Can I actually fish at Yardie Creek?

Yes, but only in the permitted areas — the creek mouth, sandbar and adjacent lagoon shoreline allow shore-based fishing, while substantial stretches of the gorge interior and the adjoining Osprey Sanctuary Zone are no-take. Use the Marine Parks WA app to read the zoning before each cast. Penalties for fishing inside a sanctuary zone run to thousands of dollars and the area is camera-monitored.

Are there mangrove jack in the creek?

Yes, but the population is small and the gorge is mostly sanctuary, so realistic targeting happens at the mouth and adjacent fishable sections rather than inside the gorge proper. Light spin tight to the snags on a moving tide is the technique; live mullet, small soft plastics and surface walkers all work.

Should I cross Yardie Creek to drive to Coral Bay?

Only with high-clearance 4WD experience, low tyre pressures and tide knowledge. The bar is soft, sometimes breaks through to the sea entirely, and claims vehicles every season. The track south through Nyinggulara National Park — the old Ningaloo Station — to Maud's Landing is unsealed, remote and tide-dependent, and its campgrounds have been shut for cyclone rebuild since March 2026, so there is nowhere to stop along the way. If any of that sounds out of your depth, drive the long way around via the Minilya–Exmouth Road.

Are there crocodiles at Yardie Creek?

No. Saltwater crocodile range in WA starts further north around Onslow and into the Pilbara and Kimberley. Yardie Creek is well south of that line. Sharks are the relevant in-water hazard here, particularly through the reef gaps where they tax hooked fish.

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Yardie Creek (Cape Range NP / Southern Ningaloo)

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Weather: Sunny Wind: S 202° · 20 km/h Swell: 1.1 m @ 10 s SW Water: 23.1 °C Pressure: 1018.5 hPa ↓ falling

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High Fish Activity

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Time of day Dawn

Tide Moving

Wind SE 20 km/h

Moon last quarter all day

Water temp 23.1 °C all day

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Activity Forecast

Feeding Windows

Best times to fish based on activity score.

Peak

5:00 am → 8:00 am

Good

5:30 pm → 8:00 pm

2h 30m

Good

12:00 am → 1:30 am

1h 30m

Good

10:30 am → 11:30 am

First light

6:10 am

Last light

6:38 pm

Sunrise

6:32 am

Sunset

6:15 pm

Moonrise

12:19 am

Moonset

11:07 am

High tide

1:00 am

Low tide

8:00 am

High tide

1:47 pm

Low tide

6:45 pm

Hourly Wind

High Bite Hours Highlighted

12am

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18°

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177°

21 km/h

1am

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18°

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173°

21 km/h

2am

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18°

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170°

21 km/h

3am

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17°

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166°

20 km/h

4am

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17°

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161°

20 km/h

5am

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17°

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156°

20 km/h

6am

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17°

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152°

20 km/h

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151°

19 km/h

8am

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153°

19 km/h

9am

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19°

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160°

18 km/h

10am

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20°

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174°

18 km/h

11am

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21°

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189°

18 km/h

12pm

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22°

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202°

20 km/h

1pm

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23°

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211°

23 km/h

2pm

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24°

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215°

25 km/h

3pm

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24°

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216°

25 km/h

4pm

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25 km/h

6pm

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208°

24 km/h

7pm

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23 km/h

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199°

22 km/h

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194°

20 km/h

10pm

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19°

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187°

18 km/h

11pm

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18°

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177°

16 km/h

Hourly Swell

Steady ~1.1 m SW

12am

1.2 m

@ 10 s

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Moderate

1am

1.2 m

@ 10 s

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Moderate

2am

1.2 m

@ 10 s

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Moderate

3am

1.2 m

@ 10 s

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Moderate

4am

1.2 m

@ 10 s

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Moderate

ground

5am

1.1 m

@ 10 s

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Moderate

ground

6am

1.1 m

@ 10 s

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Moderate

ground

7am

1.2 m

@ 10 s

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Moderate

8am

1.2 m

@ 10 s

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Moderate

9am

1.2 m

@ 10 s

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Moderate

10am

1.1 m

@ 10 s

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Moderate

11am

1.1 m

@ 10 s

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Moderate

12pm

1.1 m

@ 10 s

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Moderate

1pm

1.1 m

@ 10 s

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Moderate

2pm

1.1 m

@ 10 s

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Moderate

3pm

1.1 m

@ 10 s

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Moderate

4pm

1.1 m

@ 10 s

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Moderate

ground

5pm

1.1 m

@ 10 s

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Moderate

ground

6pm

1.1 m

@ 10 s

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Moderate

7pm

1.1 m

@ 10 s

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Moderate

8pm

1.1 m

@ 10 s

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Moderate

9pm

1.1 m

@ 10 s

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Moderate

10pm

1.1 m

@ 10 s

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Moderate

11pm

1.1 m

@ 10 s

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Moderate

ground

Water Temp (°C)

→ steady around 23.1°

Tue

1 Sep

23.3°

Wed

2 Sep

23.2°

Thu

3 Sep

23.2°

Fri

4 Sep

23.1°

Sat

5 Sep

23.2°

Sun

6 Sep

23.3°

Mon

7 Sep

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Tue

8 Sep

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Wed

9 Sep

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Thu

10 Sep

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Wind Map

Wind data (text)

Now: 20 km/h S (202°).

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 → 8:00 am

Good

5:30 pm → 8:00 pm

2h 30m

Good

12:00 am → 1:30 am

1h 30m

Good

10:30 am → 11:30 am

First light

6:10 am

Last light

6:38 pm

Sunrise

6:32 am

Sunset

6:15 pm

Moonrise

12:19 am

Moonset

11:07 am

High tide

1:00 am

Low tide

8:00 am

High tide

1:47 pm

Low tide

6:45 pm

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