Can you fish at Inscription Point Kurnell?

Yes. Line fishing is allowed at Inscription Point in Kamay Botany Bay National Park, and the ledge is known for luderick, black drummer, bream, tailor and salmon. The shoreline is an Intertidal Protected Area, though, so you cannot collect any bait there — no cunjevoi, crabs or other invertebrates — and must bring your own. A NSW Recreational Fishing Fee is required, and the park charges $8 per vehicle per day.

Do you need a lifejacket to fish Inscription Point?

Yes. Sutherland Shire is a declared area under the Rock Fishing Safety Act 2016, and the council map of high-risk rock-fishing locations includes the Inscription Point ledge. Anyone fishing from the rock there, plus anyone helping and any child under 12 in your care, must wear an appropriate lifejacket — AS 4758 level 50S or greater for adults and level 100 for under-12s — and a $100 on-the-spot fine applies.

What are the opening hours for Kamay Botany Bay National Park at Kurnell?

NPWS opens the Kurnell area from 7am to 7.30pm all year, and areas can close in poor weather or high fire danger. A vehicle entry fee of $8 per day applies, paid at the coin and card machines or by the Park'nPay app. Those hours rule out a summer dawn session at Inscription Point, and from about November to February sunset also falls after the 7.30pm close, so in summer fish the late afternoon and be back at the car before closing.

Can you keep Australian salmon caught in Botany Bay?

NSW has no minimum size for Australian salmon and the daily bag is 5, but the NSW EPA's PFAS advice is that salmon caught in Botany Bay should be catch-and-release only. Anyone who still chooses to eat them is advised to limit it to two serves a fortnight for adults and one for children aged two to six.

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Inscription Point (Kurnell)

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Weather: Cloudy Wind: NE 67° · 6 km/h Swell: 0.8 m @ 9 s S Water: 19.0 °C Pressure: 1017.7 hPa → steady Faces several ways: wind direction isn't scored here

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Time of day Dawn

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Wind N 5 km/h

Moon waning gibbous all day

Water temp 19.0 °C all day

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Day Timeline

Major Minor Tide Twilight

First light 5:29 am Last light 7:48 pm

High 12:53 am Low 6:20 am High 12:58 pm Low 8:00 pm

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Feeding Windows

Best times to fish based on activity score.

Peak

4:00 am → 7:00 am

Good

4:30 pm → 9:00 pm

4h 30m

Good

12:00 am → 1:30 am

1h 30m

Good

1:00 pm → 2:00 pm

First light

5:29 am

Last light

7:48 pm

Sunrise

5:55 am

Sunset

7:22 pm

Moonrise

12:13 am

Moonset

9:53 am

High tide

12:53 am

Low tide

6:20 am

High tide

12:58 pm

Low tide

8:00 pm

Hourly Wind

High Bite Hours Highlighted

12am

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18°

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348°

8 km/h

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17°

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351°

8 km/h

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16°

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353°

7 km/h

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16°

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351°

7 km/h

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15°

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347°

6 km/h

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15°

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343°

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17°

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345°

2 km/h

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18°

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14°

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53°

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70°

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73°

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72°

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26°

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67°

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62°

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58°

9 km/h

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53°

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49°

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13 km/h

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13 km/h

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30°

14 km/h

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14 km/h

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14 km/h

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3°

14 km/h

11pm

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357°

14 km/h

Hourly Swell

Steady ~0.8 m S

12am

1.1 m

@ 10 s

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Moderate

1am

1.1 m

@ 10 s

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Moderate

2am

1.0 m

@ 10 s

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Moderate

3am

1.0 m

@ 10 s

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Moderate

4am

1.0 m

@ 10 s

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Slight

5am

1.0 m

@ 10 s

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Slight

6am

0.9 m

@ 10 s

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Slight

7am

0.9 m

@ 10 s

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Slight

8am

0.9 m

@ 10 s

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Slight

9am

0.9 m

@ 9 s

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Slight

10am

0.9 m

@ 9 s

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Slight

11am

0.8 m

@ 9 s

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Slight

12pm

0.8 m

@ 9 s

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Slight

1pm

0.8 m

@ 9 s

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Slight

2pm

0.8 m

@ 9 s

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Slight

3pm

0.8 m

@ 10 s

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Slight

4pm

0.8 m

@ 10 s

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Slight

5pm

0.7 m

@ 9 s

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Slight

6pm

0.7 m

@ 8 s

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Slight

chop

7pm

0.7 m

@ 6 s

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Slight

chop

8pm

0.7 m

@ 4 s

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Slight

chop

9pm

0.8 m

@ 4 s

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Slight

chop

10pm

0.8 m

@ 4 s

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Slight

chop

11pm

0.8 m

@ 5 s

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Slight

chop

Water Temp (°C)

→ steady around 19.0°

Wed

28 Oct

18.7°

Thu

29 Oct

19.0°

Fri

30 Oct

19.1°

Sat

31 Oct

19.0°

Sun

1 Nov

19.1°

Mon

2 Nov

19.1°

Tue

3 Nov

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Wed

4 Nov

—

Thu

5 Nov

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Fri

6 Nov

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Wind Map

Wind data (text)

Now: 6 km/h NE (67°).

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

Feeding Windows

Best times to fish based on activity score.

Peak

4:00 am → 7:00 am

Good

4:30 pm → 9:00 pm

4h 30m

Good

12:00 am → 1:30 am

1h 30m

Good

1:00 pm → 2:00 pm

First light

5:29 am

Last light

7:48 pm

Sunrise

5:55 am

Sunset

7:22 pm

Moonrise

12:13 am

Moonset

9:53 am

High tide

12:53 am

Low tide

6:20 am

High tide

12:58 pm

Low tide

8:00 pm

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