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Caves Beach / Swansea Heads Rock Platform

Thu 05 Nov 2026 · Australia/Sydney

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📍 Caves Beach / Swansea Heads Rock Platform
waning crescent · 25%
Weather: Sunny Wind: S 173° · 11 km/h Swell: 0.9 m @ 6 s S Water: 19.5 °C Pressure: 1015.6 hPa → steady Faces east · Offshore: SW, W, NW · Onshore: NE, E, SE · 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 60 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 83 out of 100 Turning
Wind 100 out of 100 W 12 km/h
Moon 0 out of 100 waning crescent all day
Water temp 90 out of 100 19.5 °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 5:24 am Last light 7:49 pm
High 6:10 am Low 12:14 pm High 6:09 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
5:00 am → 7:30 am
64
2h 30m
Good
6:30 pm → 10:30 pm
60
4h
Good
8:30 am → 10:30 am
55
2h
Good
12:30 pm → 1:00 pm
46
30m
First light
5:24 am
Last light
7:49 pm
Sunrise
5:50 am
Sunset
7:23 pm
Moonrise
3:20 am
Moonset
3:29 pm
High tide
6:10 am
Low tide
12:14 pm
High tide
6:09 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☀️
19°
←︎
W
252°
15 km/h
1am
☀️
18°
←︎
W
253°
15 km/h
2am
☀️
17°
←︎
W
255°
15 km/h
3am
☀️
16°
←︎
W
256°
14 km/h
4am
☀️
16°
←︎
W
257°
13 km/h
5am
☀️
16°
←︎
W
255°
12 km/h
6am
☀️
16°
←︎
W
250°
12 km/h
7am
☀️
17°
↙︎
SW
243°
11 km/h
8am
☀️
19°
↙︎
SW
231°
10 km/h
9am
☀️
20°
↙︎
SW
219°
10 km/h
10am
☀️
21°
↙︎
SW
205°
10 km/h
11am
☀️
22°
↓︎
S
190°
10 km/h
12pm
☀️
22°
↓︎
S
173°
11 km/h
1pm
☀️
21°
↘︎
SE
155°
12 km/h
2pm
☀️
21°
↘︎
SE
141°
15 km/h
3pm
☀️
20°
↘︎
SE
131°
17 km/h
4pm
☀️
20°
↘︎
SE
125°
20 km/h
5pm
☀️
19°
↘︎
SE
121°
20 km/h
6pm
☀️
19°
↘︎
SE
118°
19 km/h
7pm
☀️
19°
↘︎
SE
115°
17 km/h
8pm
☀️
18°
→︎
E
110°
13 km/h
9pm
☀️
18°
→︎
E
101°
10 km/h
10pm
☀️
18°
→︎
E
88°
6 km/h
11pm
☀️
17°
→︎
E
69°
4 km/h
Hourly Swell
Building 0.5 → 1.5 m S
12am
Calm
1am
Calm
2am
Calm
3am
Calm
4am
Calm
5am
Calm
6am
Calm
7am
Calm
8am
0.5 m
@ 5 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
9am
0.6 m
@ 5 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
10am
0.8 m
@ 5 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
11am
0.9 m
@ 5 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
12pm
0.9 m
@ 6 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
1pm
1.0 m
@ 6 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
2pm
1.0 m
@ 6 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
3pm
1.1 m
@ 6 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
4pm
1.1 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
5pm
1.1 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
6pm
1.2 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
7pm
1.3 m
@ 6 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
8pm
1.5 m
@ 6 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
9pm
1.5 m
@ 6 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
10pm
1.5 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
11pm
1.5 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
Water Temp (°C)
→ steady around 19.5°
Mon
2 Nov
19.7°
Tue
3 Nov
19.6°
Wed
4 Nov
19.6°
Thu
5 Nov
19.5°
Fri
6 Nov
19.1°
Sat
7 Nov
19.6°
Sun
8 Nov
19.6°
Mon
9 Nov
—
Tue
10 Nov
—
Wed
11 Nov
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Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 11 km/h S (173°).

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