What's the difference between Yanchep Beach and Yanchep Lagoon?

The lagoon is a protected pool inside an outer reef about a kilometre south — calm water, light tackle, whiting and families. Yanchep Beach is open coast with a groyne at the access car park and surf gutters running 1.25km north to a reef. The lagoon still fishes when the swell is up; the beach fishes better for tailor and is the only one of the two with a genuine night mulloway option.

Can you fish off the groyne at Yanchep Beach?

Yes — the groyne is one of the main reasons people fish here, alongside the sand either side of it, and it puts you over deeper water than the beach can reach. Stay off it once the swell is over about 2m; it washes over and the rock is slippery when wet.

Where do the tailor sit on Yanchep Beach?

In the gutters — the darker channels of deeper water running between the sandbars — and off the end of the groyne, which reaches past the first bar. Find them at low tide, then fish them at dawn or dusk on a moving tide with a 40g metal retrieved fast. Autumn through summer is the strongest run, and this stretch has a local reputation for out-producing the lagoon.

Is Yanchep Beach patrolled?

Seasonally. Yanchep Surf Life Saving Club patrols this beach, and the patrol area extends north to the Rafts surf break and Club Capricorn beach. Patrols cover flagged swimming areas during the season only, so fish well clear of the flags and treat the beach as unpatrolled outside those hours.

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Yanchep Beach (Capricorn)

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Weather: Cloudy Wind: S 171° · 18 km/h Swell: 2.6 m @ 11 s SW Water: 19.1 °C Pressure: 1018.1 hPa → steady Faces south-west · Offshore: N, NE, E · Onshore: S, SW, W · Forecast wind: cross-shore

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At the day's peak · 5:30 am

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Time of day Dawn

Tide Slack

Wind S 16 km/h

Moon new all day

Water temp 19.1 °C all day

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Activity Forecast

Day Timeline

Major Minor Tide Twilight

First light 5:19 am Last light 6:50 pm

Low 7:00 am High 10:30 am High 9:20 pm

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Feeding Windows

Best times to fish based on activity score.

Peak

5:00 am → 7:00 am

Good

12:00 am → 2:00 am

Good

6:00 pm → 7:30 pm

1h 30m

Good

12:00 pm → 1:00 pm

First light

5:19 am

Last light

6:50 pm

Sunrise

5:43 am

Sunset

6:25 pm

Moonrise

5:41 am

Moonset

7:09 pm

Low tide

7:00 am

High tide

10:30 am

High tide

9:20 pm

Hourly Wind

High Bite Hours Highlighted

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17 km/h

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Hourly Swell

Easing 2.6 → 2.3 m SW

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Water Temp (°C)

→ steady around 19.1°

Thu

8 Oct

19.3°

Fri

9 Oct

19.2°

Sat

10 Oct

19.2°

Sun

11 Oct

19.1°

Mon

12 Oct

19.0°

Tue

13 Oct

19.0°

Wed

14 Oct

19.1°

Thu

15 Oct

19.3°

Fri

16 Oct

19.5°

Sat

17 Oct

19.7°

Wind Map

Wind data (text)

Now: 18 km/h S (171°).

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

5:00 am → 7:00 am

Good

12:00 am → 2:00 am

Good

6:00 pm → 7:30 pm

1h 30m

Good

12:00 pm → 1:00 pm

First light

5:19 am

Last light

6:50 pm

Sunrise

5:43 am

Sunset

6:25 pm

Moonrise

5:41 am

Moonset

7:09 pm

Low tide

7:00 am

High tide

10:30 am

High tide

9:20 pm

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