Can you fish at Ocean Reef Marina?

Not from the jetties or the boat-launching areas — as of September 2026 those carry explicit no-fishing rules and the recreational jetty is signed as not a fishing jetty. The breakwaters are not covered by that ban, they were walkable and unsigned in early September 2026, and the northern wall is the planned site of an accessible Fishability platform, a Stage 3 item with design still in progress and no announced opening date. Most people fish the inside face or the end of the wall; the ocean side means climbing the outer armour. The boat ramps are open for launching.

Where should I fish near Ocean Reef instead?

Burns Beach, 5 minutes north, has deep holes between reef sections that hold tailor year-round and mulloway at night. Mindarie Marina, 5 minutes north, has finished walls that are routinely fished for squid and herring. Both are open under standard recreational rules.

Are the Ocean Reef boat ramps open?

Yes — the eight new ramp lanes are open for launching. Four ACROD car bays and two ACROD trailer bays are available. Facilities are otherwise limited while construction continues; the family beach and parkland are due late 2026.

How does Ocean Reef compare to Hillarys?

Hillarys has established amenities and walls you can rely on being open; Ocean Reef bans fishing from its jetties and launching areas, and its breakwaters are walkable but still surrounded by a construction site. Part of the Hillarys southern breakwater has been fenced as an exclusion zone since May 2026 for refurbishment works, with pedestrian access via the car park west of AQWA.

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Ocean Reef Marina

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📍 Ocean Reef Marina

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Weather: Unavailable Swell: 2.0 m @ 10 s SW Water: 19.4 °C Faces west · Offshore: NE, E, SE · Onshore: SW, W, NW

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Medium Fish Activity

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At the day's peak · 7:00 pm

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Tide Slack

Moon first quarter all day

Water temp 19.4 °C all day

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Activity Forecast

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Major Minor Tide Twilight

First light 5:07 am Last light 6:56 pm

High 12:30 am Low 12:30 pm

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Feeding Windows

Best times to fish based on activity score.

Peak

6:30 pm → 8:30 pm

Good

7:30 am → 9:00 am

1h 30m

Good

5:00 am → 6:00 am

Good

12:30 pm → 1:30 pm

First light

5:07 am

Last light

6:56 pm

Sunrise

5:32 am

Sunset

6:32 pm

Moonrise

12:43 pm

Moonset

1:58 am

High tide

12:30 am

Low tide

12:30 pm

Hourly Swell

Building 1.6 → 2.0 m SW

12am

1.6 m

@ 10 s

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Moderate

1am

1.6 m

@ 10 s

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Moderate

2am

1.6 m

@ 10 s

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Moderate

3am

1.7 m

@ 10 s

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Moderate

4am

1.7 m

@ 9 s

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Moderate

5am

1.8 m

@ 9 s

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Moderate

6am

1.8 m

@ 9 s

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Moderate

7am

1.9 m

@ 9 s

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Moderate

8am

1.9 m

@ 9 s

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Moderate

9am

1.9 m

@ 9 s

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Moderate

10am

2.0 m

@ 9 s

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Moderate

11am

2.0 m

@ 9 s

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Moderate

12pm

2.0 m

@ 10 s

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Solid

1pm

2.0 m

@ 10 s

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Solid

2pm

2.1 m

@ 10 s

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Solid

3pm

2.1 m

@ 10 s

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Solid

4pm

2.1 m

@ 10 s

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Solid

5pm

2.1 m

@ 10 s

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Solid

6pm

2.1 m

@ 10 s

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Solid

7pm

2.1 m

@ 10 s

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Solid

8pm

2.1 m

@ 10 s

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Solid

9pm

2.1 m

@ 10 s

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Solid

10pm

2.0 m

@ 10 s

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Solid

11pm

2.0 m

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Solid

Water Temp (°C)

→ steady around 19.4°

Sat

17 Oct

19.5°

Sun

18 Oct

19.6°

Mon

19 Oct

19.4°

Tue

20 Oct

19.4°

Wed

21 Oct

19.4°

Thu

22 Oct

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23 Oct

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24 Oct

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Feeding Windows

Best times to fish based on activity score.

Peak

6:30 pm → 8:30 pm

Good

7:30 am → 9:00 am

1h 30m

Good

5:00 am → 6:00 am

Good

12:30 pm → 1:30 pm

First light

5:07 am

Last light

6:56 pm

Sunrise

5:32 am

Sunset

6:32 pm

Moonrise

12:43 pm

Moonset

1:58 am

High tide

12:30 am

Low tide

12:30 pm

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