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Hornby Lighthouse / South Head

Wed 04 Nov 2026 · Australia/Sydney

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📍 Hornby Lighthouse / South Head
last quarter · 34%
Weather: Sunny Wind: SW 214° · 6 km/h Swell: 0.8 m @ 5 s NE Water: 19.6 °C Pressure: 1004.8 hPa → steady Faces several ways: wind direction isn't scored here
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High Fish Activity
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▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 5:30 am
Solunar 0 out of 100 Between windows
Time of day 88 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 91 out of 100 N 13 km/h
Moon 33 out of 100 last quarter all day
Water temp 91 out of 100 19.6 °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 5:25 am Last light 7:51 pm
High 5:25 am Low 11:11 am High 5:20 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
5:00 am → 7:00 am
73
2h
Good
5:30 pm → 10:00 pm
64
4h 30m
Good
8:30 am → 10:00 am
52
1h 30m
Good
11:00 am → 12:00 pm
47
1h
First light
5:25 am
Last light
7:51 pm
Sunrise
5:52 am
Sunset
7:25 pm
Moonrise
2:53 am
Moonset
2:28 pm
High tide
5:25 am
Low tide
11:11 am
High tide
5:20 pm
Low tide
11:55 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☀️
20°
↑︎
N
11°
17 km/h
1am
☀️
20°
↑︎
N
8°
17 km/h
2am
☀️
19°
↑︎
N
6°
17 km/h
3am
☀️
19°
↑︎
N
4°
16 km/h
4am
☀️
19°
↑︎
N
2°
15 km/h
5am
☀️
19°
↑︎
N
359°
13 km/h
6am
☀️
20°
↑︎
N
353°
11 km/h
7am
☀️
22°
↑︎
N
338°
7 km/h
8am
☀️
23°
↖︎
NW
304°
5 km/h
9am
☀️
25°
←︎
W
256°
5 km/h
10am
☀️
26°
↙︎
SW
233°
7 km/h
11am
☀️
27°
↙︎
SW
223°
8 km/h
12pm
☀️
27°
↙︎
SW
214°
6 km/h
1pm
☀️
27°
↓︎
S
171°
2 km/h
2pm
☀️
27°
→︎
E
74°
5 km/h
3pm
☀️
26°
↗︎
NE
60°
10 km/h
4pm
☀️
26°
↗︎
NE
55°
13 km/h
5pm
☀️
25°
↗︎
NE
53°
14 km/h
6pm
☀️
24°
↗︎
NE
49°
12 km/h
7pm
☀️
23°
↗︎
NE
39°
7 km/h
8pm
☀️
22°
↖︎
NW
315°
3 km/h
9pm
☀️
21°
←︎
W
257°
8 km/h
10pm
☁️
20°
←︎
W
251°
14 km/h
11pm
☁️
19°
←︎
W
249°
18 km/h
Hourly Swell
Easing 1.0 → 0.6 m NE
12am
1.0 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Moderate
chop
1am
1.1 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Moderate
chop
2am
1.1 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Moderate
chop
3am
1.1 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Moderate
chop
4am
1.1 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Moderate
chop
5am
1.0 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Moderate
chop
6am
1.0 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Moderate
chop
7am
1.0 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
8am
1.0 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
9am
0.9 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
10am
0.9 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
11am
0.9 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
12pm
0.8 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
1pm
0.8 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
2pm
0.7 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
3pm
0.7 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
4pm
0.7 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
5pm
0.7 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
6pm
0.6 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
7pm
0.6 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
8pm
0.6 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
9pm
0.6 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
10pm
0.6 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
11pm
0.6 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
Water Temp (°C)
↗ warming — up 0.4° over the last 3 days
Sun
1 Nov
19.2°
Mon
2 Nov
19.6°
Tue
3 Nov
19.6°
Wed
4 Nov
19.6°
Thu
5 Nov
19.6°
Fri
6 Nov
19.5°
Sat
7 Nov
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Sun
8 Nov
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Mon
9 Nov
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Tue
10 Nov
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Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 6 km/h SW (214°).

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