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Barrenjoey Headland (Palm Beach)

Fri 30 Oct 2026 · Australia/Sydney

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📍 Barrenjoey Headland (Palm Beach)
waning gibbous · 84%
Weather: Sunny Wind: E 77° · 19 km/h Swell: 0.9 m @ 8 s S Water: 18.8 °C Pressure: 1023.6 hPa ↓ falling 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 · 5:30 am
Solunar 0 out of 100 Between windows
Time of day 80 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 54 out of 100 W 1 km/h
Moon 67 out of 100 waning gibbous all day
Water temp 86 out of 100 18.8 °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 5:31 am Last light 7:46 pm
Low 5:09 am High 11:52 am Low 6:47 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
3:30 am → 7:00 am
64
3h 30m
Good
7:00 pm → 8:30 pm
61
1h 30m
Good
3:30 pm → 5:00 pm
49
1h 30m
First light
5:31 am
Last light
7:46 pm
Sunrise
5:57 am
Sunset
7:20 pm
Moonrise
—
Moonset
8:45 am
Low tide
5:09 am
High tide
11:52 am
Low tide
6:47 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☀️
16°
↓︎
S
158°
4 km/h
1am
☀️
16°
↓︎
S
193°
2 km/h
2am
☀️
16°
↓︎
S
198°
2 km/h
3am
☀️
16°
↘︎
SE
153°
2 km/h
4am
☀️
16°
↘︎
SE
117°
1 km/h
5am
☀️
15°
←︎
W
292°
1 km/h
6am
☁️
15°
←︎
W
278°
3 km/h
7am
☀️
16°
←︎
W
279°
6 km/h
8am
☀️
18°
←︎
W
284°
3 km/h
9am
☀️
20°
↗︎
NE
27°
4 km/h
10am
☁️
21°
↗︎
NE
53°
7 km/h
11am
☁️
21°
→︎
E
73°
12 km/h
12pm
☀️
21°
→︎
E
77°
19 km/h
1pm
☀️
21°
↗︎
NE
62°
21 km/h
2pm
☀️
21°
↗︎
NE
61°
22 km/h
3pm
☀️
22°
↗︎
NE
65°
21 km/h
4pm
☀️
21°
↗︎
NE
61°
23 km/h
5pm
☁️
21°
↗︎
NE
54°
23 km/h
6pm
☁️
20°
↗︎
NE
50°
25 km/h
7pm
☀️
19°
↗︎
NE
47°
23 km/h
8pm
☀️
19°
↗︎
NE
43°
22 km/h
9pm
☀️
18°
↗︎
NE
37°
22 km/h
10pm
☁️
18°
↗︎
NE
35°
21 km/h
11pm
☀️
18°
↑︎
N
19°
16 km/h
Hourly Swell
Easing 1.0 → 0.7 m SE
12am
1.0 m
@ 8 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
1am
1.0 m
@ 8 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
2am
1.0 m
@ 8 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
3am
1.0 m
@ 8 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
4am
1.0 m
@ 8 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
5am
1.0 m
@ 8 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
6am
1.0 m
@ 8 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
7am
1.0 m
@ 8 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
8am
1.0 m
@ 8 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
9am
0.9 m
@ 8 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
10am
0.9 m
@ 8 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
11am
0.9 m
@ 8 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
12pm
0.9 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Slight
1pm
0.9 m
@ 8 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
0.7 m
@ 10 s
↓︎
S
Slight
8pm
0.7 m
@ 9 s
↓︎
S
Slight
9pm
0.7 m
@ 8 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
10pm
0.7 m
@ 7 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
11pm
0.7 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
Water Temp (°C)
↗ warming — up 0.4° over the last 3 days
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°
Thu
5 Nov
19.4°
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 19 km/h E (77°).

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