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Koonawarra Bay Jetty (Lake Illawarra)

Mon 26 Oct 2026 · Australia/Sydney

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📍 Koonawarra Bay Jetty (Lake Illawarra)
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Weather: Sunny Wind: S 179° · 17 km/h Swell: 1.5 m @ 7 s SE Water: 17.9 °C Pressure: 1014.4 hPa ↑ rising 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 51 out of 100 Minor window
Time of day 92 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 55 out of 100 Moving
Wind 91 out of 100 S 9 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

HIGH 70+ MED 50 LOW 30 4a 8a 12p 4p 8p
Day Timeline
Major Minor Tide Twilight
First light 5:36 am Last light 7:45 pm
Low 2:16 am High 8:39 am Low 3:04 pm High 9:04 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 → 9:00 pm
65
2h
Good
5:00 am → 7:00 am
62
2h
Good
12:00 am → 1:00 am
57
1h
Good
11:30 am → 1:00 pm
52
1h 30m
First light
5:36 am
Last light
7:45 pm
Sunrise
6:02 am
Sunset
7:20 pm
Moonrise
7:36 pm
Moonset
5:31 am
Low tide
2:16 am
High tide
8:39 am
Low tide
3:04 pm
High tide
9:04 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
☁️
21°
↑︎
N
339°
8 km/h
1am
☀️
20°
↖︎
NW
333°
5 km/h
2am
☁️
20°
↘︎
SE
135°
1 km/h
3am
☁️
18°
↓︎
S
164°
20 km/h
4am
🌧️
17°
↓︎
S
177°
18 km/h
5am
🌧️
16°
↓︎
S
183°
16 km/h
6am
🌧️
16°
↓︎
S
183°
13 km/h
7am
🌧️
16°
↓︎
S
173°
15 km/h
8am
🌧️
15°
↓︎
S
183°
18 km/h
9am
🌧️
15°
↓︎
S
192°
18 km/h
10am
☀️
17°
↓︎
S
197°
18 km/h
11am
☀️
17°
↓︎
S
190°
17 km/h
12pm
☀️
18°
↓︎
S
179°
17 km/h
1pm
☀️
18°
↓︎
S
172°
19 km/h
2pm
☀️
18°
↓︎
S
167°
20 km/h
3pm
☀️
18°
↘︎
SE
157°
18 km/h
4pm
☀️
18°
↘︎
SE
146°
15 km/h
5pm
☀️
18°
↘︎
SE
147°
12 km/h
6pm
☁️
17°
↘︎
SE
155°
11 km/h
7pm
☁️
16°
↓︎
S
162°
9 km/h
8pm
☁️
16°
↓︎
S
160°
5 km/h
9pm
☁️
15°
↙︎
SW
214°
3 km/h
10pm
☀️
15°
↓︎
S
178°
9 km/h
11pm
🌧️
15°
↓︎
S
178°
6 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~1.5 m SE
12am
1.4 m
@ 6 s
↗︎
NE
Moderate
chop
1am
1.4 m
@ 6 s
↗︎
NE
Moderate
chop
2am
1.4 m
@ 6 s
↗︎
NE
Moderate
chop
3am
1.3 m
@ 7 s
↗︎
NE
Moderate
chop
4am
1.3 m
@ 7 s
↗︎
NE
Moderate
chop
5am
1.2 m
@ 7 s
↗︎
NE
Moderate
chop
6am
1.2 m
@ 7 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
7am
1.1 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
8am
1.1 m
@ 6 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
9am
1.2 m
@ 6 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
10am
1.3 m
@ 6 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
11am
1.5 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
12pm
1.5 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
1pm
1.5 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
2pm
1.5 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
3pm
1.5 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
4pm
1.5 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
5pm
1.6 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
6pm
1.5 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
7pm
1.5 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
8pm
1.5 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
9pm
1.5 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
10pm
1.5 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
11pm
1.5 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
Water Temp (°C)
→ steady around 17.9°
Fri
23 Oct
18.2°
Sat
24 Oct
18.1°
Sun
25 Oct
17.9°
Mon
26 Oct
17.9°
Tue
27 Oct
18.0°
Wed
28 Oct
18.2°
Thu
29 Oct
18.6°
Fri
30 Oct
18.7°
Sat
31 Oct
18.6°
Sun
1 Nov
18.9°
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 17 km/h S (179°).

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