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Richmond River North Wall (Ballina)

Mon 02 Nov 2026 · Australia/Sydney

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📍 Richmond River North Wall (Ballina)
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Weather: Rainy Wind: S 166° · 14 km/h Swell: 0.5 m @ 8 s SE Water: 22.1 °C Pressure: 1015.5 hPa → steady Sheltered water: wind direction matters less here
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▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 7:00 pm
Solunar 85 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 64 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 55 out of 100 Moving
Wind 91 out of 100 S 9 km/h
Moon 33 out of 100 last quarter all day
Water temp 97 out of 100 22.1 °C all day
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Activity Forecast

HIGH 70+ MED 50 LOW 30 4a 8a 12p 4p 8p
Day Timeline
Major Minor Tide Twilight
First light 5:27 am Last light 7:31 pm
High 2:54 am Low 8:27 am High 3:14 pm Low 10:16 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
6:00 pm → 9:00 pm
77
3h
Good
5:00 am → 9:30 am
64
4h 30m
Good
3:00 pm → 4:30 pm
49
1h 30m
Good
2:00 am → 3:30 am
47
1h 30m
First light
5:27 am
Last light
7:31 pm
Sunrise
5:52 am
Sunset
7:06 pm
Moonrise
1:26 am
Moonset
12:16 pm
High tide
2:54 am
Low tide
8:27 am
High tide
3:14 pm
Low tide
10:16 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☀️
20°
↗︎
NE
28°
3 km/h
1am
☀️
19°
↖︎
NW
328°
3 km/h
2am
☀️
19°
←︎
W
289°
6 km/h
3am
☀️
19°
←︎
W
283°
6 km/h
4am
☀️
19°
↙︎
SW
214°
3 km/h
5am
☀️
18°
↙︎
SW
223°
4 km/h
6am
☀️
18°
↙︎
SW
237°
4 km/h
7am
☀️
20°
↙︎
SW
210°
7 km/h
8am
☀️
23°
↓︎
S
198°
5 km/h
9am
☀️
25°
↓︎
S
194°
6 km/h
10am
☀️
26°
↓︎
S
169°
8 km/h
11am
🌧️
27°
↓︎
S
163°
12 km/h
12pm
🌧️
26°
↓︎
S
166°
14 km/h
1pm
☀️
26°
↘︎
SE
155°
16 km/h
2pm
☀️
25°
↘︎
SE
154°
16 km/h
3pm
☀️
25°
↘︎
SE
150°
14 km/h
4pm
☀️
25°
↘︎
SE
145°
10 km/h
5pm
🌧️
24°
↘︎
SE
138°
8 km/h
6pm
☁️
23°
↘︎
SE
148°
9 km/h
7pm
☁️
22°
↓︎
S
160°
9 km/h
8pm
☁️
22°
↘︎
SE
138°
8 km/h
9pm
☁️
22°
↘︎
SE
127°
7 km/h
10pm
☁️
22°
↘︎
SE
126°
7 km/h
11pm
☁️
21°
→︎
E
111°
6 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.4 m NE
12am
0.7 m
@ 4 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
1am
0.6 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
2am
0.6 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
3am
0.5 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
4am
0.5 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
5am
0.5 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
6am
0.5 m
@ 6 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
7am
Calm
8am
0.5 m
@ 6 s
↗︎
NE
Calm
chop
9am
0.5 m
@ 7 s
→︎
E
Calm
chop
10am
0.5 m
@ 7 s
→︎
E
Calm
chop
11am
0.5 m
@ 8 s
↘︎
SE
Calm
chop
12pm
0.5 m
@ 8 s
↘︎
SE
Calm
1pm
0.5 m
@ 8 s
↘︎
SE
Calm
chop
2pm
0.5 m
@ 8 s
↘︎
SE
Calm
chop
3pm
0.5 m
@ 8 s
↘︎
SE
Calm
chop
4pm
0.5 m
@ 8 s
↘︎
SE
Calm
chop
5pm
0.5 m
@ 8 s
↘︎
SE
Calm
chop
6pm
0.5 m
@ 8 s
↘︎
SE
Calm
chop
7pm
0.5 m
@ 8 s
↘︎
SE
Calm
chop
8pm
0.5 m
@ 8 s
↘︎
SE
Calm
chop
9pm
0.5 m
@ 8 s
↘︎
SE
Calm
chop
10pm
0.4 m
@ 8 s
↘︎
SE
Calm
chop
11pm
0.4 m
@ 8 s
↘︎
SE
Calm
chop
Water Temp (°C)
→ steady around 22.1°
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°
Sat
7 Nov
22.1°
Sun
8 Nov
21.9°
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 14 km/h S (166°).

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