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Richmond River North Wall (Ballina)

Sat 31 Oct 2026 · Australia/Sydney

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📍 Richmond River North Wall (Ballina)
waning gibbous · 75%
Weather: Rainy Wind: N 17° · 19 km/h Swell: 1.1 m @ 9 s S Water: 22.0 °C Pressure: 1017.9 hPa ↓ falling Sheltered water: wind direction matters less here
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▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 5:30 am
Solunar 49 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 86 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 58 out of 100 Turning
Wind 91 out of 100 N 9 km/h
Moon 67 out of 100 waning gibbous all day
Water temp 97 out of 100 22.0 °C all day
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Activity Forecast

Now
HIGH 70+ MED 50 LOW 30 4a 8a 12p 4p 8p
Day Timeline
Major Minor Tide Twilight
First light 5:29 am Last light 7:29 pm
Low 5:55 am High 12:52 pm Low 8:00 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
4:00 am → 7:30 am
82
3h 30m
Good
4:30 pm → 9:00 pm
64
4h 30m
Good
9:30 am → 11:00 am
48
1h 30m
Good
12:30 pm → 1:30 pm
47
1h
First light
5:29 am
Last light
7:29 pm
Sunrise
5:53 am
Sunset
7:05 pm
Moonrise
—
Moonset
9:59 am
Low tide
5:55 am
High tide
12:52 pm
Low tide
8:00 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
🌧️
19°
↗︎
NE
39°
10 km/h
1am
🌧️
18°
↑︎
N
20°
9 km/h
2am
🌧️
18°
↗︎
NE
30°
6 km/h
3am
☁️
18°
↗︎
NE
32°
8 km/h
4am
☁️
17°
↗︎
NE
23°
8 km/h
5am
☁️
17°
↑︎
N
22°
9 km/h
6am
🌧️
17°
↑︎
N
16°
10 km/h
7am
☁️
19°
↑︎
N
20°
12 km/h
8am
☀️
20°
↑︎
N
8°
12 km/h
9am
🌧️
21°
↑︎
N
1°
12 km/h
10am
🌧️
22°
↑︎
N
10°
14 km/h
11am
🌧️
23°
↑︎
N
7°
15 km/h
12pm
🌧️
24°
↑︎
N
12°
16 km/h
1pm
🌧️
24°
↑︎
N
16°
17 km/h
2pm
🌧️
24°
↑︎
N
19°
19 km/h
Now
🌧️
24°
↑︎
N
17°
19 km/h
4pm
🌧️
24°
↑︎
N
17°
21 km/h
5pm
🌧️
23°
↑︎
N
10°
20 km/h
6pm
☀️
22°
↑︎
N
13°
19 km/h
7pm
☀️
21°
↑︎
N
13°
19 km/h
8pm
☀️
20°
↑︎
N
8°
19 km/h
9pm
☀️
20°
↑︎
N
4°
18 km/h
10pm
☀️
20°
↑︎
N
1°
17 km/h
11pm
☀️
19°
↑︎
N
3°
16 km/h
Hourly Swell
Easing 1.3 → 0.9 m S
12am
1.3 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
1am
1.3 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
2am
1.2 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
3am
1.2 m
@ 9 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
4am
1.2 m
@ 9 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
5am
1.2 m
@ 9 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
6am
1.1 m
@ 9 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
7am
1.1 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
8am
1.1 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
9am
1.1 m
@ 9 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
10am
1.1 m
@ 9 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
11am
1.1 m
@ 9 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
12pm
1.1 m
@ 9 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
1pm
1.1 m
@ 9 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
2pm
1.1 m
@ 9 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
Now
1.1 m
@ 9 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
4pm
1.0 m
@ 9 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
5pm
1.0 m
@ 9 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
6pm
1.0 m
@ 9 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
7pm
1.0 m
@ 9 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
8pm
1.0 m
@ 9 s
↓︎
S
Slight
9pm
0.9 m
@ 9 s
↓︎
S
Slight
10pm
0.9 m
@ 9 s
↓︎
S
Slight
11pm
0.9 m
@ 9 s
↓︎
S
Slight
Water Temp (°C)
→ steady around 22.0°
Wed
28 Oct
21.7°
Thu
29 Oct
21.8°
Fri
30 Oct
22.0°
Sat
31 Oct
22.0°
Sun
1 Nov
22.0°
Mon
2 Nov
22.1°
Tue
3 Nov
22.3°
Wed
4 Nov
22.2°
Thu
5 Nov
22.1°
Fri
6 Nov
22.1°
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 19 km/h N (17°).

Wind map data: ECMWF HRES (operational), updated every 6 hours. Not for navigation.