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)

Fri 16 Oct 2026 · Australia/Perth

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waxing crescent · 24%

Weather: Sunny Wind: W 265° · 2 km/h Swell: 2.0 m @ 9 s SW Water: 20.1 °C Pressure: 1015.6 hPa ↓ falling Faces south-west · Offshore: N, NE, E · Onshore: S, SW, W · Forecast wind: onshore

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High Fish Activity

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At the day's peak · 5:00 am

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Time of day Dawn

Tide Moving

Wind E 8 km/h

Moon waxing crescent all day

Water temp 20.1 °C all day

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Activity Forecast

Day Timeline

Major Minor Tide Twilight

First light 5:15 am Last light 6:54 pm

Low 10:00 am

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Feeding Windows

Best times to fish based on activity score.

Peak

4:00 am → 6:30 am

2h 30m

Good

4:00 pm → 7:30 pm

3h 30m

First light

5:15 am

Last light

6:54 pm

Sunrise

5:39 am

Sunset

6:30 pm

Moonrise

9:02 am

Moonset

11:56 pm

Low tide

10:00 am

Hourly Wind

High Bite Hours Highlighted

12am

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13°

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45°

1 km/h

1am

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12°

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41°

2 km/h

2am

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10°

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56°

3 km/h

3am

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9°

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66°

5 km/h

4am

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9°

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75°

7 km/h

5am

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9°

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79°

8 km/h

6am

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9°

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71°

9 km/h

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12°

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60°

7 km/h

8am

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16°

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42°

5 km/h

9am

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19°

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41°

4 km/h

10am

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21°

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9°

2 km/h

11am

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22°

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347°

3 km/h

12pm

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23°

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293°

6 km/h

1pm

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23°

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259°

11 km/h

2pm

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22°

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260°

14 km/h

3pm

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21°

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273°

14 km/h

4pm

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21°

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282°

13 km/h

5pm

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20°

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275°

12 km/h

6pm

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18°

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254°

9 km/h

7pm

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223°

4 km/h

8pm

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185°

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9pm

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15°

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180°

1 km/h

10pm

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15°

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265°

2 km/h

11pm

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14°

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262°

4 km/h

Hourly Swell

Building 1.0 → 2.0 m SW

12am

1.0 m

@ 9 s

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Slight

1am

1.1 m

@ 7 s

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Moderate

chop

2am

1.2 m

@ 6 s

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Moderate

chop

3am

1.3 m

@ 6 s

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Moderate

chop

4am

1.5 m

@ 7 s

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Moderate

chop

5am

1.6 m

@ 7 s

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Moderate

chop

6am

1.6 m

@ 8 s

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Moderate

chop

7am

1.6 m

@ 8 s

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Moderate

chop

8am

1.7 m

@ 8 s

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Moderate

chop

9am

1.7 m

@ 8 s

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Moderate

chop

10am

1.8 m

@ 8 s

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Moderate

chop

11am

1.8 m

@ 8 s

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Moderate

chop

12pm

1.8 m

@ 8 s

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Moderate

1pm

1.9 m

@ 8 s

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Moderate

2pm

1.9 m

@ 8 s

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Moderate

3pm

1.9 m

@ 9 s

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Moderate

4pm

2.0 m

@ 9 s

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Moderate

5pm

2.0 m

@ 9 s

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Moderate

6pm

2.0 m

@ 9 s

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Moderate

7pm

2.0 m

@ 9 s

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Solid

8pm

2.0 m

@ 9 s

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Solid

9pm

2.0 m

@ 9 s

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Solid

10pm

2.0 m

@ 9 s

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Solid

11pm

2.0 m

@ 9 s

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Solid

Water Temp (°C)

↗ warming — up 0.7° over the last 3 days

Tue

13 Oct

19.4°

Wed

14 Oct

19.6°

Thu

15 Oct

19.9°

Fri

16 Oct

20.1°

Sat

17 Oct

20.2°

Sun

18 Oct

20.3°

Mon

19 Oct

20.2°

Tue

20 Oct

20.3°

Wed

21 Oct

20.3°

Thu

22 Oct

20.0°

Wind Map

Wind data (text)

Now: 2 km/h W (265°).

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

4:00 am → 6:30 am

2h 30m

Good

4:00 pm → 7:30 pm

3h 30m

First light

5:15 am

Last light

6:54 pm

Sunrise

5:39 am

Sunset

6:30 pm

Moonrise

9:02 am

Moonset

11:56 pm

Low tide

10:00 am

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