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Useless Loop / Tamala (Outer Shark Bay)

Thu 17 Sep 2026 · Australia/Perth

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📍 Useless Loop / Tamala (Outer Shark Bay)
waxing crescent · 29%
Weather: Sunny Wind: S 173° · 8 km/h Swell: 0.4 m @ 7 s SW Water: 21.3 °C Pressure: 1017.2 hPa ↓ falling
★★★☆☆
Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 6:00 am
Solunar 0 out of 100 Between windows
Time of day 89 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 91 out of 100 S 11 km/h
Moon 0 out of 100 waxing crescent all day
Water temp 99 out of 100 21.3 °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 5:59 am Last light 6:43 pm
High 3:20 am Low 11:06 am High 5:30 pm Low 8:30 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
5:00 am → 7:30 am
67
2h 30m
Good
4:30 pm → 9:00 pm
65
4h 30m
Good
11:00 pm → 12:00 am
53
1h
Good
9:00 am → 10:30 am
47
1h 30m
First light
5:59 am
Last light
6:43 pm
Sunrise
6:21 am
Sunset
6:20 pm
Moonrise
9:54 am
Moonset
11:18 pm
High tide
3:20 am
Low tide
11:06 am
High tide
5:30 pm
Low tide
8:30 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☀️
20°
↓︎
S
179°
17 km/h
1am
☀️
20°
↓︎
S
177°
14 km/h
2am
☀️
20°
↓︎
S
182°
14 km/h
3am
☀️
19°
↓︎
S
196°
13 km/h
4am
☀️
19°
↙︎
SW
205°
14 km/h
5am
☀️
19°
↙︎
SW
204°
14 km/h
6am
☀️
19°
↓︎
S
193°
11 km/h
7am
☀️
19°
↓︎
S
188°
11 km/h
8am
☀️
19°
↓︎
S
168°
9 km/h
9am
☀️
20°
↘︎
SE
152°
7 km/h
10am
☀️
19°
↓︎
S
167°
3 km/h
11am
☀️
19°
←︎
W
276°
5 km/h
12pm
☀️
20°
←︎
W
270°
15 km/h
1pm
☀️
22°
←︎
W
257°
20 km/h
2pm
☀️
22°
←︎
W
259°
20 km/h
3pm
☀️
22°
←︎
W
257°
20 km/h
4pm
☀️
22°
←︎
W
251°
19 km/h
5pm
☀️
22°
←︎
W
250°
16 km/h
6pm
☀️
22°
↙︎
SW
243°
13 km/h
7pm
☀️
22°
↙︎
SW
221°
13 km/h
8pm
☀️
21°
↓︎
S
197°
12 km/h
9pm
☀️
20°
↓︎
S
188°
11 km/h
10pm
☀️
20°
↓︎
S
173°
8 km/h
11pm
☀️
20°
↓︎
S
168°
5 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.4 m SW
12am
0.6 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
chop
1am
0.6 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
chop
2am
0.6 m
@ 6 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
chop
3am
0.6 m
@ 6 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
chop
4am
0.6 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
chop
5am
0.6 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
chop
6am
0.6 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
chop
7am
0.5 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
chop
8am
0.5 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
chop
9am
0.5 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
chop
10am
0.5 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
chop
11am
0.5 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
chop
12pm
0.5 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
chop
1pm
0.5 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
chop
2pm
0.5 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
3pm
0.5 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
4pm
0.5 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
5pm
0.5 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
6pm
0.5 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
7pm
0.5 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
8pm
0.5 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
9pm
0.5 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
10pm
0.4 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
11pm
0.4 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
Water Temp (°C)
↗ warming — up 0.9° over the last 3 days
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°
Wed
23 Sep
21.8°
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 8 km/h S (173°).

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

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