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Caves Beach / Swansea Heads Rock Platform

Mon 21 Sep 2026 · Australia/Sydney

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📍 Caves Beach / Swansea Heads Rock Platform
waxing gibbous · 69%
Weather: Sunny Wind: SE 122° · 6 km/h Swell: 0.4 m @ 8 s S Water: 19.2 °C Pressure: 1019.5 hPa → steady
★★★☆☆
Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 5:30 am
Solunar 0 out of 100 Between windows
Time of day 100 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 82 out of 100 NW 7 km/h
Moon 67 out of 100 waxing gibbous all day
Water temp 88 out of 100 19.2 °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 5:20 am Last light 6:13 pm
High 3:47 am Low 9:08 am High 3:46 pm Low 10:45 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
4:00 am → 7:00 am
67
3h
Good
3:30 pm → 9:00 pm
64
5h 30m
Good
12:30 pm → 1:30 pm
47
1h
First light
5:20 am
Last light
6:13 pm
Sunrise
5:44 am
Sunset
5:48 pm
Moonrise
12:25 pm
Moonset
2:24 am
High tide
3:47 am
Low tide
9:08 am
High tide
3:46 pm
Low tide
10:45 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☀️
17°
←︎
W
278°
9 km/h
1am
☀️
17°
←︎
W
277°
10 km/h
2am
☀️
16°
←︎
W
283°
9 km/h
3am
☀️
15°
↖︎
NW
298°
8 km/h
4am
☀️
15°
↖︎
NW
310°
8 km/h
5am
☀️
15°
↖︎
NW
334°
7 km/h
6am
☀️
17°
↑︎
N
345°
6 km/h
7am
☀️
19°
↑︎
N
358°
5 km/h
8am
☀️
22°
↑︎
N
18°
4 km/h
9am
☀️
23°
↗︎
NE
45°
3 km/h
10am
☀️
24°
→︎
E
74°
3 km/h
11am
☀️
25°
→︎
E
100°
4 km/h
12pm
☀️
24°
↘︎
SE
122°
6 km/h
1pm
☀️
24°
↘︎
SE
133°
7 km/h
2pm
☀️
23°
↘︎
SE
140°
9 km/h
3pm
☀️
22°
↘︎
SE
145°
11 km/h
4pm
☀️
21°
↘︎
SE
149°
12 km/h
5pm
☀️
20°
↘︎
SE
153°
12 km/h
6pm
☀️
20°
↘︎
SE
157°
12 km/h
7pm
☀️
19°
↓︎
S
162°
11 km/h
8pm
☀️
19°
↓︎
S
168°
10 km/h
9pm
☀️
18°
↓︎
S
176°
9 km/h
10pm
☀️
18°
↓︎
S
182°
9 km/h
11pm
🌧️
17°
↓︎
S
188°
10 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.5 m S
12am
0.5 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Slight
1am
0.5 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Slight
2am
0.5 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Slight
3am
0.5 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Slight
4am
0.5 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Calm
5am
0.5 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Calm
6am
0.5 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Calm
7am
0.5 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Calm
8am
0.5 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Calm
9am
0.5 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Calm
10am
0.5 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Calm
11am
0.4 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Calm
12pm
0.4 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Calm
1pm
0.4 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Calm
2pm
0.4 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Calm
3pm
0.4 m
@ 9 s
↓︎
S
Calm
4pm
0.4 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Calm
5pm
0.4 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Calm
6pm
0.4 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Calm
chop
7pm
0.4 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Calm
chop
8pm
0.4 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Calm
chop
9pm
0.4 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Calm
chop
10pm
0.4 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Calm
chop
11pm
0.5 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Calm
chop
Water Temp (°C)
→ steady around 19.2°
Fri
18 Sep
19.0°
Sat
19 Sep
19.2°
Sun
20 Sep
19.3°
Mon
21 Sep
19.2°
Tue
22 Sep
19.3°
Wed
23 Sep
19.3°
Thu
24 Sep
19.2°
Fri
25 Sep
—
Sat
26 Sep
—
Sun
27 Sep
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Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 6 km/h SE (122°).

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