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Richmond River North Wall (Ballina)

Tue 27 Oct 2026 · Australia/Sydney

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📍 Richmond River North Wall (Ballina)
full · 99%
Weather: Rainy Wind: E 100° · 10 km/h Swell: 0.7 m @ 6 s E Water: 21.7 °C Pressure: 1017.2 hPa → steady Sheltered water: wind direction matters less here
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Medium Fish Activity
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▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 1:00 am
Solunar 79 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 0 out of 100 Night
Tide 55 out of 100 Moving
Wind 91 out of 100 S 15 km/h
Moon 100 out of 100 full all day
Water temp 98 out of 100 21.7 °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 5:32 am Last light 7:26 pm
Low 2:47 am High 9:20 am Low 3:43 pm High 9:34 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
12:00 am → 2:30 am
58
2h 30m
Good
6:30 pm → 10:30 pm
57
4h
Good
5:30 am → 6:30 am
56
1h
Good
12:30 pm → 2:00 pm
55
1h 30m
First light
5:32 am
Last light
7:26 pm
Sunrise
5:57 am
Sunset
7:02 pm
Moonrise
8:24 pm
Moonset
6:07 am
Low tide
2:47 am
High tide
9:20 am
Low tide
3:43 pm
High tide
9:34 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
🌧️
21°
↓︎
S
160°
18 km/h
1am
🌧️
20°
↓︎
S
167°
15 km/h
2am
🌧️
20°
↓︎
S
191°
14 km/h
3am
🌧️
20°
↓︎
S
193°
8 km/h
4am
☁️
20°
↙︎
SW
212°
4 km/h
5am
☀️
20°
↓︎
S
164°
3 km/h
6am
☀️
20°
↙︎
SW
207°
2 km/h
7am
☀️
21°
↓︎
S
168°
8 km/h
8am
🌧️
21°
↘︎
SE
143°
10 km/h
9am
🌧️
21°
↘︎
SE
153°
10 km/h
10am
🌧️
22°
↘︎
SE
154°
9 km/h
11am
🌧️
23°
↘︎
SE
115°
11 km/h
12pm
🌧️
24°
→︎
E
100°
10 km/h
1pm
🌧️
23°
→︎
E
97°
11 km/h
2pm
🌧️
23°
→︎
E
84°
13 km/h
3pm
🌧️
23°
→︎
E
85°
17 km/h
4pm
🌧️
22°
↗︎
NE
66°
17 km/h
5pm
🌧️
22°
↗︎
NE
52°
12 km/h
6pm
🌧️
21°
↗︎
NE
27°
10 km/h
7pm
🌧️
21°
↗︎
NE
28°
5 km/h
8pm
🌧️
20°
↑︎
N
357°
4 km/h
9pm
🌧️
21°
↑︎
N
346°
6 km/h
10pm
☀️
20°
↑︎
N
358°
6 km/h
11pm
☁️
20°
↗︎
NE
37°
13 km/h
Hourly Swell
Building 0.5 → 1.0 m SE
12am
0.5 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
1am
0.5 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
2am
0.5 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
3am
0.5 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
4am
0.5 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
5am
0.5 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
6am
0.5 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
7am
0.5 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
8am
0.6 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
9am
0.6 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
10am
0.5 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
11am
0.5 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
12pm
0.7 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
1pm
0.8 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
2pm
0.9 m
@ 6 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
3pm
1.0 m
@ 6 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
4pm
1.1 m
@ 6 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
5pm
1.1 m
@ 6 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
6pm
1.1 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
7pm
1.1 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
8pm
1.2 m
@ 5 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
9pm
1.1 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
10pm
1.0 m
@ 6 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
11pm
1.0 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 10 km/h E (100°).

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