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Koonawarra Bay Jetty (Lake Illawarra)

Wed 28 Oct 2026 · Australia/Sydney

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📍 Koonawarra Bay Jetty (Lake Illawarra)
waning gibbous · 96%
Weather: Sunny Wind: S 202° · 16 km/h Swell: 0.8 m @ 6 s SE Water: 18.2 °C Pressure: 1015.9 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 · 7:30 pm
Solunar 0 out of 100 Between windows
Time of day 89 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 55 out of 100 Moving
Wind 91 out of 100 SE 7 km/h
Moon 67 out of 100 waning gibbous all day
Water temp 82 out of 100 18.2 °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 5:33 am Last light 7:47 pm
Low 3:35 am High 10:09 am Low 4:46 pm High 10:47 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 → 8:30 pm
57
1h 30m
Good
1:30 am → 7:00 am
56
5h 30m
Good
1:30 pm → 3:00 pm
51
1h 30m
Good
10:30 pm → 11:00 pm
46
30m
First light
5:33 am
Last light
7:47 pm
Sunrise
5:59 am
Sunset
7:21 pm
Moonrise
10:04 pm
Moonset
6:50 am
Low tide
3:35 am
High tide
10:09 am
Low tide
4:46 pm
High tide
10:47 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
☁️
12°
←︎
W
260°
4 km/h
1am
☁️
11°
←︎
W
287°
5 km/h
2am
☀️
10°
↖︎
NW
308°
5 km/h
3am
☀️
9°
↖︎
NW
311°
5 km/h
4am
☀️
9°
↖︎
NW
307°
6 km/h
5am
☀️
10°
←︎
W
288°
7 km/h
6am
☀️
10°
←︎
W
282°
9 km/h
7am
☀️
12°
←︎
W
284°
10 km/h
8am
☀️
15°
←︎
W
262°
9 km/h
9am
☀️
17°
↙︎
SW
240°
12 km/h
10am
☀️
19°
↙︎
SW
233°
13 km/h
11am
☀️
21°
↙︎
SW
226°
16 km/h
12pm
☀️
21°
↓︎
S
202°
16 km/h
1pm
🌧️
20°
↓︎
S
173°
14 km/h
2pm
🌧️
17°
↓︎
S
160°
15 km/h
3pm
🌧️
18°
↘︎
SE
141°
8 km/h
4pm
🌧️
19°
→︎
E
112°
7 km/h
5pm
☁️
19°
→︎
E
87°
7 km/h
6pm
🌧️
18°
→︎
E
103°
9 km/h
7pm
🌧️
17°
↘︎
SE
123°
7 km/h
8pm
☀️
15°
←︎
W
256°
1 km/h
9pm
☀️
14°
←︎
W
260°
3 km/h
10pm
☀️
12°
←︎
W
279°
5 km/h
11pm
☀️
10°
←︎
W
279°
6 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.9 m SE
12am
1.0 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
1am
0.9 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
2am
0.9 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
3am
0.9 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
4am
0.9 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
5am
0.9 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
6am
0.9 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
7am
0.8 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
8am
0.8 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
9am
0.8 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
10am
0.8 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
11am
0.8 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
12pm
0.8 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
1pm
0.8 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
2pm
0.8 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
3pm
0.8 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
4pm
0.8 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
5pm
0.9 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
6pm
0.9 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
7pm
0.9 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
8pm
0.9 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
9pm
0.9 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
10pm
0.9 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
11pm
0.9 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
Water Temp (°C)
→ steady around 18.2°
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°
Tue
3 Nov
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Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 16 km/h S (202°).

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