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Hornby Lighthouse / South Head

Tue 27 Oct 2026 · Australia/Sydney

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📍 Hornby Lighthouse / South Head
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Weather: Rainy Wind: W 255° · 4 km/h Swell: 0.7 m @ 7 s SE Water: 18.9 °C Pressure: 1017.9 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 95 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 55 out of 100 Moving
Wind 91 out of 100 NE 14 km/h
Moon 100 out of 100 full all day
Water temp 87 out of 100 18.9 °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 5:34 am Last light 7:43 pm
Low 2:53 am High 9:22 am Low 3:50 pm High 10:00 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
7:00 pm → 10:00 pm
63
3h
Good
5:30 am → 7:00 am
54
1h 30m
Good
12:30 pm → 2:00 pm
53
1h 30m
Good
12:30 am → 2:00 am
49
1h 30m
First light
5:34 am
Last light
7:43 pm
Sunrise
5:59 am
Sunset
7:18 pm
Moonrise
8:46 pm
Moonset
6:06 am
Low tide
2:53 am
High tide
9:22 am
Low tide
3:50 pm
High tide
10:00 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
🌧️
16°
→︎
E
97°
4 km/h
1am
☁️
16°
↘︎
SE
125°
4 km/h
2am
☀️
16°
↘︎
SE
149°
1 km/h
3am
☀️
15°
↙︎
SW
209°
2 km/h
4am
☁️
15°
↙︎
SW
233°
3 km/h
5am
☀️
15°
↙︎
SW
238°
2 km/h
6am
☀️
14°
←︎
W
277°
3 km/h
7am
☀️
15°
←︎
W
260°
8 km/h
8am
☀️
16°
↙︎
SW
246°
7 km/h
9am
☀️
18°
←︎
W
270°
5 km/h
10am
🌧️
19°
↖︎
NW
329°
3 km/h
11am
🌧️
21°
↗︎
NE
62°
7 km/h
12pm
🌧️
21°
→︎
E
84°
10 km/h
1pm
🌧️
21°
→︎
E
83°
13 km/h
2pm
🌧️
20°
↗︎
NE
67°
16 km/h
3pm
🌧️
20°
↗︎
NE
62°
16 km/h
4pm
🌧️
20°
↗︎
NE
62°
15 km/h
5pm
☀️
20°
↗︎
NE
55°
21 km/h
6pm
☀️
19°
↗︎
NE
45°
17 km/h
7pm
☀️
19°
↗︎
NE
58°
14 km/h
8pm
☀️
18°
↗︎
NE
40°
11 km/h
9pm
☀️
18°
↑︎
N
20°
7 km/h
10pm
🌧️
17°
↖︎
NW
327°
3 km/h
11pm
🌧️
16°
←︎
W
255°
4 km/h
Hourly Swell
Easing 1.2 → 0.7 m SE
12am
1.2 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
1am
1.2 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
2am
1.2 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
3am
1.2 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
4am
1.1 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
5am
1.1 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
6am
1.1 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
7am
1.1 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
8am
1.1 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
9am
1.1 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
10am
1.1 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
11am
1.0 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
12pm
1.0 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
1pm
1.0 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
2pm
0.9 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
3pm
0.9 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
4pm
0.9 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
5pm
0.9 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
6pm
0.8 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
7pm
0.8 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
8pm
0.8 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
9pm
0.8 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
10pm
0.8 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
11pm
0.7 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
Water Temp (°C)
↗ warming — up 0.4° over the last 3 days
Sat
24 Oct
18.5°
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°
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 4 km/h W (255°).

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