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Hornby Lighthouse / South Head

Wed 28 Oct 2026 · Australia/Sydney

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📍 Hornby Lighthouse / South Head
waning gibbous · 96%
Weather: Sunny Wind: SW 240° · 23 km/h Swell: 0.6 m @ 7 s SE Water: 18.9 °C Pressure: 1015.2 hPa ↓ falling Faces several ways: wind direction isn't scored here
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Medium Fish Activity
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▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 7:30 pm
Solunar 0 out of 100 Between windows
Time of day 93 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 55 out of 100 Moving
Wind 91 out of 100 S 9 km/h
Moon 67 out of 100 waning gibbous all day
Water temp 87 out of 100 18.9 °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 5:33 am Last light 7:44 pm
Low 3:36 am High 10:09 am Low 4:45 pm High 10:45 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
7:00 pm → 8:30 pm
59
1h 30m
Good
1:30 am → 7:00 am
57
5h 30m
Good
10:00 pm → 11:00 pm
52
1h
Good
2:00 pm → 2:30 pm
47
30m
First light
5:33 am
Last light
7:44 pm
Sunrise
5:58 am
Sunset
7:19 pm
Moonrise
10:00 pm
Moonset
6:50 am
Low tide
3:36 am
High tide
10:09 am
Low tide
4:45 pm
High tide
10:45 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☁️
17°
↓︎
S
196°
3 km/h
1am
☁️
16°
↙︎
SW
220°
6 km/h
2am
☁️
16°
↙︎
SW
246°
3 km/h
3am
☁️
16°
↙︎
SW
240°
8 km/h
4am
☁️
15°
↙︎
SW
235°
11 km/h
5am
☀️
15°
←︎
W
248°
10 km/h
6am
☁️
14°
←︎
W
255°
11 km/h
7am
☀️
14°
←︎
W
264°
11 km/h
8am
☀️
16°
←︎
W
255°
12 km/h
9am
☀️
18°
←︎
W
259°
14 km/h
10am
☀️
20°
↙︎
SW
245°
17 km/h
11am
☁️
21°
←︎
W
250°
21 km/h
12pm
☀️
21°
↙︎
SW
244°
21 km/h
1pm
☀️
22°
↙︎
SW
240°
23 km/h
Now
☀️
23°
↙︎
SW
235°
27 km/h
3pm
☁️
23°
↙︎
SW
231°
26 km/h
4pm
☀️
20°
↓︎
S
177°
19 km/h
5pm
☀️
20°
↓︎
S
176°
16 km/h
6pm
☀️
19°
↓︎
S
174°
16 km/h
7pm
☀️
18°
↓︎
S
192°
9 km/h
8pm
☀️
17°
↙︎
SW
203°
5 km/h
9pm
☀️
16°
←︎
W
258°
4 km/h
10pm
☀️
16°
↙︎
SW
240°
8 km/h
11pm
☀️
16°
↙︎
SW
229°
9 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.9 m SE
12am
0.8 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
1am
0.8 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
2am
0.8 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
3am
0.8 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
4am
0.8 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
5am
0.8 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
6am
0.8 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
7am
0.7 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
8am
0.7 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
9am
0.7 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
10am
0.7 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
11am
0.7 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
12pm
0.6 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
1pm
0.6 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
Now
0.6 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
3pm
0.6 m
@ 6 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
4pm
0.6 m
@ 5 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
5pm
0.6 m
@ 5 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
6pm
0.7 m
@ 5 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
7pm
0.8 m
@ 5 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
8pm
0.8 m
@ 5 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
9pm
0.8 m
@ 5 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
10pm
0.9 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
11pm
0.9 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
Water Temp (°C)
→ steady around 18.9°
Sun
25 Oct
18.7°
Mon
26 Oct
18.5°
Tue
27 Oct
18.9°
Wed
28 Oct
18.9°
Thu
29 Oct
19.1°
Fri
30 Oct
19.5°
Sat
31 Oct
19.2°
Sun
1 Nov
19.2°
Mon
2 Nov
19.6°
Tue
3 Nov
19.6°
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 23 km/h SW (240°).

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