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Richmond River North Wall (Ballina)

Thu 29 Oct 2026 · Australia/Sydney

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📍 Richmond River North Wall (Ballina)
waning gibbous · 91%
Weather: Cloudy Wind: SE 132° · 11 km/h Swell: 0.9 m @ 5 s SE Water: 21.8 °C Pressure: 1022.0 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 · 5:30 am
Solunar 0 out of 100 Between windows
Time of day 83 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 55 out of 100 Moving
Wind 91 out of 100 W 11 km/h
Moon 67 out of 100 waning gibbous all day
Water temp 98 out of 100 21.8 °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 5:31 am Last light 7:28 pm
Low 4:08 am High 10:56 am Low 5:36 pm High 11:15 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
2:30 am → 6:30 am
66
4h
Good
5:00 pm → 8:30 pm
63
3h 30m
Good
10:30 pm → 12:00 am
61
1h 30m
Good
2:30 pm → 3:30 pm
54
1h
First light
5:31 am
Last light
7:28 pm
Sunrise
5:55 am
Sunset
7:03 pm
Moonrise
10:44 pm
Moonset
7:48 am
Low tide
4:08 am
High tide
10:56 am
Low tide
5:36 pm
High tide
11:15 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☀️
16°
↖︎
NW
314°
8 km/h
1am
☀️
15°
↙︎
SW
229°
4 km/h
2am
☀️
16°
↙︎
SW
225°
6 km/h
3am
☀️
16°
↙︎
SW
231°
7 km/h
4am
☁️
15°
←︎
W
252°
9 km/h
5am
☁️
14°
←︎
W
262°
11 km/h
6am
☁️
14°
←︎
W
271°
12 km/h
7am
☀️
14°
←︎
W
275°
10 km/h
8am
☀️
18°
←︎
W
267°
7 km/h
9am
☀️
21°
↙︎
SW
235°
6 km/h
10am
🌧️
22°
↓︎
S
168°
8 km/h
11am
☁️
23°
↘︎
SE
146°
10 km/h
12pm
☁️
23°
↘︎
SE
132°
11 km/h
1pm
🌧️
23°
↘︎
SE
127°
13 km/h
2pm
☀️
23°
↘︎
SE
118°
15 km/h
3pm
☀️
23°
↘︎
SE
113°
13 km/h
4pm
☁️
23°
→︎
E
110°
14 km/h
5pm
☁️
22°
→︎
E
107°
14 km/h
6pm
☁️
21°
→︎
E
104°
13 km/h
7pm
☁️
21°
→︎
E
102°
14 km/h
8pm
☁️
20°
→︎
E
97°
9 km/h
9pm
☁️
19°
→︎
E
82°
6 km/h
10pm
☀️
19°
→︎
E
79°
3 km/h
11pm
☀️
18°
↘︎
SE
114°
6 km/h
Hourly Swell
Building 0.8 → 1.2 m S
12am
0.8 m
@ 6 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
1am
0.8 m
@ 6 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
2am
0.8 m
@ 6 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
3am
0.8 m
@ 6 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
4am
0.8 m
@ 6 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
5am
0.8 m
@ 6 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
6am
0.8 m
@ 6 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
7am
0.8 m
@ 6 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
8am
0.9 m
@ 6 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
9am
0.9 m
@ 6 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
10am
0.9 m
@ 6 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
11am
0.9 m
@ 5 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
12pm
0.9 m
@ 5 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
1pm
0.9 m
@ 6 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
2pm
0.9 m
@ 6 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
3pm
0.9 m
@ 6 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
4pm
1.0 m
@ 6 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
5pm
1.0 m
@ 6 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
6pm
1.1 m
@ 6 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
7pm
1.3 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
8pm
1.4 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
9pm
1.4 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
10pm
1.3 m
@ 6 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
11pm
1.2 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 11 km/h SE (132°).

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