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Richmond River North Wall (Ballina)

Tue 03 Nov 2026 · Australia/Sydney

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📍 Richmond River North Wall (Ballina)
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Weather: Cloudy Wind: NE 29° · 16 km/h Swell: 0.4 m @ 7 s SE Water: 22.3 °C Pressure: 1013.2 hPa ↓ falling Sheltered water: wind direction matters less here
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At the day's peak · 7:30 pm
Solunar 86 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 88 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 55 out of 100 Moving
Wind 91 out of 100 NE 8 km/h
Moon 33 out of 100 last quarter all day
Water temp 96 out of 100 22.3 °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 5:26 am Last light 7:32 pm
High 4:13 am Low 9:44 am High 4:21 pm Low 11:05 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
6:30 pm → 9:00 pm
80
2h 30m
Good
4:30 am → 10:30 am
59
6h
Good
11:00 pm → 12:00 am
54
1h
Good
1:00 pm → 2:00 pm
46
1h
First light
5:26 am
Last light
7:32 pm
Sunrise
5:51 am
Sunset
7:07 pm
Moonrise
2:05 am
Moonset
1:20 pm
High tide
4:13 am
Low tide
9:44 am
High tide
4:21 pm
Low tide
11:05 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☁️
21°
→︎
E
72°
3 km/h
1am
☁️
21°
↗︎
NE
54°
2 km/h
2am
☁️
21°
↑︎
N
360°
2 km/h
3am
🌧️
20°
↖︎
NW
312°
2 km/h
4am
☁️
20°
←︎
W
288°
2 km/h
5am
☁️
20°
←︎
W
279°
3 km/h
6am
☁️
20°
↖︎
NW
298°
3 km/h
7am
☁️
20°
←︎
W
282°
4 km/h
8am
☀️
22°
↑︎
N
341°
3 km/h
9am
☁️
24°
↑︎
N
22°
9 km/h
10am
☁️
26°
↗︎
NE
28°
14 km/h
11am
☁️
27°
↗︎
NE
33°
16 km/h
12pm
☁️
27°
↗︎
NE
29°
16 km/h
1pm
🌧️
27°
↑︎
N
17°
14 km/h
2pm
🌧️
24°
←︎
W
292°
11 km/h
3pm
🌧️
24°
↑︎
N
21°
4 km/h
4pm
☁️
25°
↗︎
NE
26°
5 km/h
5pm
🌧️
26°
↗︎
NE
28°
12 km/h
6pm
🌧️
25°
↗︎
NE
34°
11 km/h
7pm
🌧️
24°
↗︎
NE
37°
8 km/h
8pm
🌧️
23°
↗︎
NE
33°
5 km/h
9pm
☁️
22°
↑︎
N
6°
3 km/h
10pm
☁️
22°
↖︎
NW
307°
4 km/h
11pm
☁️
21°
←︎
W
288°
7 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.5 m NE
12am
0.4 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Calm
chop
1am
Calm
2am
Calm
3am
Calm
4am
0.4 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Calm
chop
5am
0.4 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Calm
chop
6am
0.4 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Calm
chop
7am
0.4 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Calm
chop
8am
0.4 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Calm
chop
9am
0.4 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Calm
chop
10am
0.4 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Calm
chop
11am
0.4 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Calm
chop
12pm
0.4 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Calm
chop
1pm
0.5 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Calm
chop
2pm
0.5 m
@ 6 s
↓︎
S
Calm
chop
3pm
0.5 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Calm
chop
4pm
0.5 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Calm
chop
5pm
0.5 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Calm
chop
6pm
0.5 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
7pm
0.5 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
8pm
0.6 m
@ 4 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
9pm
0.6 m
@ 3 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
10pm
0.5 m
@ 3 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
11pm
0.5 m
@ 4 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
Water Temp (°C)
→ steady around 22.3°
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°
Mon
9 Nov
21.2°
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 16 km/h NE (29°).

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