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Koonawarra Bay Jetty (Lake Illawarra)

Sat 31 Oct 2026 · Australia/Sydney

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📍 Koonawarra Bay Jetty (Lake Illawarra)
waning gibbous · 75%
Weather: Rainy Wind: E 72° · 10 km/h Swell: 0.6 m @ 5 s NE Water: 18.6 °C Pressure: 1017.1 hPa → steady 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 · 5:30 am
Solunar 65 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 81 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 30 out of 100 Turning
Wind 91 out of 100 NW 6 km/h
Moon 67 out of 100 waning gibbous all day
Water temp 85 out of 100 18.6 °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 5:30 am Last light 7:50 pm
High 12:49 am Low 6:12 am High 12:51 pm Low 8:00 pm

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

Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
4:30 am → 7:00 am
74
2h 30m
Good
4:30 pm → 9:00 pm
65
4h 30m
Good
12:00 am → 1:30 am
49
1h 30m
Good
1:00 pm → 1:30 pm
45
30m
First light
5:30 am
Last light
7:50 pm
Sunrise
5:56 am
Sunset
7:24 pm
Moonrise
12:16 am
Moonset
9:53 am
High tide
12:49 am
Low tide
6:12 am
High tide
12:51 pm
Low tide
8:00 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
☁️
16°
↖︎
NW
335°
8 km/h
1am
☁️
15°
↖︎
NW
335°
8 km/h
2am
☁️
15°
↖︎
NW
335°
7 km/h
3am
☁️
14°
↖︎
NW
333°
7 km/h
4am
☁️
14°
↖︎
NW
331°
6 km/h
5am
☁️
13°
↖︎
NW
330°
6 km/h
6am
☁️
15°
↖︎
NW
307°
4 km/h
7am
☁️
17°
↑︎
N
345°
2 km/h
8am
☁️
19°
↗︎
NE
57°
3 km/h
9am
☁️
22°
→︎
E
73°
6 km/h
10am
☁️
24°
→︎
E
78°
8 km/h
11am
☁️
25°
→︎
E
77°
10 km/h
12pm
🌧️
26°
→︎
E
72°
10 km/h
1pm
🌧️
26°
↗︎
NE
61°
11 km/h
2pm
🌧️
26°
↗︎
NE
51°
11 km/h
3pm
🌧️
25°
↗︎
NE
40°
12 km/h
4pm
🌧️
24°
↗︎
NE
32°
12 km/h
5pm
🌧️
24°
↗︎
NE
25°
12 km/h
6pm
☀️
23°
↑︎
N
19°
11 km/h
7pm
☀️
22°
↑︎
N
11°
9 km/h
8pm
☀️
20°
↑︎
N
355°
6 km/h
9pm
☀️
19°
↖︎
NW
324°
5 km/h
10pm
☀️
18°
←︎
W
289°
5 km/h
11pm
☀️
17°
←︎
W
273°
6 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.8 m NE
12am
0.7 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
1am
0.7 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
2am
0.7 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
3am
0.7 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
4am
0.6 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
5am
0.6 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
6am
0.6 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
7am
0.6 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
8am
0.6 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
9am
0.6 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
10am
0.6 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
11am
0.6 m
@ 4 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
12pm
0.6 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
1pm
0.6 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
2pm
0.6 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
3pm
0.6 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
4pm
0.6 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
5pm
0.6 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
6pm
0.6 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
7pm
0.7 m
@ 4 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
8pm
0.7 m
@ 4 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
9pm
0.7 m
@ 4 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
10pm
0.8 m
@ 4 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
11pm
0.8 m
@ 4 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
Water Temp (°C)
↗ warming — up 0.4° over the last 3 days
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
—
Fri
6 Nov
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Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 10 km/h E (72°).

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