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Useless Loop / Tamala (Outer Shark Bay)

Sun 18 Oct 2026 · Australia/Perth

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📍 Useless Loop / Tamala (Outer Shark Bay)
first quarter · 44%
Weather: Sunny Wind: NE 63° · 4 km/h Swell: 0.7 m @ 10 s SW Water: 22.4 °C Pressure: 1017.4 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 · 6:00 am
Solunar 77 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 56 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 91 out of 100 S 18 km/h
Moon 33 out of 100 first quarter all day
Water temp 96 out of 100 22.4 °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 5:25 am Last light 6:57 pm
High 3:10 am Low 11:30 am High 7:30 pm Low 10:00 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
5:00 am → 7:30 am
83
2h 30m
Good
6:00 pm → 8:30 pm
73
2h 30m
Good
10:30 am → 12:30 pm
51
2h
Good
12:00 am → 1:00 am
47
1h
First light
5:25 am
Last light
6:57 pm
Sunrise
5:48 am
Sunset
6:34 pm
Moonrise
11:11 am
Moonset
12:36 am
High tide
3:10 am
Low tide
11:30 am
High tide
7:30 pm
Low tide
10:00 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☁️
20°
↓︎
S
189°
21 km/h
1am
☀️
20°
↓︎
S
190°
21 km/h
2am
☀️
20°
↓︎
S
189°
20 km/h
3am
☀️
20°
↓︎
S
185°
20 km/h
4am
☀️
19°
↓︎
S
179°
18 km/h
5am
☀️
19°
↓︎
S
172°
18 km/h
6am
☀️
19°
↓︎
S
164°
18 km/h
7am
☀️
20°
↘︎
SE
156°
18 km/h
8am
☀️
20°
↘︎
SE
146°
18 km/h
9am
☀️
19°
↘︎
SE
128°
17 km/h
10am
☀️
19°
→︎
E
106°
17 km/h
11am
☀️
19°
→︎
E
91°
14 km/h
12pm
☀️
19°
↗︎
NE
63°
4 km/h
1pm
☀️
20°
←︎
W
280°
13 km/h
2pm
☀️
20°
←︎
W
276°
24 km/h
3pm
☀️
20°
←︎
W
281°
20 km/h
4pm
☀️
21°
←︎
W
265°
19 km/h
5pm
☀️
21°
↙︎
SW
243°
19 km/h
6pm
☀️
21°
↙︎
SW
222°
21 km/h
7pm
☀️
21°
↙︎
SW
207°
25 km/h
8pm
☀️
21°
↓︎
S
199°
28 km/h
9pm
☀️
21°
↓︎
S
195°
29 km/h
10pm
☀️
21°
↓︎
S
191°
29 km/h
11pm
☀️
21°
↓︎
S
187°
29 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.7 m SW
12am
0.7 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
1am
0.7 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
2am
0.7 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
3am
0.7 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
4am
0.7 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
5am
0.7 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
6am
0.7 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
7am
0.7 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
8am
0.7 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
9am
0.7 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
10am
0.7 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
11am
0.7 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
12pm
0.7 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
1pm
0.7 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
2pm
0.7 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
3pm
0.7 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
4pm
0.7 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
5pm
0.7 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
6pm
0.8 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
7pm
0.9 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
8pm
0.9 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
9pm
0.9 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
10pm
0.8 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
11pm
0.7 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
Water Temp (°C)
→ steady around 22.4°
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
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Fri
23 Oct
—
Sat
24 Oct
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Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 4 km/h NE (63°).

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

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