Is the Nornalup Inlet really that good for bream?

Yes. Nornalup has a long-standing reputation as one of the better black-bream estuaries in Western Australia, with quality fish around Newdegate Island, the Frankland River mouth and the deeper snag lines. Light gear, small presentations and clean casts to structure are the local approach.

Can I drive a boat through the bar to the open sea?

Sometimes, depending on swell, recent storms and the current shape of the bar. The opening is shallow and shifts, and it is not a casual passage — locals who know the bar pick their windows carefully and most visitors fish the inlets instead. If you have not crossed it before, treat the bar as a hazard rather than an option.

Does the West Coast demersal closure apply at Walpole?

No. Walpole sits in the South Coast Bioregion, which has its own bag and size structure for demersal scalefish and is not subject to the West Coast boat-based closure that runs to spring 2027. Verify the current South Coast Bioregion rules with DPIRD before targeting any demersal species.

When do salmon hit Mandalay Beach?

The autumn migration window through this part of the south coast is best from February to May, and salmon are about in smaller numbers the rest of the year. Time the run with a settled forecast — Mandalay is fully exposed and washes out in any sizeable swell, so the fishable days inside the run are the ones that matter.

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Walpole / Nornalup Inlet (Coalmine Beach / Mandalay Beach)

Mon 02 Nov 2026 · Australia/Perth

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Weather: Rainy Wind: NW 305° · 17 km/h Swell: 2.6 m @ 8 s SW Water: 18.1 °C Pressure: 1014.8 hPa → steady Sheltered water: wind direction matters less here

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Time of day Dusk

Tide Moving

Wind NW 18 km/h

Moon last quarter all day

Water temp 18.1 °C all day

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Day Timeline

Major Minor Tide Twilight

First light 4:43 am Last light 7:10 pm

High 2:00 am Low 4:00 am Low 2:15 pm High 10:20 pm

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Feeding Windows

Best times to fish based on activity score.

Peak

6:00 pm → 8:00 pm

Good

4:00 am → 7:00 am

Good

1:30 am → 2:00 am

30m

First light

4:43 am

Last light

7:10 pm

Sunrise

5:10 am

Sunset

6:43 pm

Moonrise

1:11 am

Moonset

11:38 am

High tide

2:00 am

Low tide

4:00 am

Low tide

2:15 pm

High tide

10:20 pm

Hourly Wind

High Bite Hours Highlighted

12am

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13°

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322°

15 km/h

1am

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13°

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316°

16 km/h

2am

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12°

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318°

16 km/h

3am

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12°

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319°

17 km/h

4am

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12°

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319°

16 km/h

5am

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12°

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318°

17 km/h

6am

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13°

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321°

17 km/h

7am

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15°

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311°

16 km/h

8am

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17°

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303°

20 km/h

9am

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19°

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292°

24 km/h

10am

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18°

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289°

23 km/h

11am

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19°

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287°

24 km/h

12pm

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20°

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281°

24 km/h

1pm

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20°

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281°

25 km/h

2pm

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20°

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280°

26 km/h

3pm

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20°

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281°

24 km/h

4pm

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20°

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281°

24 km/h

5pm

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19°

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283°

24 km/h

6pm

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18°

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294°

20 km/h

7pm

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17°

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294°

18 km/h

8pm

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16°

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292°

17 km/h

9pm

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14°

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307°

18 km/h

10pm

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14°

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305°

17 km/h

11pm

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14°

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294°

16 km/h

Hourly Swell

Steady ~2.6 m SW

12am

2.4 m

@ 10 s

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Solid

ground

1am

2.4 m

@ 10 s

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Solid

2am

2.4 m

@ 10 s

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Solid

3am

2.4 m

@ 9 s

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Solid

4am

2.5 m

@ 9 s

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Solid

5am

2.5 m

@ 9 s

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Solid

6am

2.5 m

@ 9 s

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Solid

7am

2.4 m

@ 9 s

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Solid

8am

2.4 m

@ 9 s

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Solid

9am

2.4 m

@ 9 s

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Solid

10am

2.3 m

@ 9 s

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Solid

11am

2.2 m

@ 10 s

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Solid

12pm

2.2 m

@ 10 s

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Solid

1pm

2.1 m

@ 10 s

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Solid

2pm

2.1 m

@ 10 s

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Solid

3pm

2.1 m

@ 10 s

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Solid

4pm

2.1 m

@ 10 s

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Solid

ground

5pm

2.1 m

@ 10 s

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Solid

ground

6pm

2.2 m

@ 10 s

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Solid

7pm

2.4 m

@ 9 s

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Solid

8pm

2.5 m

@ 9 s

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Solid

9pm

2.6 m

@ 9 s

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Solid

10pm

2.6 m

@ 8 s

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Solid

11pm

2.6 m

@ 8 s

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Solid

Water Temp (°C)

→ steady around 18.1°

Fri

30 Oct

18.1°

Sat

31 Oct

18.3°

Sun

1 Nov

18.1°

Mon

2 Nov

18.1°

Tue

3 Nov

18.1°

Wed

4 Nov

18.3°

Thu

5 Nov

18.3°

Fri

6 Nov

18.2°

Sat

7 Nov

18.2°

Sun

8 Nov

18.3°

Wind Map

Wind data (text)

Now: 17 km/h NW (305°).

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

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Feeding Windows

Best times to fish based on activity score.

Peak

6:00 pm → 8:00 pm

Good

4:00 am → 7:00 am

Good

1:30 am → 2:00 am

30m

First light

4:43 am

Last light

7:10 pm

Sunrise

5:10 am

Sunset

6:43 pm

Moonrise

1:11 am

Moonset

11:38 am

High tide

2:00 am

Low tide

4:00 am

Low tide

2:15 pm

High tide

10:20 pm

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