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Barrenjoey Headland (Palm Beach)

Sun 25 Oct 2026 · Australia/Sydney

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📍 Barrenjoey Headland (Palm Beach)
full · 99%
Weather: Sunny Wind: NW 320° · 21 km/h Swell: 1.1 m @ 6 s E Water: 18.7 °C Pressure: 1007.7 hPa ↓ falling Faces north-east · Offshore: S, SW, W · Onshore: N, NE, E · Forecast wind: cross-shore
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Medium Fish Activity
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▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 5:30 am
Solunar 18 out of 100 Minor window
Time of day 71 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 55 out of 100 Moving
Wind 91 out of 100 NW 17 km/h
Moon 100 out of 100 full all day
Water temp 85 out of 100 18.7 °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 5:36 am Last light 7:41 pm
Low 1:41 am High 8:00 am Low 2:14 pm High 8:15 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
5:00 am → 7:00 am
65
2h
Good
6:30 pm → 9:30 pm
65
3h
Good
11:30 am → 1:00 pm
55
1h 30m
Good
1:00 am → 2:30 am
50
1h 30m
First light
5:36 am
Last light
7:41 pm
Sunrise
6:02 am
Sunset
7:15 pm
Moonrise
6:22 pm
Moonset
4:58 am
Low tide
1:41 am
High tide
8:00 am
Low tide
2:14 pm
High tide
8:15 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☀️
20°
↗︎
NE
24°
9 km/h
1am
☀️
19°
↑︎
N
4°
7 km/h
2am
☀️
19°
↑︎
N
338°
7 km/h
3am
☀️
19°
↖︎
NW
330°
12 km/h
4am
☀️
20°
↖︎
NW
317°
17 km/h
5am
☀️
20°
↖︎
NW
316°
17 km/h
6am
☀️
21°
↖︎
NW
320°
16 km/h
7am
☀️
22°
↖︎
NW
334°
14 km/h
8am
☀️
24°
↑︎
N
346°
13 km/h
9am
☀️
26°
↑︎
N
353°
14 km/h
10am
☀️
27°
↑︎
N
8°
16 km/h
11am
☀️
29°
↑︎
N
355°
17 km/h
12pm
☀️
30°
↑︎
N
3°
18 km/h
1pm
☀️
31°
↑︎
N
356°
21 km/h
2pm
☁️
31°
↑︎
N
358°
21 km/h
3pm
☁️
30°
↗︎
NE
31°
18 km/h
4pm
🌧️
27°
↗︎
NE
37°
19 km/h
5pm
🌧️
25°
↑︎
N
11°
15 km/h
6pm
🌧️
23°
↑︎
N
20°
20 km/h
7pm
☁️
22°
↑︎
N
348°
15 km/h
8pm
☁️
22°
↖︎
NW
334°
18 km/h
9pm
☁️
23°
↑︎
N
344°
17 km/h
10pm
🌧️
22°
↑︎
N
338°
20 km/h
11pm
🌧️
21°
↖︎
NW
320°
21 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~1.1 m E
12am
1.0 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
1am
1.0 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
2am
1.1 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
3am
1.0 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
4am
1.0 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
5am
1.0 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
6am
0.9 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
7am
0.9 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
8am
0.9 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
9am
0.9 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
10am
0.8 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
11am
0.8 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
12pm
0.8 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
1pm
0.8 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
2pm
0.8 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
3pm
0.8 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
4pm
0.9 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
5pm
0.9 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
6pm
1.0 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
7pm
1.1 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
8pm
1.1 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
9pm
1.1 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
10pm
1.1 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
11pm
1.1 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
Water Temp (°C)
→ steady around 18.7°
Thu
22 Oct
18.5°
Fri
23 Oct
18.2°
Sat
24 Oct
18.5°
Sun
25 Oct
18.7°
Mon
26 Oct
18.4°
Tue
27 Oct
18.4°
Wed
28 Oct
18.4°
Thu
29 Oct
18.6°
Fri
30 Oct
18.8°
Sat
31 Oct
18.8°
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 21 km/h NW (320°).

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