Can you get to Wedge Island in a 2WD?

To the edge of it. Indian Ocean Drive and Wedge Road are sealed, and a 2WD can park within about 100m of the beach at North Wedge — from there you walk on with your gear. Driving on the beach itself is 4WD or AWD only, with tyres down; the sand is properly soft in patches and boggings are the local pastime.

Can you camp at Wedge Island or Grey?

Not in the settlements — the roughly 400 shacks are privately owned under DBCA licences, and you can only stay in one if a licensee invites you. DBCA does run the Wanagarren campground at Wedge, though: 15 sites for tents and rooftop or awning tents, booked online, reached from North Wedge Beach by 4WD or AWD only, and entirely self-sufficient, with no water, no facilities and an approved portable toilet you bring yourself. Further sites are planned beside North Grey Beach over the next two years.

What tyre pressure should you run on Wedge beach?

Locals run about 25 PSI on the inland sand track and about 15 PSI on the soft beach, dropping to 10 PSI only to get out of a bogging. Reinflate before hitting firmer ground or bitumen — at 10 PSI a tyre can roll off the rim, which turns a fishing trip into a tyre-changing clinic.

What fish can you catch at Wedge Island?

Tailor are the mainstay, with mulloway the prize target in the gutters at dawn, dusk and after dark. Herring, sand and yellowfin whiting and flathead fill out the bag, Australian salmon pass through in autumn some years, and the occasional pink snapper or samson fish turns up off the beach. Sharks are a regular after-dark hook-up.

When is the salmon run at Wedge Island?

Autumn, when it happens. Wedge sits near the northern end of the salmon migration, so the run is patchier than on the south coast — some autumns the schools push this far up in numbers, others they don't. Plan an autumn trip around tailor in the gutters and treat any salmon school that arrives as the bonus.

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Wedge Island & Grey (4WD Beaches)

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📍 Wedge Island & Grey (4WD Beaches)

waning gibbous · 82%

Weather: Sunny Wind: S 181° · 9 km/h Swell: 2.3 m @ 10 s SW Water: 18.8 °C Pressure: 1023.8 hPa → steady

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At the day's peak · 6:30 am

Solunar Between windows

Time of day Dawn

Tide Turning

Wind SE 10 km/h

Moon waning gibbous all day

Water temp 18.8 °C all day

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Activity Forecast

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Feeding Windows

Best times to fish based on activity score.

Peak

5:30 am → 8:00 am

2h 30m

Good

6:00 pm → 8:00 pm

Good

3:30 pm → 4:00 pm

30m

First light

6:11 am

Last light

6:27 pm

Sunrise

6:35 am

Sunset

6:03 pm

Moonrise

10:19 pm

Moonset

8:31 am

Low tide

6:30 am

High tide

11:30 am

Low tide

3:30 pm

Hourly Wind

High Bite Hours Highlighted

12am

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16°

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193°

13 km/h

1am

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161°

14 km/h

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14°

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133°

12 km/h

3am

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14°

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126°

12 km/h

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13°

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136°

12 km/h

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145°

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126°

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131°

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137°

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130°

9 km/h

10am

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17°

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138°

11 km/h

11am

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162°

9 km/h

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184°

8 km/h

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208°

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19°

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210°

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197°

15 km/h

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192°

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186°

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181°

9 km/h

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13°

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176°

8 km/h

8pm

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150°

6 km/h

9pm

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120°

6 km/h

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92°

6 km/h

11pm

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10°

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68°

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Hourly Swell

Building 2.0 → 2.4 m SW

12am

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Moderate

ground

6am

2.1 m

@ 11 s

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Solid

ground

7am

2.2 m

@ 10 s

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Solid

ground

8am

2.4 m

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Solid

9am

2.4 m

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Solid

10am

2.3 m

@ 9 s

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Solid

11am

2.3 m

@ 10 s

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Solid

12pm

2.3 m

@ 10 s

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Solid

1pm

2.3 m

@ 10 s

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Solid

2pm

2.3 m

@ 10 s

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Solid

3pm

2.3 m

@ 10 s

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Solid

4pm

2.3 m

@ 10 s

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Solid

5pm

2.3 m

@ 10 s

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Solid

6pm

2.3 m

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2.3 m

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2.3 m

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9pm

2.3 m

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10pm

2.4 m

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Solid

11pm

2.4 m

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Solid

Water Temp (°C)

→ steady around 18.8°

Sat

29 Aug

18.5°

Sun

30 Aug

18.7°

Mon

31 Aug

18.8°

Tue

1 Sep

18.8°

Wed

2 Sep

18.7°

Thu

3 Sep

18.6°

Fri

4 Sep

18.6°

Sat

5 Sep

18.6°

Sun

6 Sep

18.2°

Mon

7 Sep

17.9°

Wind Map

Wind data (text)

Now: 9 km/h S (181°).

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

5:30 am → 8:00 am

2h 30m

Good

6:00 pm → 8:00 pm

Good

3:30 pm → 4:00 pm

30m

First light

6:11 am

Last light

6:27 pm

Sunrise

6:35 am

Sunset

6:03 pm

Moonrise

10:19 pm

Moonset

8:31 am

Low tide

6:30 am

High tide

11:30 am

Low tide

3:30 pm

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