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Koonawarra Bay Jetty (Lake Illawarra)

Fri 30 Oct 2026 · Australia/Sydney

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📍 Koonawarra Bay Jetty (Lake Illawarra)
waning gibbous · 84%
Weather: Cloudy Wind: NE 56° · 16 km/h Swell: 0.7 m @ 8 s S Water: 18.7 °C Pressure: 1023.8 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 · 5:30 am
Solunar 0 out of 100 Between windows
Time of day 79 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 91 out of 100 W 8 km/h
Moon 67 out of 100 waning gibbous all day
Water temp 85 out of 100 18.7 °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 5:31 am Last light 7:49 pm
Low 5:10 am High 11:52 am Low 6:51 pm

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

Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
3:00 am → 7:00 am
71
4h
Good
6:30 pm → 9:00 pm
68
2h 30m
Good
3:30 pm → 5:00 pm
50
1h 30m
First light
5:31 am
Last light
7:49 pm
Sunrise
5:57 am
Sunset
7:23 pm
Moonrise
—
Moonset
8:44 am
Low tide
5:10 am
High tide
11:52 am
Low tide
6:51 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
277°
8 km/h
1am
☀️
12°
←︎
W
271°
8 km/h
2am
☀️
11°
←︎
W
269°
7 km/h
3am
☀️
10°
←︎
W
267°
8 km/h
4am
☀️
9°
←︎
W
269°
8 km/h
5am
☀️
9°
←︎
W
270°
8 km/h
6am
☀️
11°
←︎
W
274°
7 km/h
7am
☀️
14°
←︎
W
280°
6 km/h
8am
☀️
17°
↖︎
NW
298°
5 km/h
9am
☀️
19°
↑︎
N
6°
4 km/h
10am
☀️
21°
↗︎
NE
50°
8 km/h
11am
☀️
22°
↗︎
NE
57°
13 km/h
12pm
☁️
22°
↗︎
NE
56°
16 km/h
1pm
☁️
22°
↗︎
NE
53°
17 km/h
2pm
☁️
22°
↗︎
NE
49°
19 km/h
3pm
☁️
21°
↗︎
NE
45°
19 km/h
4pm
☁️
21°
↗︎
NE
39°
19 km/h
5pm
☁️
21°
↗︎
NE
33°
19 km/h
6pm
☁️
20°
↗︎
NE
25°
17 km/h
7pm
☁️
19°
↑︎
N
13°
15 km/h
8pm
☁️
19°
↑︎
N
1°
14 km/h
9pm
☁️
18°
↑︎
N
353°
12 km/h
10pm
☁️
17°
↑︎
N
346°
10 km/h
11pm
☁️
16°
↑︎
N
339°
9 km/h
Hourly Swell
Easing 1.4 → 0.7 m SE
12am
1.4 m
@ 8 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
1am
1.4 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
2am
1.3 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
3am
1.2 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
4am
1.1 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
5am
1.0 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
6am
0.9 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
7am
0.9 m
@ 8 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
8am
0.9 m
@ 8 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
9am
0.8 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
10am
0.8 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
11am
0.8 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
12pm
0.7 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
1pm
0.7 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
2pm
0.7 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
3pm
0.6 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Slight
4pm
0.6 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Slight
5pm
0.6 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Slight
6pm
0.6 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
7pm
0.6 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
8pm
0.7 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
9pm
0.7 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
10pm
0.7 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
11pm
0.7 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
Water Temp (°C)
↗ warming — up 0.7° over the last 3 days
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
—
Wed
4 Nov
—
Thu
5 Nov
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Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 16 km/h NE (56°).

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