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Richmond River North Wall (Ballina)

Fri 06 Nov 2026 · Australia/Sydney

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📍 Richmond River North Wall (Ballina)
waning crescent · 16%
Weather: Sunny Wind: SE 118° · 6 km/h Swell: 0.5 m @ 8 s E Water: 22.1 °C Pressure: 1014.5 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 93 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 91 out of 100 W 11 km/h
Moon 0 out of 100 waning crescent 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 5:24 am Last light 7:34 pm
Low 12:30 am High 6:46 am Low 12:55 pm High 6:48 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
5:00 am → 7:30 am
67
2h 30m
Good
6:30 pm → 11:00 pm
66
4h 30m
Good
12:00 am → 1:30 am
49
1h 30m
Good
9:30 am → 10:30 am
48
1h
First light
5:24 am
Last light
7:34 pm
Sunrise
5:49 am
Sunset
7:09 pm
Moonrise
3:40 am
Moonset
4:19 pm
Low tide
12:30 am
High tide
6:46 am
Low tide
12:55 pm
High tide
6:48 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☀️
17°
←︎
W
261°
12 km/h
1am
☀️
16°
←︎
W
260°
12 km/h
2am
☀️
16°
←︎
W
261°
12 km/h
3am
☀️
15°
←︎
W
262°
12 km/h
4am
☀️
15°
←︎
W
264°
12 km/h
5am
☀️
15°
←︎
W
263°
11 km/h
6am
☀️
16°
←︎
W
260°
9 km/h
7am
☀️
18°
←︎
W
254°
7 km/h
8am
☀️
20°
↙︎
SW
242°
5 km/h
9am
☀️
22°
↙︎
SW
215°
4 km/h
10am
☀️
23°
↓︎
S
174°
3 km/h
11am
☀️
24°
↘︎
SE
140°
4 km/h
12pm
☀️
25°
↘︎
SE
118°
6 km/h
1pm
☀️
25°
→︎
E
103°
8 km/h
2pm
☀️
24°
→︎
E
94°
10 km/h
3pm
☁️
24°
→︎
E
88°
13 km/h
4pm
☁️
23°
→︎
E
84°
14 km/h
5pm
☁️
23°
→︎
E
82°
15 km/h
6pm
☁️
22°
→︎
E
80°
15 km/h
7pm
☁️
21°
→︎
E
78°
13 km/h
8pm
☀️
21°
→︎
E
75°
11 km/h
9pm
☀️
20°
→︎
E
72°
9 km/h
10pm
☀️
19°
↗︎
NE
64°
6 km/h
11pm
☀️
19°
↗︎
NE
54°
4 km/h
Hourly Swell
Building 0.5 → 1.0 m S
12am
0.5 m
@ 6 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
1am
0.5 m
@ 6 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
2am
0.5 m
@ 6 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
3am
0.5 m
@ 6 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
4am
0.5 m
@ 6 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
5am
Calm
6am
0.5 m
@ 6 s
↗︎
NE
Calm
chop
7am
0.5 m
@ 7 s
→︎
E
Calm
chop
8am
0.5 m
@ 8 s
→︎
E
Calm
chop
9am
0.5 m
@ 8 s
→︎
E
Calm
chop
10am
0.5 m
@ 8 s
→︎
E
Calm
chop
11am
0.5 m
@ 8 s
→︎
E
Calm
chop
12pm
0.5 m
@ 8 s
→︎
E
Calm
chop
1pm
0.5 m
@ 8 s
→︎
E
Calm
chop
2pm
0.5 m
@ 8 s
→︎
E
Calm
chop
3pm
0.6 m
@ 8 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
4pm
0.7 m
@ 8 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
5pm
0.8 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Slight
6pm
0.9 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Slight
7pm
0.9 m
@ 9 s
↓︎
S
Slight
8pm
1.0 m
@ 9 s
↓︎
S
Slight
9pm
1.0 m
@ 9 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
10pm
1.0 m
@ 9 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
11pm
1.0 m
@ 9 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
Water Temp (°C)
→ steady around 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°
Tue
10 Nov
—
Wed
11 Nov
—
Thu
12 Nov
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Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 6 km/h SE (118°).

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