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Hornby Lighthouse / South Head

Sat 19 Sep 2026 · Australia/Sydney

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📍 Hornby Lighthouse / South Head
first quarter · 48%
Weather: Sunny Wind: NE 32° · 5 km/h Swell: 0.6 m @ 8 s S Water: 17.9 °C Pressure: 1025.0 hPa ↓ falling
★★★★☆
High Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 6:00 pm
Solunar 88 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 93 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 55 out of 100 Moving
Wind 100 out of 100 NE 7 km/h
Moon 33 out of 100 first quarter all day
Water temp 80 out of 100 17.9 °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 5:24 am Last light 6:13 pm
High 1:20 am Low 6:30 am High 1:39 pm Low 8:54 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
5:00 pm → 7:30 pm
79
2h 30m
Good
5:00 am → 7:00 am
61
2h
First light
5:24 am
Last light
6:13 pm
Sunrise
5:49 am
Sunset
5:48 pm
Moonrise
10:31 am
Moonset
—
High tide
1:20 am
Low tide
6:30 am
High tide
1:39 pm
Low tide
8:54 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☀️
12°
↖︎
NW
328°
8 km/h
1am
☀️
11°
↖︎
NW
325°
8 km/h
2am
☀️
10°
↖︎
NW
323°
8 km/h
3am
☀️
10°
↖︎
NW
321°
8 km/h
4am
☀️
11°
↖︎
NW
321°
8 km/h
5am
☀️
12°
↖︎
NW
319°
7 km/h
6am
☀️
14°
↖︎
NW
318°
6 km/h
7am
☀️
16°
↖︎
NW
317°
4 km/h
8am
☀️
18°
↖︎
NW
320°
3 km/h
9am
☀️
20°
↖︎
NW
333°
2 km/h
10am
☀️
22°
↑︎
N
7°
1 km/h
11am
☀️
23°
↗︎
NE
28°
3 km/h
12pm
☀️
23°
↗︎
NE
32°
5 km/h
1pm
☀️
24°
↗︎
NE
31°
8 km/h
2pm
☀️
24°
↗︎
NE
32°
10 km/h
3pm
☀️
24°
↗︎
NE
31°
12 km/h
4pm
☀️
24°
↗︎
NE
31°
12 km/h
5pm
☀️
24°
↗︎
NE
33°
10 km/h
6pm
☀️
23°
↗︎
NE
36°
7 km/h
7pm
☀️
22°
↗︎
NE
49°
4 km/h
8pm
☀️
20°
↘︎
SE
124°
1 km/h
9pm
☀️
19°
↓︎
S
191°
4 km/h
10pm
☀️
18°
↙︎
SW
204°
6 km/h
11pm
☀️
17°
↙︎
SW
216°
7 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.4 m SE
12am
0.6 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
1am
0.6 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
2am
0.6 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
3am
0.7 m
@ 8 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
4am
0.7 m
@ 9 s
↓︎
S
Slight
5am
0.7 m
@ 9 s
↓︎
S
Slight
6am
0.6 m
@ 9 s
↓︎
S
Slight
7am
0.6 m
@ 9 s
↓︎
S
Slight
8am
0.6 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Slight
9am
0.6 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Slight
10am
0.6 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Slight
11am
0.6 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Slight
12pm
0.6 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Slight
1pm
0.6 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Slight
2pm
0.5 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Slight
3pm
0.5 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
4pm
0.5 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Calm
chop
5pm
0.5 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Calm
chop
6pm
0.4 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Calm
chop
7pm
0.4 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Calm
chop
8pm
0.4 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Calm
chop
9pm
0.4 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Calm
chop
10pm
0.4 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Calm
chop
11pm
0.4 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Calm
chop
Water Temp (°C)
→ steady around 17.9°
Wed
16 Sep
17.9°
Thu
17 Sep
17.7°
Fri
18 Sep
17.7°
Sat
19 Sep
17.9°
Sun
20 Sep
18.1°
Mon
21 Sep
18.1°
Tue
22 Sep
18.1°
Wed
23 Sep
—
Thu
24 Sep
—
Fri
25 Sep
—
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 5 km/h NE (32°).

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