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Koonawarra Bay Jetty (Lake Illawarra)

Tue 20 Oct 2026 · Australia/Sydney

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📍 Koonawarra Bay Jetty (Lake Illawarra)
first quarter · 63%
Weather: Rainy Wind: NE 50° · 15 km/h Swell: 0.7 m @ 5 s E Water: 19.5 °C Pressure: 1025.5 hPa ↓ falling Sheltered water: wind direction matters less here
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High Fish Activity
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▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 8:00 pm
Solunar 79 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 50 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 55 out of 100 Moving
Wind 91 out of 100 N 11 km/h
Moon 33 out of 100 first quarter all day
Water temp 90 out of 100 19.5 °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 5:43 am Last light 7:40 pm
High 4:43 am Low 10:00 am High 4:24 pm Low 11:15 pm

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

Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
7:00 pm → 9:30 pm
73
2h 30m
Good
5:00 am → 10:00 am
64
5h
Good
11:00 pm → 12:00 am
52
1h
Good
2:30 am → 3:00 am
48
30m
First light
5:43 am
Last light
7:40 pm
Sunrise
6:09 am
Sunset
7:14 pm
Moonrise
1:12 pm
Moonset
2:40 am
High tide
4:43 am
Low tide
10:00 am
High tide
4:24 pm
Low tide
11:15 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
☀️
15°
↖︎
NW
303°
7 km/h
1am
☀️
14°
←︎
W
289°
7 km/h
2am
☀️
14°
←︎
W
286°
6 km/h
3am
☀️
13°
←︎
W
286°
6 km/h
4am
☀️
13°
←︎
W
285°
5 km/h
5am
☀️
12°
←︎
W
282°
4 km/h
6am
☀️
12°
←︎
W
279°
6 km/h
7am
☀️
13°
←︎
W
277°
7 km/h
8am
☀️
17°
←︎
W
285°
4 km/h
9am
☀️
19°
↑︎
N
4°
5 km/h
10am
☀️
21°
↗︎
NE
36°
11 km/h
11am
🌧️
22°
↗︎
NE
38°
14 km/h
12pm
🌧️
22°
↗︎
NE
50°
15 km/h
1pm
🌧️
22°
↗︎
NE
55°
17 km/h
2pm
🌧️
22°
↗︎
NE
51°
17 km/h
3pm
☀️
21°
↗︎
NE
46°
17 km/h
4pm
☀️
21°
↗︎
NE
41°
18 km/h
5pm
☀️
21°
↗︎
NE
40°
16 km/h
6pm
☀️
20°
↗︎
NE
36°
15 km/h
7pm
☀️
19°
↗︎
NE
29°
14 km/h
8pm
☀️
19°
↑︎
N
6°
11 km/h
9pm
☀️
18°
↑︎
N
340°
8 km/h
10pm
☀️
17°
↖︎
NW
335°
8 km/h
11pm
☁️
16°
↖︎
NW
316°
7 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.8 m E
12am
0.7 m
@ 4 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
1am
0.7 m
@ 4 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
2am
0.7 m
@ 4 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
3am
0.7 m
@ 4 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
4am
0.7 m
@ 4 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
5am
0.8 m
@ 4 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
6am
0.8 m
@ 4 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
7am
0.8 m
@ 4 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
8am
0.8 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
9am
0.8 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
10am
0.7 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
11am
0.7 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
12pm
0.7 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
1pm
0.8 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
2pm
0.8 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
3pm
0.8 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
4pm
0.8 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
5pm
0.8 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
6pm
0.8 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
7pm
0.8 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
8pm
0.8 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
9pm
0.8 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
10pm
0.8 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
11pm
0.8 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 15 km/h NE (50°).

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