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Caves Beach / Swansea Heads Rock Platform

Mon 14 Sep 2026 · Australia/Sydney

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📍 Caves Beach / Swansea Heads Rock Platform
waxing crescent · 6%
Weather: Sunny Wind: N 354° · 16 km/h Swell: 0.6 m @ 10 s S Water: 19.3 °C Pressure: 1019.9 hPa ↓ falling
★★★☆☆
Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 6:00 pm
Solunar 0 out of 100 Between windows
Time of day 99 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 55 out of 100 Moving
Wind 100 out of 100 NE 16 km/h
Moon 0 out of 100 waxing crescent all day
Water temp 89 out of 100 19.3 °C all day
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Activity Forecast
Now
HIGH 70+ MED 50 LOW 30 4a 8a 12p 4p 8p
Day timeline
Major Minor Tide Twilight
First light 5:30 am Last light 6:08 pm
Low 3:09 am High 9:34 am Low 3:40 pm High 9:43 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
5:30 pm → 7:00 pm
61
1h 30m
Good
5:00 am → 7:30 am
59
2h 30m
Good
1:30 pm → 4:30 pm
56
3h
Good
9:30 am → 11:00 am
49
1h 30m
First light
5:30 am
Last light
6:08 pm
Sunrise
5:54 am
Sunset
5:44 pm
Moonrise
7:13 am
Moonset
8:56 pm
Low tide
3:09 am
High tide
9:34 am
Low tide
3:40 pm
High tide
9:43 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☀️
15°
↑︎
N
20°
11 km/h
1am
☀️
15°
↑︎
N
14°
12 km/h
2am
☀️
14°
↑︎
N
5°
10 km/h
3am
☀️
13°
↑︎
N
351°
6 km/h
4am
☁️
13°
↑︎
N
355°
8 km/h
5am
☁️
12°
↑︎
N
359°
8 km/h
6am
☁️
12°
↑︎
N
360°
9 km/h
7am
☁️
13°
↑︎
N
4°
9 km/h
8am
☀️
16°
↑︎
N
11°
8 km/h
9am
☀️
20°
↑︎
N
6°
8 km/h
10am
☀️
23°
↑︎
N
354°
13 km/h
11am
☀️
24°
↑︎
N
346°
16 km/h
12pm
☀️
25°
↑︎
N
343°
17 km/h
1pm
☀️
25°
↑︎
N
344°
16 km/h
Now
☀️
26°
↑︎
N
354°
16 km/h
3pm
☀️
24°
↗︎
NE
39°
15 km/h
4pm
☀️
22°
↗︎
NE
52°
18 km/h
5pm
☀️
21°
↗︎
NE
49°
18 km/h
6pm
☀️
21°
↗︎
NE
35°
16 km/h
7pm
☀️
21°
↑︎
N
13°
15 km/h
8pm
☀️
20°
↑︎
N
2°
13 km/h
9pm
☀️
19°
↑︎
N
3°
12 km/h
10pm
☀️
18°
↑︎
N
5°
15 km/h
11pm
☀️
18°
↑︎
N
357°
15 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.6 m SE
12am
0.9 m
@ 10 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
1am
0.9 m
@ 10 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
ground
2am
0.8 m
@ 10 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
ground
3am
0.8 m
@ 10 s
↓︎
S
Slight
ground
4am
0.8 m
@ 10 s
↓︎
S
Slight
ground
5am
0.8 m
@ 10 s
↓︎
S
Slight
6am
0.8 m
@ 10 s
↓︎
S
Slight
7am
0.8 m
@ 10 s
↓︎
S
Slight
8am
0.7 m
@ 10 s
↓︎
S
Slight
9am
0.7 m
@ 10 s
↓︎
S
Slight
10am
0.7 m
@ 10 s
↓︎
S
Slight
ground
11am
0.7 m
@ 10 s
↓︎
S
Slight
ground
12pm
0.6 m
@ 10 s
↓︎
S
Slight
1pm
0.6 m
@ 10 s
↓︎
S
Slight
Now
0.6 m
@ 10 s
↓︎
S
Slight
ground
3pm
0.6 m
@ 10 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
ground
4pm
0.6 m
@ 10 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
5pm
0.6 m
@ 8 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
6pm
0.6 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
7pm
0.6 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
8pm
0.6 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
9pm
0.6 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
10pm
0.6 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
11pm
0.6 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
Water Temp (°C)
→ steady around 19.3°
Fri
11 Sep
19.3°
Sat
12 Sep
19.4°
Sun
13 Sep
19.3°
Mon
14 Sep
19.3°
Tue
15 Sep
19.4°
Wed
16 Sep
19.2°
Thu
17 Sep
18.9°
Fri
18 Sep
18.9°
Sat
19 Sep
19.0°
Sun
20 Sep
19.2°
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 16 km/h N (354°).

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