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Barrenjoey Headland (Palm Beach)

Mon 26 Oct 2026 · Australia/Sydney

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📍 Barrenjoey Headland (Palm Beach)
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Weather: Rainy Wind: SE 130° · 8 km/h Swell: 0.9 m @ 6 s SE Water: 18.4 °C Pressure: 1014.4 hPa ↑ rising Faces north-east · Offshore: S, SW, W · Onshore: N, NE, E · Forecast wind: onshore
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Medium Fish Activity
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▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 7:30 pm
Solunar 57 out of 100 Minor window
Time of day 97 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 55 out of 100 Moving
Wind 91 out of 100 SE 12 km/h
Moon 100 out of 100 full all day
Water temp 83 out of 100 18.4 °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 5:35 am Last light 7:42 pm
Low 2:17 am High 8:39 am Low 3:00 pm High 9:04 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
7:00 pm → 10:00 pm
70
3h
Good
5:00 am → 7:00 am
62
2h
Good
12:00 am → 1:00 am
58
1h
Good
8:30 am → 9:30 am
48
1h
First light
5:35 am
Last light
7:42 pm
Sunrise
6:01 am
Sunset
7:16 pm
Moonrise
7:32 pm
Moonset
5:30 am
Low tide
2:17 am
High tide
8:39 am
Low tide
3:00 pm
High tide
9:04 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☁️
22°
↖︎
NW
323°
16 km/h
1am
🌧️
21°
↖︎
NW
298°
24 km/h
2am
🌧️
19°
←︎
W
291°
18 km/h
3am
🌧️
19°
↖︎
NW
306°
19 km/h
4am
🌧️
19°
↖︎
NW
295°
19 km/h
5am
🌧️
19°
←︎
W
283°
17 km/h
6am
🌧️
18°
↓︎
S
187°
19 km/h
7am
🌧️
17°
↓︎
S
185°
21 km/h
8am
☁️
17°
↓︎
S
183°
22 km/h
9am
🌧️
18°
↓︎
S
184°
21 km/h
10am
🌧️
18°
↓︎
S
182°
23 km/h
11am
☁️
18°
↓︎
S
169°
20 km/h
12pm
🌧️
18°
↓︎
S
168°
20 km/h
1pm
☁️
19°
↓︎
S
159°
19 km/h
2pm
☁️
20°
↘︎
SE
149°
18 km/h
3pm
☀️
19°
↘︎
SE
145°
19 km/h
4pm
☀️
19°
↘︎
SE
144°
21 km/h
5pm
☀️
18°
↘︎
SE
144°
19 km/h
6pm
☁️
18°
↘︎
SE
144°
15 km/h
7pm
☁️
18°
↘︎
SE
135°
12 km/h
8pm
☁️
18°
↘︎
SE
132°
13 km/h
9pm
☁️
18°
↘︎
SE
126°
13 km/h
10pm
🌧️
17°
↘︎
SE
122°
10 km/h
11pm
🌧️
16°
↘︎
SE
130°
8 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.9 m NE
12am
1.2 m
@ 7 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
1am
1.1 m
@ 7 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
2am
1.1 m
@ 7 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
3am
1.0 m
@ 7 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
4am
1.0 m
@ 7 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
5am
0.9 m
@ 7 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
6am
0.9 m
@ 7 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
7am
0.9 m
@ 7 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
8am
0.9 m
@ 7 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
9am
1.0 m
@ 8 s
↗︎
NE
Moderate
chop
10am
1.1 m
@ 9 s
↗︎
NE
Moderate
11am
1.3 m
@ 9 s
↗︎
NE
Moderate
12pm
1.2 m
@ 8 s
→︎
E
Moderate
1pm
1.1 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
2pm
1.0 m
@ 6 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
3pm
1.0 m
@ 6 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
4pm
1.0 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
5pm
1.0 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
6pm
1.0 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
7pm
1.0 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
8pm
1.0 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
9pm
1.0 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
10pm
0.9 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
11pm
0.9 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
Water Temp (°C)
→ steady around 18.4°
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°
Sun
1 Nov
18.9°
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 8 km/h SE (130°).

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