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Useless Loop / Tamala (Outer Shark Bay)

Tue 20 Oct 2026 · Australia/Perth

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📍 Useless Loop / Tamala (Outer Shark Bay)
first quarter · 65%
Weather: Cloudy Wind: S 200° · 5 km/h Swell: 0.6 m @ 8 s SW Water: 22.1 °C Pressure: 1016.0 hPa ↓ falling Faces north-east · Offshore: S, SW, W · Onshore: N, NE, E · Forecast wind: offshore
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Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 7:00 pm
Solunar 33 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 85 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 71 out of 100 S 21 km/h
Moon 33 out of 100 first quarter all day
Water temp 97 out of 100 22.1 °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 5:23 am Last light 6:59 pm
High 4:30 am Low 12:18 pm High 8:50 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
5:30 pm → 9:30 pm
71
4h
Good
4:30 am → 9:30 am
60
5h
First light
5:23 am
Last light
6:59 pm
Sunrise
5:47 am
Sunset
6:35 pm
Moonrise
1:03 pm
Moonset
1:57 am
High tide
4:30 am
Low tide
12:18 pm
High tide
8:50 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☁️
20°
↓︎
S
167°
31 km/h
1am
☁️
20°
↓︎
S
164°
29 km/h
2am
☁️
20°
↓︎
S
161°
28 km/h
3am
☁️
19°
↓︎
S
160°
27 km/h
4am
☁️
19°
↓︎
S
159°
26 km/h
5am
☁️
19°
↓︎
S
159°
25 km/h
6am
☁️
19°
↓︎
S
159°
24 km/h
7am
☁️
19°
↓︎
S
159°
22 km/h
8am
☁️
19°
↓︎
S
161°
20 km/h
9am
☁️
19°
↓︎
S
163°
17 km/h
10am
☁️
19°
↓︎
S
166°
13 km/h
11am
☁️
20°
↓︎
S
176°
8 km/h
12pm
☁️
20°
↓︎
S
200°
5 km/h
1pm
☁️
20°
↙︎
SW
240°
4 km/h
2pm
☁️
20°
←︎
W
254°
5 km/h
3pm
☁️
20°
↙︎
SW
236°
5 km/h
4pm
☁️
20°
↙︎
SW
208°
8 km/h
5pm
☁️
20°
↓︎
S
191°
12 km/h
6pm
☀️
20°
↓︎
S
182°
17 km/h
7pm
☀️
20°
↓︎
S
179°
21 km/h
8pm
☀️
20°
↓︎
S
177°
24 km/h
9pm
☀️
20°
↓︎
S
177°
24 km/h
10pm
☀️
20°
↓︎
S
178°
24 km/h
11pm
☀️
19°
↓︎
S
180°
22 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.7 m SW
12am
0.7 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
1am
0.7 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
2am
0.7 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
3am
0.7 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
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
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
10am
0.7 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
11am
0.7 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
12pm
0.6 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
1pm
0.6 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
2pm
0.6 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
3pm
0.6 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
4pm
0.6 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
5pm
0.6 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
6pm
0.6 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
7pm
0.6 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
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
11pm
0.7 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
Water Temp (°C)
→ steady around 22.1°
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
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Sat
24 Oct
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Sun
25 Oct
—
Mon
26 Oct
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Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 5 km/h S (200°).

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

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