

17 Oct

20.0°

Sun

18 Oct

20.0°

Mon

19 Oct

20.0°

Tue

20 Oct

20.0°

Wed

21 Oct

20.1°

Thu

22 Oct

19.9°

Wind Map

Wind data (text)

Now: 4 km/h W (262°).

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

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Feeding Windows

Best times to fish based on activity score.

Peak

3:30 am → 6:30 am

Good

4:00 pm → 7:30 pm

3h 30m

First light

5:12 am

Last light

6:53 pm

Sunrise

5:36 am

Sunset

6:29 pm

Moonrise

8:56 am

Moonset

11:57 pm

Low tide

11:00 am

High tide

11:20 pm

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