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Useless Loop / Tamala (Outer Shark Bay)

Wed 16 Sep 2026 · Australia/Perth

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📍 Useless Loop / Tamala (Outer Shark Bay)
waxing crescent · 20%
Weather: Sunny Wind: S 196° · 22 km/h Swell: 0.6 m @ 7 s SW Water: 21.0 °C Pressure: 1018.6 hPa → steady
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Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 6:00 am
Solunar 0 out of 100 Between windows
Time of day 87 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 55 out of 100 Moving
Wind 63 out of 100 S 18 km/h
Moon 0 out of 100 waxing crescent all day
Water temp 100 out of 100 21.0 °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 6:00 am Last light 6:42 pm
High 3:00 am Low 10:10 am High 4:50 pm Low 8:30 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
5:30 am → 7:30 am
58
2h
Good
3:30 pm → 7:30 pm
55
4h
Good
8:30 am → 10:30 am
52
2h
First light
6:00 am
Last light
6:42 pm
Sunrise
6:23 am
Sunset
6:20 pm
Moonrise
9:12 am
Moonset
—
High tide
3:00 am
Low tide
10:10 am
High tide
4:50 pm
Low tide
8:30 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☀️
19°
↓︎
S
178°
32 km/h
1am
☀️
19°
↓︎
S
167°
30 km/h
2am
☀️
19°
↓︎
S
163°
27 km/h
3am
☀️
19°
↓︎
S
167°
24 km/h
4am
☀️
19°
↓︎
S
169°
23 km/h
5am
☀️
19°
↓︎
S
179°
22 km/h
6am
☀️
19°
↓︎
S
178°
18 km/h
7am
☀️
19°
↓︎
S
169°
21 km/h
8am
☀️
19°
↓︎
S
169°
18 km/h
9am
☀️
20°
↓︎
S
178°
13 km/h
10am
☀️
21°
↓︎
S
201°
7 km/h
11am
☀️
21°
↘︎
SE
150°
2 km/h
12pm
☀️
21°
→︎
E
76°
2 km/h
1pm
☀️
21°
←︎
W
272°
4 km/h
2pm
☀️
22°
↙︎
SW
243°
8 km/h
3pm
☀️
22°
↙︎
SW
223°
14 km/h
4pm
☀️
22°
↙︎
SW
218°
18 km/h
5pm
☀️
22°
↙︎
SW
221°
21 km/h
6pm
☀️
21°
↙︎
SW
222°
21 km/h
7pm
☀️
21°
↙︎
SW
222°
22 km/h
8pm
☀️
20°
↙︎
SW
214°
22 km/h
9pm
☀️
20°
↙︎
SW
205°
23 km/h
10pm
☀️
20°
↓︎
S
196°
22 km/h
11pm
☀️
20°
↓︎
S
192°
19 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.6 m SW
12am
0.7 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
chop
1am
0.7 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
chop
2am
0.7 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
chop
3am
0.7 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
chop
4am
0.7 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
chop
5am
0.7 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
chop
6am
0.7 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
chop
7am
0.7 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
8am
0.7 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
9am
0.7 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
10am
0.7 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
11am
0.7 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
12pm
0.7 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
1pm
0.7 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
2pm
0.7 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
3pm
0.7 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
4pm
0.7 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
5pm
0.7 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
6pm
0.6 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
7pm
0.6 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
chop
8pm
0.6 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
chop
9pm
0.6 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
chop
10pm
0.6 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
chop
11pm
0.6 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
chop
Water Temp (°C)
↗ warming — up 0.5° over the last 3 days
Sun
13 Sep
20.5°
Mon
14 Sep
20.6°
Tue
15 Sep
20.7°
Wed
16 Sep
21.0°
Thu
17 Sep
21.5°
Fri
18 Sep
21.8°
Sat
19 Sep
21.9°
Sun
20 Sep
21.8°
Mon
21 Sep
21.8°
Tue
22 Sep
21.8°
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 22 km/h S (196°).

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

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