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Barrenjoey Headland (Palm Beach)

Sat 12 Sep 2026 · Australia/Sydney

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Weather: Sunny Wind: N 20° · 13 km/h Swell: 0.8 m @ 10 s SE Water: 18.3 °C Pressure: 1028.3 hPa ↓ falling
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Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 6:30 pm
Solunar 28 out of 100 Minor window
Time of day 49 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 55 out of 100 Moving
Wind 100 out of 100 NE 16 km/h
Moon 100 out of 100 new all day
Water temp 83 out of 100 18.3 °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 5:34 am Last light 6:08 pm
Low 2:03 am High 8:17 am Low 2:11 pm High 8:23 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
5:30 pm → 9:00 pm
63
3h 30m
Good
5:00 am → 7:00 am
60
2h
Good
12:00 pm → 3:00 pm
57
3h
Good
8:00 am → 8:30 am
45
30m
First light
5:34 am
Last light
6:08 pm
Sunrise
5:58 am
Sunset
5:44 pm
Moonrise
6:17 am
Moonset
6:53 pm
Low tide
2:03 am
High tide
8:17 am
Low tide
2:11 pm
High tide
8:23 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☀️
13°
↙︎
SW
214°
1 km/h
1am
☀️
11°
←︎
W
266°
2 km/h
2am
☀️
10°
←︎
W
265°
8 km/h
3am
☁️
10°
←︎
W
262°
9 km/h
4am
☁️
9°
←︎
W
261°
9 km/h
5am
☁️
9°
←︎
W
265°
9 km/h
6am
☁️
9°
←︎
W
271°
8 km/h
7am
☀️
10°
←︎
W
281°
8 km/h
8am
☀️
14°
↖︎
NW
304°
5 km/h
9am
☀️
17°
↖︎
NW
333°
4 km/h
10am
☀️
19°
↗︎
NE
44°
6 km/h
11am
☀️
20°
→︎
E
80°
8 km/h
12pm
☀️
19°
→︎
E
90°
15 km/h
1pm
☀️
19°
→︎
E
76°
17 km/h
2pm
☀️
19°
→︎
E
69°
17 km/h
3pm
☀️
19°
↗︎
NE
60°
18 km/h
4pm
☀️
18°
↗︎
NE
52°
18 km/h
5pm
☀️
17°
↗︎
NE
48°
18 km/h
6pm
☀️
16°
↗︎
NE
39°
16 km/h
7pm
☀️
16°
↗︎
NE
31°
14 km/h
8pm
☀️
16°
↗︎
NE
26°
13 km/h
9pm
☀️
16°
↗︎
NE
25°
13 km/h
10pm
☀️
16°
↑︎
N
20°
13 km/h
11pm
☀️
15°
↑︎
N
347°
10 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.7 m S
12am
0.9 m
@ 9 s
↓︎
S
Slight
1am
0.8 m
@ 9 s
↓︎
S
Slight
2am
0.8 m
@ 9 s
↓︎
S
Slight
3am
0.7 m
@ 9 s
↓︎
S
Slight
4am
0.7 m
@ 9 s
↓︎
S
Slight
5am
0.7 m
@ 9 s
↓︎
S
Slight
6am
0.7 m
@ 9 s
↓︎
S
Slight
7am
0.7 m
@ 9 s
↓︎
S
Slight
8am
0.7 m
@ 9 s
↓︎
S
Slight
9am
0.7 m
@ 9 s
↓︎
S
Slight
10am
0.7 m
@ 9 s
↓︎
S
Slight
11am
0.8 m
@ 9 s
↓︎
S
Slight
12pm
0.8 m
@ 9 s
↓︎
S
Slight
1pm
0.8 m
@ 9 s
↓︎
S
Slight
2pm
0.8 m
@ 9 s
↓︎
S
Slight
3pm
0.8 m
@ 9 s
↓︎
S
Slight
4pm
0.8 m
@ 9 s
↓︎
S
Slight
5pm
0.8 m
@ 9 s
↓︎
S
Slight
6pm
0.8 m
@ 9 s
↓︎
S
Slight
7pm
0.8 m
@ 9 s
↓︎
S
Slight
8pm
0.8 m
@ 9 s
↓︎
S
Slight
9pm
0.8 m
@ 10 s
↓︎
S
Slight
10pm
0.8 m
@ 10 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
11pm
0.7 m
@ 10 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
Water Temp (°C)
→ steady around 18.3°
Wed
9 Sep
18.3°
Thu
10 Sep
18.2°
Fri
11 Sep
18.2°
Sat
12 Sep
18.3°
Sun
13 Sep
18.4°
Mon
14 Sep
18.5°
Tue
15 Sep
18.5°
Wed
16 Sep
18.3°
Thu
17 Sep
18.1°
Fri
18 Sep
18.1°
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 13 km/h N (20°).

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