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Barrenjoey Headland (Palm Beach)

Thu 17 Sep 2026 · Australia/Sydney

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📍 Barrenjoey Headland (Palm Beach)
waxing crescent · 28%
Weather: Sunny Wind: S 188° · 25 km/h Swell: 1.5 m @ 8 s SE Water: 18.1 °C Pressure: 1031.6 hPa → steady
★★★☆☆
Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 6:00 pm
Solunar 0 out of 100 Between windows
Time of day 96 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 100 out of 100 Turning
Wind 91 out of 100 S 15 km/h
Moon 0 out of 100 waxing crescent all day
Water temp 81 out of 100 18.1 °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 5:27 am Last light 6:11 pm
Low 4:45 am High 11:30 am Low 6:30 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
4:00 pm → 7:30 pm
63
3h 30m
Good
5:00 am → 6:30 am
61
1h 30m
First light
5:27 am
Last light
6:11 pm
Sunrise
5:51 am
Sunset
5:47 pm
Moonrise
8:57 am
Moonset
11:59 pm
Low tide
4:45 am
High tide
11:30 am
Low tide
6:30 pm
High tide
11:50 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☁️
13°
↓︎
S
195°
26 km/h
1am
☁️
12°
↓︎
S
198°
26 km/h
2am
☁️
12°
↙︎
SW
204°
24 km/h
3am
☀️
11°
↙︎
SW
212°
21 km/h
4am
☀️
10°
↙︎
SW
221°
19 km/h
5am
☀️
10°
↙︎
SW
230°
18 km/h
6am
☀️
10°
↙︎
SW
237°
18 km/h
7am
☀️
10°
↙︎
SW
238°
18 km/h
8am
☀️
11°
↙︎
SW
225°
19 km/h
9am
☁️
13°
↙︎
SW
207°
22 km/h
10am
☁️
14°
↓︎
S
197°
25 km/h
11am
☁️
15°
↓︎
S
191°
25 km/h
12pm
☀️
16°
↓︎
S
188°
25 km/h
1pm
☀️
16°
↓︎
S
184°
24 km/h
2pm
☀️
16°
↓︎
S
181°
23 km/h
3pm
☀️
16°
↓︎
S
178°
21 km/h
4pm
☀️
15°
↓︎
S
175°
19 km/h
5pm
☀️
15°
↓︎
S
172°
17 km/h
6pm
☀️
14°
↓︎
S
169°
15 km/h
7pm
☀️
13°
↓︎
S
168°
12 km/h
8pm
☀️
12°
↓︎
S
175°
9 km/h
9pm
☀️
12°
↓︎
S
196°
7 km/h
10pm
☀️
11°
↙︎
SW
224°
6 km/h
11pm
☀️
10°
↙︎
SW
243°
7 km/h
Hourly Swell
Easing 1.4 → 1.0 m S
12am
1.4 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
1am
1.4 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
2am
1.5 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
3am
1.5 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
4am
1.6 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
5am
1.5 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
6am
1.5 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
7am
1.5 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
8am
1.5 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
9am
1.5 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
10am
1.5 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
11am
1.5 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
12pm
1.5 m
@ 8 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
1pm
1.5 m
@ 8 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
2pm
1.5 m
@ 8 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
3pm
1.5 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
4pm
1.5 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
5pm
1.5 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
6pm
1.4 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
7pm
1.4 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
8pm
1.3 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
9pm
1.2 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
10pm
1.0 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
11pm
1.0 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
Water Temp (°C)
→ steady around 18.1°
Mon
14 Sep
18.4°
Tue
15 Sep
18.5°
Wed
16 Sep
18.4°
Thu
17 Sep
18.1°
Fri
18 Sep
18.2°
Sat
19 Sep
18.4°
Sun
20 Sep
18.5°
Mon
21 Sep
18.7°
Tue
22 Sep
18.8°
Wed
23 Sep
18.9°
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 25 km/h S (188°).

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