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Koonawarra Bay Jetty (Lake Illawarra)

Sun 01 Nov 2026 · Australia/Sydney

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📍 Koonawarra Bay Jetty (Lake Illawarra)
last quarter · 66%
Weather: Rainy Wind: NW 296° · 11 km/h Swell: 0.7 m @ 5 s NE Water: 18.9 °C Pressure: 1013.4 hPa → steady Sheltered water: wind direction matters less here
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▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 5:30 am
Solunar 54 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 82 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 91 out of 100 W 5 km/h
Moon 33 out of 100 last quarter all day
Water temp 87 out of 100 18.9 °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 5:29 am Last light 7:51 pm
High 1:55 am Low 7:27 am High 2:00 pm Low 9:06 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 → 8:30 am
79
3h 30m
Good
5:30 pm → 9:30 pm
65
4h
Good
2:00 pm → 3:00 pm
45
1h
First light
5:29 am
Last light
7:51 pm
Sunrise
5:55 am
Sunset
7:25 pm
Moonrise
1:08 am
Moonset
11:05 am
High tide
1:55 am
Low tide
7:27 am
High tide
2:00 pm
Low tide
9:06 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
☀️
18°
←︎
W
258°
4 km/h
1am
☀️
17°
←︎
W
256°
4 km/h
2am
☀️
16°
←︎
W
256°
4 km/h
3am
☀️
15°
←︎
W
261°
4 km/h
4am
☀️
15°
←︎
W
265°
5 km/h
5am
☀️
15°
←︎
W
270°
5 km/h
6am
🌧️
16°
←︎
W
273°
6 km/h
7am
🌧️
17°
←︎
W
276°
8 km/h
8am
🌧️
19°
←︎
W
278°
10 km/h
9am
🌧️
20°
←︎
W
280°
12 km/h
10am
🌧️
22°
←︎
W
283°
13 km/h
11am
🌧️
23°
←︎
W
287°
13 km/h
12pm
🌧️
24°
↖︎
NW
296°
11 km/h
1pm
🌧️
24°
↖︎
NW
317°
8 km/h
2pm
🌧️
25°
↑︎
N
352°
8 km/h
3pm
🌧️
25°
↑︎
N
22°
10 km/h
4pm
🌧️
26°
↗︎
NE
37°
12 km/h
5pm
🌧️
25°
↗︎
NE
43°
14 km/h
6pm
🌧️
25°
↗︎
NE
45°
14 km/h
7pm
🌧️
24°
↗︎
NE
44°
12 km/h
8pm
🌧️
22°
↗︎
NE
41°
10 km/h
9pm
🌧️
21°
↗︎
NE
35°
7 km/h
10pm
🌧️
19°
↗︎
NE
23°
5 km/h
11pm
🌧️
18°
↑︎
N
4°
3 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.7 m NE
12am
0.8 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
1am
0.8 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
2am
0.8 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
3am
0.8 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
4am
0.8 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
5am
0.8 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
6am
0.8 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
7am
0.8 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
8am
0.8 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
9am
0.7 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
10am
0.7 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
11am
0.7 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
12pm
0.7 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
1pm
0.7 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
2pm
0.7 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
3pm
0.7 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
4pm
0.7 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
5pm
0.7 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
6pm
0.7 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
7pm
0.6 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
8pm
0.6 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)
→ steady around 18.9°
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
—
Sat
7 Nov
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Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 11 km/h NW (296°).

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