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Cronulla Beach & The Alley

Tue 15 Sep 2026 · Australia/Sydney

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📍 Cronulla Beach & The Alley
waxing crescent · 11%
Weather: Sunny Wind: S 190° · 22 km/h Swell: 0.5 m @ 9 s S Water: 18.0 °C Pressure: 1020.9 hPa ↑ rising
★★★☆☆
Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 6:00 pm
Solunar 0 out of 100 Between windows
Time of day 97 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 63 out of 100 S 22 km/h
Moon 0 out of 100 waxing crescent all day
Water temp 81 out of 100 18.0 °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 6:11 pm
Low 3:40 am High 10:12 am Low 4:37 pm High 10:24 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
5:00 pm → 7:00 pm
60
2h
Good
5:00 am → 6:30 am
55
1h 30m
Good
2:30 pm → 4:00 pm
54
1h 30m
First light
5:30 am
Last light
6:11 pm
Sunrise
5:55 am
Sunset
5:46 pm
Moonrise
7:44 am
Moonset
10:02 pm
Low tide
3:40 am
High tide
10:12 am
Low tide
4:37 pm
High tide
10:24 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☀️
20°
↖︎
NW
324°
12 km/h
1am
☀️
19°
↖︎
NW
304°
12 km/h
2am
☀️
18°
↖︎
NW
306°
12 km/h
3am
☀️
17°
↖︎
NW
308°
11 km/h
4am
☀️
16°
←︎
W
276°
9 km/h
5am
☀️
15°
←︎
W
254°
9 km/h
6am
☀️
15°
←︎
W
261°
7 km/h
7am
☀️
17°
←︎
W
253°
9 km/h
8am
☀️
19°
↙︎
SW
242°
8 km/h
9am
☀️
22°
↙︎
SW
219°
8 km/h
10am
☀️
23°
↓︎
S
164°
10 km/h
11am
☀️
22°
↘︎
SE
150°
16 km/h
12pm
☀️
22°
↘︎
SE
146°
18 km/h
1pm
☀️
21°
↘︎
SE
140°
19 km/h
2pm
☀️
21°
↘︎
SE
147°
18 km/h
3pm
☀️
20°
↘︎
SE
154°
16 km/h
4pm
☀️
19°
↓︎
S
168°
15 km/h
5pm
☀️
18°
↓︎
S
182°
17 km/h
Now
☀️
17°
↓︎
S
190°
22 km/h
7pm
☁️
16°
↓︎
S
182°
29 km/h
8pm
☁️
15°
↓︎
S
175°
30 km/h
9pm
☀️
14°
↓︎
S
179°
29 km/h
10pm
☁️
14°
↓︎
S
176°
26 km/h
11pm
☁️
14°
↓︎
S
177°
24 km/h
Hourly Swell
Building 0.8 → 1.2 m SE
12am
0.8 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
1am
0.8 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
2am
0.8 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
3am
0.8 m
@ 6 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
4am
0.8 m
@ 6 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
5am
0.8 m
@ 6 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
6am
0.8 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
7am
0.8 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
8am
0.7 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
9am
0.7 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
10am
0.7 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
11am
0.7 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
12pm
0.7 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
1pm
0.6 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
2pm
0.6 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
3pm
0.6 m
@ 5 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
4pm
0.6 m
@ 5 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
5pm
0.5 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
Now
0.5 m
@ 9 s
↓︎
S
Calm
7pm
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↓︎
S
Calm
ground
8pm
0.6 m
@ 10 s
↓︎
S
Slight
9pm
0.8 m
@ 8 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
10pm
1.0 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
11pm
1.2 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
Water Temp (°C)
→ steady around 18.0°
Sat
12 Sep
17.9°
Sun
13 Sep
17.9°
Mon
14 Sep
17.9°
Tue
15 Sep
18.0°
Wed
16 Sep
17.8°
Thu
17 Sep
17.8°
Fri
18 Sep
17.9°
Sat
19 Sep
18.1°
Sun
20 Sep
18.1°
Mon
21 Sep
18.0°
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 22 km/h S (190°).

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