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Barrenjoey Headland (Palm Beach)

Tue 15 Sep 2026 · Australia/Sydney

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📍 Barrenjoey Headland (Palm Beach)
waxing crescent · 11%
Weather: Sunny Wind: SE 148° · 13 km/h Swell: flat Water: 18.6 °C Pressure: 1018.9 hPa ↑ rising
★★★☆☆
Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 6:00 pm
Solunar 0 out of 100 Between windows
Time of day 98 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 91 out of 100 S 16 km/h
Moon 0 out of 100 waxing crescent all day
Water temp 85 out of 100 18.6 °C all day
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Activity Forecast
Now
HIGH 70+ MED 50 LOW 30 4a 8a 12p 4p 8p
Day timeline
Major Minor Tide Twilight
First light 5:30 am Last light 6:10 pm
Low 3:40 am High 10:09 am Low 4:30 pm High 10:24 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
2:30 pm → 7:00 pm
66
4h 30m
Good
5:00 am → 6:30 am
56
1h 30m
First light
5:30 am
Last light
6:10 pm
Sunrise
5:54 am
Sunset
5:46 pm
Moonrise
7:44 am
Moonset
10:00 pm
Low tide
3:40 am
High tide
10:09 am
Low tide
4:30 pm
High tide
10:24 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☀️
18°
↖︎
NW
329°
14 km/h
1am
☀️
18°
↖︎
NW
318°
14 km/h
2am
☀️
17°
↖︎
NW
305°
14 km/h
3am
☀️
16°
↖︎
NW
304°
15 km/h
4am
☀️
16°
↖︎
NW
305°
15 km/h
5am
☀️
16°
↖︎
NW
299°
11 km/h
6am
☀️
15°
←︎
W
292°
7 km/h
7am
☀️
17°
↙︎
SW
243°
6 km/h
8am
☀️
19°
↙︎
SW
212°
9 km/h
9am
☀️
21°
↙︎
SW
203°
8 km/h
10am
☀️
22°
↘︎
SE
151°
9 km/h
11am
☀️
22°
↘︎
SE
146°
13 km/h
12pm
☀️
21°
↘︎
SE
149°
17 km/h
1pm
☀️
21°
↘︎
SE
148°
19 km/h
2pm
☀️
20°
↘︎
SE
153°
20 km/h
3pm
☀️
19°
↘︎
SE
155°
17 km/h
4pm
☀️
19°
↘︎
SE
148°
13 km/h
Now
☀️
18°
↘︎
SE
153°
14 km/h
6pm
☁️
17°
↓︎
S
169°
16 km/h
7pm
🌧️
16°
↓︎
S
183°
25 km/h
8pm
🌧️
15°
↓︎
S
185°
30 km/h
9pm
☀️
15°
↓︎
S
180°
28 km/h
10pm
☁️
14°
↓︎
S
179°
27 km/h
11pm
☁️
14°
↓︎
S
180°
26 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.6 m S
12am
0.6 m
@ 4 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
1am
0.5 m
@ 4 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
2am
0.5 m
@ 4 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
3am
0.5 m
@ 4 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
4am
0.5 m
@ 4 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
5am
0.5 m
@ 4 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
6am
0.5 m
@ 4 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
7am
0.5 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
8am
0.5 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
9am
0.5 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
10am
0.5 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
11am
0.5 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
12pm
Calm
1pm
Calm
2pm
Calm
3pm
Calm
4pm
Calm
Now
Calm
6pm
Calm
7pm
Calm
8pm
0.4 m
@ 6 s
↓︎
S
Calm
chop
9pm
0.4 m
@ 6 s
↓︎
S
Calm
chop
10pm
0.5 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Calm
chop
11pm
0.6 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
Water Temp (°C)
→ steady around 18.6°
Sat
12 Sep
18.3°
Sun
13 Sep
18.4°
Mon
14 Sep
18.5°
Tue
15 Sep
18.6°
Wed
16 Sep
18.4°
Thu
17 Sep
18.2°
Fri
18 Sep
18.3°
Sat
19 Sep
18.5°
Sun
20 Sep
18.6°
Mon
21 Sep
18.7°
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 13 km/h SE (148°).

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