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Richmond River North Wall (Ballina)

Wed 28 Oct 2026 · Australia/Sydney

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📍 Richmond River North Wall (Ballina)
waning gibbous · 96%
Weather: Cloudy Wind: S 185° · 14 km/h Swell: 0.8 m @ 7 s S Water: 21.7 °C Pressure: 1016.6 hPa ↓ falling 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 · 2:00 am
Solunar 75 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 0 out of 100 Night
Tide 55 out of 100 Moving
Wind 91 out of 100 N 10 km/h
Moon 67 out of 100 waning gibbous 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 7:27 pm
Low 3:23 am High 10:11 am Low 4:38 pm High 10:23 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
1:00 am → 4:00 am
59
3h
Good
7:00 pm → 8:30 pm
57
1h 30m
Good
9:30 pm → 11:00 pm
54
1h 30m
Good
1:30 pm → 2:30 pm
54
1h
First light
5:32 am
Last light
7:27 pm
Sunrise
5:56 am
Sunset
7:03 pm
Moonrise
9:35 pm
Moonset
6:54 am
Low tide
3:23 am
High tide
10:11 am
Low tide
4:38 pm
High tide
10:23 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
🌧️
20°
↑︎
N
17°
13 km/h
1am
🌧️
21°
↑︎
N
11°
11 km/h
2am
☀️
20°
↑︎
N
359°
10 km/h
3am
☁️
20°
↖︎
NW
331°
9 km/h
4am
☁️
20°
↖︎
NW
333°
5 km/h
5am
☁️
19°
↖︎
NW
294°
5 km/h
6am
☁️
19°
↙︎
SW
227°
4 km/h
7am
☁️
20°
←︎
W
272°
6 km/h
8am
☁️
20°
←︎
W
250°
5 km/h
9am
☁️
21°
←︎
W
258°
6 km/h
10am
☁️
24°
↙︎
SW
245°
10 km/h
11am
☁️
25°
←︎
W
251°
9 km/h
12pm
☁️
26°
↓︎
S
185°
14 km/h
1pm
☁️
25°
↓︎
S
168°
17 km/h
2pm
☁️
24°
↓︎
S
161°
17 km/h
3pm
☁️
23°
↘︎
SE
157°
14 km/h
4pm
☁️
22°
↘︎
SE
138°
9 km/h
5pm
☁️
22°
→︎
E
105°
2 km/h
6pm
🌧️
20°
↗︎
NE
27°
5 km/h
7pm
🌧️
19°
↑︎
N
17°
4 km/h
8pm
🌧️
19°
↗︎
NE
51°
8 km/h
9pm
☁️
19°
↗︎
NE
28°
4 km/h
10pm
☀️
18°
↑︎
N
346°
7 km/h
11pm
☀️
17°
↖︎
NW
323°
10 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.9 m S
12am
0.9 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
1am
0.9 m
@ 6 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
2am
0.9 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
3am
0.9 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
4am
0.8 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
5am
0.8 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
6am
0.8 m
@ 6 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
7am
0.7 m
@ 6 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
8am
0.7 m
@ 6 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
9am
0.8 m
@ 6 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
10am
0.8 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
11am
0.8 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
12pm
0.8 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
1pm
0.8 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
2pm
0.8 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
3pm
0.9 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
4pm
0.9 m
@ 6 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
5pm
0.9 m
@ 6 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
6pm
0.9 m
@ 6 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
7pm
0.9 m
@ 6 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
8pm
1.0 m
@ 6 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
9pm
0.9 m
@ 6 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
10pm
0.9 m
@ 6 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
11pm
0.9 m
@ 6 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 14 km/h S (185°).

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