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)

Sat 31 Oct 2026 · Australia/Perth

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📍 Walpole / Nornalup Inlet (Coalmine Beach / Mandalay Beach)

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Weather: Rainy Wind: S 179° · 11 km/h Swell: 2.0 m @ 10 s SW Water: 18.3 °C Pressure: 1011.6 hPa → steady Sheltered water: wind direction matters less here

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Time of day Dawn

Tide Moving

Wind N 10 km/h

Moon waning gibbous all day

Water temp 18.3 °C all day

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Activity Forecast

Day Timeline

Major Minor Tide Twilight

First light 4:45 am Last light 7:08 pm

High 12:30 am Low 1:00 pm

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Feeding Windows

Best times to fish based on activity score.

Peak

3:30 am → 6:30 am

Good

3:30 pm → 8:30 pm

Good

9:00 am → 10:00 am

First light

4:45 am

Last light

7:08 pm

Sunrise

5:12 am

Sunset

6:41 pm

Moonrise

—

Moonset

9:15 am

High tide

12:30 am

Low tide

1:00 pm

Hourly Wind

High Bite Hours Highlighted

12am

🌧️

14°

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25°

7 km/h

1am

🌧️

14°

↑︎

358°

5 km/h

2am

🌧️

14°

↑︎

9°

7 km/h

3am

🌧️

14°

↑︎

347°

8 km/h

4am

🌧️

14°

↑︎

355°

8 km/h

5am

🌧️

13°

↑︎

10°

10 km/h

6am

🌧️

13°

↗︎

35°

9 km/h

7am

🌧️

14°

↗︎

23°

10 km/h

8am

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15°

↗︎

44°

9 km/h

9am

🌧️

15°

↑︎

20°

8 km/h

10am

🌧️

18°

↑︎

340°

10 km/h

11am

🌧️

17°

←︎

270°

6 km/h

12pm

🌧️

15°

↙︎

225°

6 km/h

1pm

🌧️

16°

↓︎

200°

10 km/h

2pm

🌧️

17°

↙︎

204°

9 km/h

3pm

🌧️

16°

↓︎

188°

9 km/h

4pm

🌧️

17°

↓︎

188°

10 km/h

5pm

🌧️

16°

↓︎

182°

11 km/h

6pm

☀️

15°

↓︎

176°

9 km/h

7pm

🌧️

14°

↓︎

181°

10 km/h

8pm

🌧️

15°

↓︎

181°

14 km/h

9pm

☁️

15°

↓︎

182°

12 km/h

10pm

☁️

14°

↓︎

179°

11 km/h

11pm

🌧️

14°

↓︎

192°

9 km/h

Hourly Swell

Building 1.4 → 2.1 m SW

12am

1.4 m

@ 9 s

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Moderate

1am

1.4 m

@ 9 s

↙︎

Moderate

2am

1.4 m

@ 9 s

↙︎

Moderate

3am

1.4 m

@ 9 s

↙︎

Moderate

4am

1.4 m

@ 9 s

↙︎

Moderate

5am

1.4 m

@ 9 s

↙︎

Moderate

6am

1.4 m

@ 9 s

↙︎

Moderate

7am

1.3 m

@ 9 s

↙︎

Moderate

8am

1.3 m

@ 9 s

↙︎

Moderate

9am

1.3 m

@ 9 s

↙︎

Moderate

10am

1.2 m

@ 8 s

↙︎

Moderate

11am

1.2 m

@ 8 s

↙︎

Moderate

12pm

1.2 m

@ 8 s

↙︎

Moderate

1pm

1.2 m

@ 8 s

↙︎

Moderate

chop

2pm

1.2 m

@ 8 s

↙︎

Moderate

chop

3pm

1.4 m

@ 8 s

↙︎

Moderate

4pm

1.5 m

@ 9 s

↙︎

Moderate

5pm

1.6 m

@ 10 s

↙︎

Moderate

6pm

1.7 m

@ 10 s

↙︎

Moderate

7pm

1.7 m

@ 10 s

↙︎

Moderate

8pm

1.8 m

@ 10 s

↙︎

Moderate

9pm

1.9 m

@ 10 s

↙︎

Moderate

10pm

2.0 m

@ 10 s

↙︎

Moderate

11pm

2.1 m

@ 10 s

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Solid

ground

Water Temp (°C)

↗ warming — up 0.4° over the last 3 days

Wed

28 Oct

17.9°

Thu

29 Oct

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°

Wind Map

Wind data (text)

Now: 11 km/h S (179°).

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

3:30 am → 6:30 am

Good

3:30 pm → 8:30 pm

Good

9:00 am → 10:00 am

First light

4:45 am

Last light

7:08 pm

Sunrise

5:12 am

Sunset

6:41 pm

Moonrise

—

Moonset

9:15 am

High tide

12:30 am

Low tide

1:00 pm

Nearby Spots

Peaceful Bay 19.6 km

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