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Boat Harbour Headland (Port Stephens)

Wed 28 Oct 2026 · Australia/Sydney

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📍 Boat Harbour Headland (Port Stephens)
waning gibbous · 96%
Weather: Sunny Wind: SW 230° · 16 km/h Swell: 1.0 m @ 6 s S Water: 19.8 °C Pressure: 1016.9 hPa ↓ falling 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 · 2:00 am
Solunar 83 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 0 out of 100 Night
Tide 55 out of 100 Moving
Wind 100 out of 100 NW 15 km/h
Moon 67 out of 100 waning gibbous 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 5:31 am Last light 7:39 pm
Low 3:34 am High 10:09 am Low 4:42 pm High 10:40 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
1:00 am → 7:00 am
59
6h
Good
7:00 pm → 8:30 pm
58
1h 30m
Good
9:30 pm → 11:00 pm
54
1h 30m
Good
2:00 pm → 2:30 pm
47
30m
First light
5:31 am
Last light
7:39 pm
Sunrise
5:57 am
Sunset
7:14 pm
Moonrise
9:53 pm
Moonset
6:49 am
Low tide
3:34 am
High tide
10:09 am
Low tide
4:42 pm
High tide
10:40 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☁️
17°
↑︎
N
15°
13 km/h
1am
☁️
16°
↑︎
N
353°
12 km/h
2am
☁️
16°
↖︎
NW
304°
15 km/h
3am
☁️
16°
←︎
W
272°
18 km/h
4am
☁️
17°
↙︎
SW
243°
25 km/h
5am
☁️
17°
↙︎
SW
234°
25 km/h
6am
☁️
16°
←︎
W
251°
20 km/h
7am
☁️
15°
←︎
W
283°
16 km/h
8am
☀️
16°
←︎
W
281°
15 km/h
9am
☀️
18°
←︎
W
266°
17 km/h
10am
☀️
19°
←︎
W
252°
18 km/h
11am
☀️
20°
↙︎
SW
243°
17 km/h
12pm
☀️
21°
↙︎
SW
230°
16 km/h
1pm
☀️
21°
↓︎
S
187°
19 km/h
2pm
☁️
20°
↘︎
SE
145°
19 km/h
3pm
☁️
20°
↓︎
S
160°
25 km/h
4pm
☁️
20°
↓︎
S
163°
22 km/h
5pm
☀️
20°
↓︎
S
166°
19 km/h
6pm
🌧️
19°
↓︎
S
174°
28 km/h
7pm
☀️
19°
↓︎
S
176°
19 km/h
8pm
☀️
19°
↓︎
S
168°
14 km/h
9pm
☁️
19°
↓︎
S
166°
7 km/h
10pm
☀️
18°
↖︎
NW
315°
6 km/h
11pm
☀️
17°
↖︎
NW
294°
7 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~1.1 m S
12am
1.0 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
1am
1.0 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
2am
1.0 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
3am
1.0 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
4am
0.9 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
5am
0.9 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
6am
1.0 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
7am
1.0 m
@ 6 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
8am
1.1 m
@ 6 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
9am
1.1 m
@ 6 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
10am
1.0 m
@ 6 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
11am
1.0 m
@ 6 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
12pm
1.0 m
@ 6 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
1pm
0.9 m
@ 6 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
2pm
0.9 m
@ 6 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
3pm
0.9 m
@ 6 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
4pm
0.9 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
5pm
0.8 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
6pm
0.9 m
@ 6 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
7pm
1.0 m
@ 6 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
8pm
1.2 m
@ 5 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
9pm
1.1 m
@ 5 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
10pm
1.1 m
@ 6 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
11pm
1.1 m
@ 6 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
Water Temp (°C)
↗ warming — up 1.5° over the last 3 days
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°
Tue
3 Nov
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Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 16 km/h SW (230°).

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