Can you fish off Bundeena Wharf?

Yes. It is a public wharf and fishing is allowed, but it doubles as the Cronulla ferry terminus and a swimming beach, so keep the deck clear, your lines in close and never block the ferry when it is berthing. It is a reliable spot for bream, flathead, tailor, silver trevally and squid. The wharf is the eastern boundary of the Cabbage Tree Point Intertidal Protected Area, so line fishing is fine but gathering nippers, worms, crabs or shellfish is not. A NSW Recreational Fishing Fee is required to fish anywhere in NSW, including off this wharf.

What can you catch at Bundeena Wharf?

Yellowfin bream year-round, dusky flathead and sand whiting in the warmer months, tailor and the odd salmon at first light, luderick through autumn and winter on weed, silver trevally around the structure, and southern calamari (squid) under the lights after dark — the squid is what the wharf is best known for.

How do you get to Bundeena Wharf?

The easiest way is the Cronulla ferry — the heritage MV Curranulla crosses Port Hacking roughly hourly, with a longer gap around the middle of a weekday, and the trip takes about half an hour. Bookings cannot be made and you pay on board. You can also drive in via Royal National Park, which charges $12 per vehicle per day, but parking near the wharf is very limited and fills quickly on weekends and through summer.

Is Bundeena Wharf good for kids?

It is one of the more kid-friendly spots in the area — flat, walk-on decking, a public toilet block, shops and cafes across the road, and Horderns Beach right alongside for a swim. Watch the unfenced edges, keep them clear when the ferry is docking, and mind the oyster-covered pylons below.

What size flathead can you keep at Bundeena?

Dusky flathead in NSW sit in a 36 to 70 cm slot — you can keep fish in that range up to a bag of 5, and any flathead over 70 cm must be released. The other numbers that matter off this wharf are yellowfin bream 25 cm on a bag of 10 shared with tarwhine, sand whiting 27 cm on a bag of 20, silver trevally 30 cm on a bag of 10 shared across the trevallies, luderick 27 cm on a bag of 10, and squid with no size limit on a bag of 20. A NSW Recreational Fishing Fee is required to fish here.

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Bundeena Wharf

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Weather: Rainy Wind: NE 47° · 14 km/h Swell: 0.9 m @ 6 s S Water: 19.0 °C Pressure: 1016.7 hPa ↓ falling Sheltered water: wind direction matters less here

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Wind NE 15 km/h

Moon last quarter all day

Water temp 19.0 °C all day

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Day Timeline

Major Minor Tide Twilight

First light 5:27 am Last light 7:50 pm

High 3:15 am Low 8:42 am High 3:14 pm Low 10:14 pm

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Feeding Windows

Best times to fish based on activity score.

Peak

6:30 pm → 9:00 pm

2h 30m

Good

5:00 am → 8:30 am

3h 30m

Good

3:30 pm → 4:00 pm

30m

First light

5:27 am

Last light

7:50 pm

Sunrise

5:54 am

Sunset

7:24 pm

Moonrise

1:48 am

Moonset

12:16 pm

High tide

3:15 am

Low tide

8:42 am

High tide

3:14 pm

Low tide

10:14 pm

Hourly Wind

High Bite Hours Highlighted

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Hourly Swell

Easing 1.3 → 0.7 m S

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Water Temp (°C)

→ steady around 19.0°

Fri

30 Oct

19.0°

Sat

31 Oct

18.6°

Sun

1 Nov

18.7°

Mon

2 Nov

19.0°

Tue

3 Nov

18.9°

Wed

4 Nov

19.0°

Thu

5 Nov

18.9°

Fri

6 Nov

18.9°

Sat

7 Nov

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Sun

8 Nov

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Wind Map

Wind data (text)

Now: 14 km/h NE (47°).

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

Feeding Windows

Best times to fish based on activity score.

Peak

6:30 pm → 9:00 pm

2h 30m

Good

5:00 am → 8:30 am

3h 30m

Good

3:30 pm → 4:00 pm

30m

First light

5:27 am

Last light

7:50 pm

Sunrise

5:54 am

Sunset

7:24 pm

Moonrise

1:48 am

Moonset

12:16 pm

High tide

3:15 am

Low tide

8:42 am

High tide

3:14 pm

Low tide

10:14 pm

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