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Koonawarra Bay Jetty (Lake Illawarra)

Tue 27 Oct 2026 · Australia/Sydney

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📍 Koonawarra Bay Jetty (Lake Illawarra)
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Weather: Rainy Wind: E 91° · 11 km/h Swell: 1.2 m @ 6 s SE Water: 18.0 °C Pressure: 1018.8 hPa ↓ falling 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 · 6:00 am
Solunar 51 out of 100 Minor window
Time of day 77 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 15 out of 100 Strong flow
Wind 91 out of 100 W 7 km/h
Moon 100 out of 100 full all day
Water temp 81 out of 100 18.0 °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 5:35 am Last light 7:46 pm
Low 2:53 am High 9:25 am Low 3:53 pm High 9:56 pm

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

Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
5:00 am → 7:00 am
61
2h
Good
7:00 pm → 10:00 pm
61
3h
Good
12:30 pm → 2:00 pm
52
1h 30m
Good
1:00 am → 3:00 am
48
2h
First light
5:35 am
Last light
7:46 pm
Sunrise
6:00 am
Sunset
7:20 pm
Moonrise
8:50 pm
Moonset
6:06 am
Low tide
2:53 am
High tide
9:25 am
Low tide
3:53 pm
High tide
9:56 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
☀️
13°
←︎
W
249°
3 km/h
1am
☀️
13°
←︎
W
277°
5 km/h
2am
☀️
12°
←︎
W
272°
6 km/h
3am
☀️
11°
←︎
W
277°
6 km/h
4am
☁️
11°
←︎
W
288°
7 km/h
5am
☁️
13°
←︎
W
289°
8 km/h
6am
☁️
13°
←︎
W
288°
7 km/h
7am
🌧️
14°
←︎
W
286°
7 km/h
8am
🌧️
14°
←︎
W
284°
4 km/h
9am
🌧️
15°
↑︎
N
360°
1 km/h
10am
☁️
17°
↗︎
NE
66°
4 km/h
11am
☁️
19°
→︎
E
82°
8 km/h
12pm
🌧️
19°
→︎
E
91°
11 km/h
1pm
🌧️
19°
→︎
E
92°
17 km/h
2pm
🌧️
19°
→︎
E
88°
14 km/h
3pm
🌧️
18°
↗︎
NE
67°
15 km/h
4pm
🌧️
18°
↗︎
NE
41°
14 km/h
5pm
🌧️
18°
→︎
E
77°
7 km/h
6pm
🌧️
17°
↘︎
SE
120°
9 km/h
7pm
☀️
16°
↓︎
S
200°
5 km/h
8pm
🌧️
14°
←︎
W
250°
13 km/h
9pm
🌧️
14°
←︎
W
285°
8 km/h
10pm
☁️
13°
←︎
W
263°
5 km/h
11pm
☁️
13°
←︎
W
251°
4 km/h
Hourly Swell
Easing 1.5 → 1.0 m SE
12am
1.5 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
1am
1.5 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
2am
1.5 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
3am
1.4 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
4am
1.4 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
5am
1.3 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
6am
1.3 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
7am
1.3 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
8am
1.3 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
9am
1.3 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
10am
1.3 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
11am
1.3 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
12pm
1.2 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
1pm
1.2 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
2pm
1.2 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
3pm
1.1 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
4pm
1.1 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
5pm
1.1 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
6pm
1.1 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
7pm
1.0 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
8pm
1.0 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
9pm
1.0 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
10pm
1.0 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
11pm
1.0 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
Water Temp (°C)
→ steady around 18.0°
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°
Mon
2 Nov
18.9°
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 11 km/h E (91°).

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