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Useless Loop / Tamala (Outer Shark Bay)

Sat 17 Oct 2026 · Australia/Perth

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📍 Useless Loop / Tamala (Outer Shark Bay)
first quarter · 33%
Weather: Sunny Wind: E 99° · 5 km/h Swell: 0.7 m @ 9 s SW Water: 22.3 °C Pressure: 1018.1 hPa ↓ falling Faces north-east · Offshore: S, SW, W · Onshore: N, NE, E · Forecast wind: onshore
★★★★☆
High Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 5:30 am
Solunar 97 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 92 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 55 out of 100 Moving
Wind 100 out of 100 S 14 km/h
Moon 33 out of 100 first quarter all day
Water temp 96 out of 100 22.3 °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 5:26 am Last light 6:57 pm
High 2:42 am Low 10:54 am High 7:30 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
3:00 am → 7:00 am
86
4h
Good
5:00 pm → 8:00 pm
64
3h
Good
10:00 am → 11:30 am
50
1h 30m
First light
5:26 am
Last light
6:57 pm
Sunrise
5:49 am
Sunset
6:34 pm
Moonrise
10:16 am
Moonset
—
High tide
2:42 am
Low tide
10:54 am
High tide
7:30 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☀️
19°
↓︎
S
185°
16 km/h
1am
☀️
19°
↓︎
S
191°
14 km/h
2am
☀️
19°
↓︎
S
197°
13 km/h
3am
☀️
19°
↓︎
S
201°
13 km/h
4am
☀️
19°
↙︎
SW
203°
14 km/h
5am
☀️
19°
↓︎
S
201°
14 km/h
6am
☀️
19°
↓︎
S
189°
12 km/h
7am
☀️
19°
↓︎
S
168°
11 km/h
8am
☀️
19°
↘︎
SE
148°
11 km/h
9am
☀️
19°
↘︎
SE
128°
13 km/h
10am
☀️
19°
↘︎
SE
115°
16 km/h
11am
☀️
19°
→︎
E
108°
15 km/h
12pm
☀️
19°
→︎
E
99°
5 km/h
1pm
☀️
20°
←︎
W
290°
10 km/h
2pm
☀️
20°
←︎
W
282°
20 km/h
3pm
☀️
21°
←︎
W
266°
22 km/h
4pm
☀️
21°
↙︎
SW
243°
23 km/h
5pm
☀️
22°
↙︎
SW
226°
25 km/h
6pm
☀️
21°
↙︎
SW
218°
25 km/h
7pm
☀️
21°
↙︎
SW
212°
25 km/h
8pm
☀️
21°
↙︎
SW
206°
24 km/h
9pm
☀️
21°
↓︎
S
200°
23 km/h
10pm
☁️
20°
↓︎
S
195°
22 km/h
11pm
☁️
20°
↓︎
S
190°
21 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.7 m SW
12am
0.6 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
chop
1am
0.7 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
chop
2am
0.7 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
chop
3am
0.7 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
chop
4am
0.7 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
5am
0.7 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
6am
0.7 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
7am
0.7 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
8am
0.7 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
9am
0.7 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
10am
0.7 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
11am
0.7 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
12pm
0.7 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
1pm
0.7 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
2pm
0.7 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
3pm
0.7 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
4pm
0.7 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
5pm
0.7 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
6pm
0.7 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
7pm
0.7 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
8pm
0.7 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
9pm
0.7 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
10pm
0.7 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
11pm
0.7 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
Water Temp (°C)
↗ warming — up 0.4° over the last 3 days
Wed
14 Oct
21.9°
Thu
15 Oct
22.1°
Fri
16 Oct
22.3°
Sat
17 Oct
22.3°
Sun
18 Oct
22.4°
Mon
19 Oct
22.4°
Tue
20 Oct
22.1°
Wed
21 Oct
21.9°
Thu
22 Oct
—
Fri
23 Oct
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Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 5 km/h E (99°).

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

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