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Barrenjoey Headland (Palm Beach)

Thu 29 Oct 2026 · Australia/Sydney

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📍 Barrenjoey Headland (Palm Beach)
waning gibbous · 91%
Weather: Sunny Wind: SE 142° · 13 km/h Swell: 1.0 m @ 8 s S Water: 18.6 °C Pressure: 1022.1 hPa → steady 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 0 out of 100 Between windows
Time of day 78 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 55 out of 100 Moving
Wind 100 out of 100 W 11 km/h
Moon 67 out of 100 waning gibbous all day
Water temp 85 out of 100 18.6 °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 5:32 am Last light 7:45 pm
Low 4:20 am High 10:56 am Low 5:44 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
2:00 am → 7:00 am
64
5h
Good
7:00 pm → 8:30 pm
59
1h 30m
Good
11:30 pm → 12:00 am
48
30m
Good
2:30 pm → 3:30 pm
48
1h
First light
5:32 am
Last light
7:45 pm
Sunrise
5:58 am
Sunset
7:19 pm
Moonrise
11:09 pm
Moonset
7:43 am
Low tide
4:20 am
High tide
10:56 am
Low tide
5:44 pm
High tide
11:43 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☁️
13°
←︎
W
279°
7 km/h
1am
☀️
13°
←︎
W
262°
8 km/h
2am
☀️
12°
←︎
W
265°
8 km/h
3am
☁️
12°
←︎
W
282°
10 km/h
4am
☁️
12°
←︎
W
285°
11 km/h
5am
☁️
12°
←︎
W
280°
11 km/h
6am
☀️
11°
←︎
W
282°
10 km/h
7am
☀️
13°
←︎
W
279°
11 km/h
8am
☀️
16°
←︎
W
270°
7 km/h
9am
☀️
19°
↙︎
SW
233°
7 km/h
10am
☀️
21°
↓︎
S
184°
11 km/h
11am
☀️
21°
↘︎
SE
154°
13 km/h
12pm
☀️
21°
↘︎
SE
142°
13 km/h
1pm
☀️
21°
↘︎
SE
140°
16 km/h
2pm
☀️
21°
↘︎
SE
136°
17 km/h
3pm
☀️
21°
↘︎
SE
122°
18 km/h
4pm
☀️
20°
↘︎
SE
113°
18 km/h
5pm
☀️
20°
↘︎
SE
125°
16 km/h
6pm
☀️
19°
↘︎
SE
124°
15 km/h
7pm
☀️
18°
↘︎
SE
121°
13 km/h
8pm
☀️
17°
↘︎
SE
126°
10 km/h
9pm
☀️
17°
↘︎
SE
136°
7 km/h
10pm
☀️
16°
↓︎
S
159°
3 km/h
11pm
☀️
16°
↓︎
S
168°
4 km/h
Hourly Swell
Building 0.6 → 1.0 m SE
12am
0.6 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
1am
0.6 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
2am
0.6 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
3am
0.7 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
4am
0.7 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
5am
0.7 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
6am
0.7 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
7am
0.8 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
8am
0.8 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
9am
0.8 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
10am
0.9 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
11am
1.0 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
12pm
1.0 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
1pm
1.0 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
2pm
1.0 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
3pm
1.0 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
4pm
1.0 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
5pm
1.0 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
6pm
1.1 m
@ 8 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
7pm
1.1 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
8pm
1.1 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
9pm
1.1 m
@ 8 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
10pm
1.0 m
@ 8 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
11pm
1.0 m
@ 8 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
Water Temp (°C)
→ steady around 18.6°
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°
Mon
2 Nov
19.3°
Tue
3 Nov
19.3°
Wed
4 Nov
19.5°
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 13 km/h SE (142°).

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