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Koonawarra Bay Jetty (Lake Illawarra)

Sun 25 Oct 2026 · Australia/Sydney

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📍 Koonawarra Bay Jetty (Lake Illawarra)
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Weather: Cloudy Wind: N 19° · 12 km/h Swell: 1.3 m @ 5 s NE Water: 17.9 °C Pressure: 1002.3 hPa → steady Sheltered water: wind direction matters less 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 93 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 91 out of 100 N 12 km/h
Moon 100 out of 100 full all day
Water temp 80 out of 100 17.9 °C all day
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Activity Forecast

Now
HIGH 70+ MED 50 LOW 30 4a 8a 12p 4p 8p
Day Timeline
Major Minor Tide Twilight
First light 5:37 am Last light 7:44 pm
Low 1:39 am High 8:04 am Low 2:14 pm High 8:21 pm

Tide is approximate here. Drag or use arrow keys to explore

Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
6:30 pm → 9:30 pm
70
3h
Good
5:00 am → 7:00 am
58
2h
Good
11:30 am → 1:00 pm
55
1h 30m
Good
1:00 am → 2:00 am
48
1h
First light
5:37 am
Last light
7:44 pm
Sunrise
6:03 am
Sunset
7:19 pm
Moonrise
6:26 pm
Moonset
5:00 am
Low tide
1:39 am
High tide
8:04 am
Low tide
2:14 pm
High tide
8:21 pm

Tide times here are a rough model estimate. Check the BoM tide tables before you fish the change.

Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☀️
18°
←︎
W
287°
6 km/h
1am
☀️
18°
←︎
W
282°
6 km/h
2am
☀️
18°
↖︎
NW
304°
5 km/h
3am
☀️
18°
↖︎
NW
314°
5 km/h
4am
☀️
18°
↖︎
NW
324°
5 km/h
5am
☀️
17°
↖︎
NW
312°
5 km/h
6am
☀️
18°
←︎
W
290°
6 km/h
7am
☀️
20°
↖︎
NW
313°
9 km/h
8am
☀️
24°
↖︎
NW
316°
14 km/h
9am
☀️
27°
↖︎
NW
334°
14 km/h
10am
☀️
27°
↗︎
NE
23°
13 km/h
11am
☀️
28°
↗︎
NE
41°
17 km/h
12pm
🌧️
28°
↗︎
NE
38°
17 km/h
1pm
🌧️
27°
↗︎
NE
42°
18 km/h
2pm
🌧️
28°
↗︎
NE
45°
17 km/h
3pm
🌧️
28°
↗︎
NE
42°
18 km/h
4pm
🌧️
28°
↗︎
NE
32°
14 km/h
5pm
🌧️
27°
↗︎
NE
36°
14 km/h
6pm
☁️
26°
↗︎
NE
27°
13 km/h
7pm
☁️
25°
↑︎
N
19°
12 km/h
Now
☁️
25°
↑︎
N
358°
11 km/h
9pm
🌧️
24°
↑︎
N
347°
10 km/h
10pm
🌧️
21°
↑︎
N
349°
9 km/h
11pm
🌧️
21°
↑︎
N
342°
8 km/h
Hourly Swell
Building 1.0 → 1.4 m NE
12am
1.0 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
1am
1.0 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
2am
1.0 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
3am
1.1 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
4am
1.1 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
5am
1.1 m
@ 6 s
↗︎
NE
Moderate
chop
6am
1.1 m
@ 6 s
↗︎
NE
Moderate
chop
7am
1.1 m
@ 6 s
↗︎
NE
Moderate
chop
8am
1.1 m
@ 6 s
↗︎
NE
Moderate
chop
9am
1.1 m
@ 6 s
↗︎
NE
Moderate
chop
10am
1.0 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
11am
0.9 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
12pm
0.9 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
1pm
0.9 m
@ 7 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
2pm
0.8 m
@ 7 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
3pm
1.0 m
@ 6 s
↗︎
NE
Moderate
chop
4pm
1.2 m
@ 6 s
↗︎
NE
Moderate
chop
5pm
1.4 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Moderate
chop
6pm
1.4 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Moderate
chop
7pm
1.3 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Moderate
chop
Now
1.3 m
@ 6 s
↗︎
NE
Moderate
chop
9pm
1.4 m
@ 6 s
↗︎
NE
Moderate
chop
10pm
1.4 m
@ 6 s
↗︎
NE
Moderate
chop
11pm
1.4 m
@ 6 s
↗︎
NE
Moderate
chop
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 12 km/h N (19°).

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