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Boat Harbour Headland (Port Stephens)

Tue 27 Oct 2026 · Australia/Sydney

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📍 Boat Harbour Headland (Port Stephens)
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Weather: Rainy Wind: E 83° · 13 km/h Swell: 1.5 m @ 7 s S Water: 19.8 °C Pressure: 1020.0 hPa → steady Faces south-east · Offshore: W, NW, N · Onshore: E, SE, S · Forecast wind: cross-shore
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Medium Fish Activity
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▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 6:00 am
Solunar 53 out of 100 Minor window
Time of day 72 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 15 out of 100 Strong flow
Wind 82 out of 100 SE 12 km/h
Moon 100 out of 100 full all day
Water temp 92 out of 100 19.8 °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 5:32 am Last light 7:38 pm
Low 2:53 am High 9:24 am Low 3:50 pm High 9:52 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
5:00 am → 7:00 am
63
2h
Good
7:00 pm → 11:00 pm
61
4h
Good
12:00 am → 2:00 am
56
2h
Good
12:30 pm → 2:00 pm
54
1h 30m
First light
5:32 am
Last light
7:38 pm
Sunrise
5:58 am
Sunset
7:13 pm
Moonrise
8:40 pm
Moonset
6:05 am
Low tide
2:53 am
High tide
9:24 am
Low tide
3:50 pm
High tide
9:52 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☁️
19°
↘︎
SE
138°
17 km/h
1am
☁️
19°
↘︎
SE
141°
16 km/h
2am
☀️
18°
↘︎
SE
141°
16 km/h
3am
☁️
18°
↘︎
SE
138°
14 km/h
4am
☁️
18°
↘︎
SE
136°
15 km/h
5am
☁️
18°
↘︎
SE
127°
12 km/h
6am
🌧️
18°
↘︎
SE
121°
12 km/h
7am
☁️
18°
↘︎
SE
114°
12 km/h
8am
🌧️
18°
→︎
E
101°
11 km/h
9am
🌧️
18°
→︎
E
99°
10 km/h
10am
🌧️
18°
→︎
E
100°
11 km/h
11am
☁️
18°
→︎
E
92°
11 km/h
12pm
🌧️
18°
→︎
E
83°
13 km/h
1pm
🌧️
18°
→︎
E
82°
16 km/h
2pm
🌧️
18°
→︎
E
75°
19 km/h
3pm
🌧️
18°
↗︎
NE
63°
19 km/h
4pm
☁️
19°
↗︎
NE
60°
21 km/h
5pm
☁️
19°
↗︎
NE
57°
21 km/h
6pm
☁️
19°
↗︎
NE
42°
23 km/h
7pm
☀️
19°
↗︎
NE
42°
21 km/h
8pm
☀️
18°
↗︎
NE
44°
22 km/h
9pm
☁️
18°
↗︎
NE
42°
21 km/h
10pm
☁️
18°
↗︎
NE
43°
18 km/h
11pm
☁️
18°
↗︎
NE
32°
14 km/h
Hourly Swell
Easing 1.9 → 1.1 m S
12am
1.9 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
1am
1.8 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
2am
1.8 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
3am
1.8 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
4am
1.8 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
5am
1.8 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
6am
1.7 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
7am
1.7 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
8am
1.7 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
9am
1.6 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
10am
1.6 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
11am
1.6 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
12pm
1.5 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
1pm
1.5 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
2pm
1.4 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
3pm
1.4 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
4pm
1.4 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
5pm
1.3 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
6pm
1.3 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
7pm
1.3 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
8pm
1.2 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
9pm
1.2 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
10pm
1.1 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
11pm
1.1 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
Water Temp (°C)
↗ warming — up 1.7° over the last 3 days
Sat
24 Oct
18.1°
Sun
25 Oct
18.3°
Mon
26 Oct
19.1°
Tue
27 Oct
19.8°
Wed
28 Oct
19.8°
Thu
29 Oct
20.0°
Fri
30 Oct
20.0°
Sat
31 Oct
19.8°
Sun
1 Nov
19.9°
Mon
2 Nov
19.9°
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 13 km/h E (83°).

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