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Boat Harbour Headland (Port Stephens)

Tue 20 Oct 2026 · Australia/Sydney

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📍 Boat Harbour Headland (Port Stephens)
first quarter · 63%
Weather: Rainy Wind: NE 62° · 21 km/h Swell: 0.9 m @ 6 s E Water: 19.7 °C Pressure: 1026.0 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 0 out of 100 Between windows
Time of day 85 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 100 out of 100 NE 13 km/h
Moon 33 out of 100 first quarter all day
Water temp 92 out of 100 19.7 °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 5:40 am Last light 7:32 pm
High 4:38 am Low 9:51 am High 4:24 pm Low 11:15 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
4:30 am → 10:00 am
69
5h 30m
Good
7:00 pm → 9:00 pm
66
2h
Good
2:00 am → 3:30 am
51
1h 30m
Good
11:00 pm → 12:00 am
50
1h
First light
5:40 am
Last light
7:32 pm
Sunrise
6:05 am
Sunset
7:07 pm
Moonrise
1:10 pm
Moonset
2:31 am
High tide
4:38 am
Low tide
9:51 am
High tide
4:24 pm
Low tide
11:15 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☀️
17°
↗︎
NE
27°
18 km/h
1am
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17°
↗︎
NE
25°
17 km/h
2am
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16°
↗︎
NE
29°
17 km/h
3am
☀️
16°
↗︎
NE
30°
16 km/h
4am
☀️
16°
↗︎
NE
35°
16 km/h
5am
☀️
16°
↗︎
NE
38°
14 km/h
6am
☀️
16°
↗︎
NE
34°
13 km/h
7am
☀️
17°
↗︎
NE
31°
15 km/h
8am
☀️
18°
↗︎
NE
32°
18 km/h
9am
☀️
19°
↗︎
NE
38°
17 km/h
10am
🌧️
20°
↗︎
NE
46°
17 km/h
11am
🌧️
20°
→︎
E
70°
17 km/h
12pm
🌧️
20°
↗︎
NE
62°
21 km/h
1pm
🌧️
20°
→︎
E
72°
24 km/h
2pm
🌧️
20°
↗︎
NE
67°
28 km/h
3pm
☀️
20°
↗︎
NE
66°
27 km/h
4pm
☀️
20°
↗︎
NE
64°
26 km/h
5pm
☀️
21°
↗︎
NE
61°
25 km/h
6pm
☀️
20°
↗︎
NE
56°
25 km/h
7pm
☀️
20°
↗︎
NE
47°
23 km/h
8pm
☀️
19°
↗︎
NE
43°
21 km/h
9pm
☀️
19°
↗︎
NE
38°
19 km/h
10pm
☀️
19°
↗︎
NE
29°
20 km/h
11pm
☀️
19°
↗︎
NE
29°
21 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.8 m E
12am
0.9 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
1am
0.9 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
2am
0.9 m
@ 7 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
3am
0.9 m
@ 7 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
4am
1.0 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
5am
1.0 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
6am
1.0 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
7am
1.0 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
8am
0.9 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
9am
0.9 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
10am
0.9 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
11am
0.9 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
12pm
0.9 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
1pm
0.9 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
2pm
0.9 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
3pm
0.9 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
4pm
0.9 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
5pm
0.8 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
6pm
0.9 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
7pm
0.9 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
8pm
0.9 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
9pm
0.8 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
10pm
0.8 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
11pm
0.8 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 21 km/h NE (62°).

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