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Hornby Lighthouse / South Head

Tue 08 Sep 2026 · Australia/Sydney

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📍 Hornby Lighthouse / South Head
waning crescent · 15%
Weather: Rainy Wind: S 161° · 17 km/h Swell: 1.2 m @ 7 s SE Water: 18.1 °C Pressure: 1025.7 hPa ↓ falling
★★★☆☆
Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 5:30 pm
Solunar 0 out of 100 Between windows
Time of day 56 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 100 out of 100 SE 8 km/h
Moon 0 out of 100 waning crescent all day
Water temp 81 out of 100 18.1 °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 5:39 am Last light 6:06 pm
High 5:16 am Low 10:56 am High 5:23 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
4:30 pm → 7:00 pm
67
2h 30m
Good
4:30 am → 7:00 am
62
2h 30m
Good
9:00 pm → 10:00 pm
49
1h
Good
9:00 am → 10:00 am
49
1h
First light
5:39 am
Last light
6:06 pm
Sunrise
6:04 am
Sunset
5:41 pm
Moonrise
4:08 am
Moonset
2:24 pm
High tide
5:16 am
Low tide
10:56 am
High tide
5:23 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☀️
15°
↓︎
S
195°
22 km/h
1am
☀️
15°
↓︎
S
195°
24 km/h
2am
☀️
14°
↙︎
SW
214°
19 km/h
3am
☀️
13°
↙︎
SW
216°
18 km/h
4am
☁️
13°
↙︎
SW
223°
17 km/h
5am
☁️
12°
↙︎
SW
224°
16 km/h
6am
☁️
12°
↙︎
SW
213°
15 km/h
7am
🌧️
13°
↙︎
SW
215°
18 km/h
8am
🌧️
14°
↙︎
SW
226°
15 km/h
9am
🌧️
15°
↓︎
S
180°
19 km/h
10am
🌧️
17°
↓︎
S
161°
20 km/h
11am
☁️
17°
↓︎
S
159°
18 km/h
12pm
🌧️
18°
↓︎
S
161°
17 km/h
1pm
☀️
18°
↓︎
S
165°
15 km/h
2pm
☀️
18°
↓︎
S
166°
12 km/h
3pm
☁️
18°
↓︎
S
165°
10 km/h
4pm
☁️
17°
↘︎
SE
147°
9 km/h
5pm
☀️
16°
↘︎
SE
133°
8 km/h
6pm
☀️
15°
→︎
E
108°
8 km/h
7pm
☀️
14°
→︎
E
74°
8 km/h
8pm
☀️
14°
↗︎
NE
38°
9 km/h
9pm
☀️
14°
↑︎
N
13°
10 km/h
10pm
☀️
12°
↖︎
NW
328°
8 km/h
11pm
☀️
12°
↖︎
NW
336°
8 km/h
Hourly Swell
Easing 1.3 → 1.0 m S
12am
1.3 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
1am
1.5 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
2am
1.5 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
3am
1.5 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
4am
1.5 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
5am
1.4 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
6am
1.4 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
7am
1.4 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
8am
1.4 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
9am
1.3 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
10am
1.3 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
11am
1.2 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
12pm
1.2 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
1pm
1.2 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
2pm
1.2 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
3pm
1.2 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
4pm
1.2 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
5pm
1.2 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
6pm
1.2 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
7pm
1.2 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
8pm
1.1 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
9pm
1.1 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
10pm
1.1 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
11pm
1.0 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
Water Temp (°C)
→ steady around 18.1°
Sat
5 Sep
18.3°
Sun
6 Sep
18.2°
Mon
7 Sep
18.3°
Tue
8 Sep
18.1°
Wed
9 Sep
18.0°
Thu
10 Sep
17.8°
Fri
11 Sep
17.8°
Sat
12 Sep
17.9°
Sun
13 Sep
18.0°
Mon
14 Sep
18.1°
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 17 km/h S (161°).

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