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Koonawarra Bay Jetty (Lake Illawarra)

Mon 19 Oct 2026 · Australia/Sydney

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📍 Koonawarra Bay Jetty (Lake Illawarra)
first quarter · 53%
Weather: Rainy Wind: NE 62° · 12 km/h Swell: 0.8 m @ 6 s E Water: 19.6 °C Pressure: 1027.4 hPa ↓ falling 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 · 7:30 pm
Solunar 99 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 98 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 55 out of 100 Moving
Wind 91 out of 100 NE 14 km/h
Moon 33 out of 100 first quarter all day
Water temp 91 out of 100 19.6 °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 5:44 am Last light 7:39 pm
High 3:40 am Low 8:50 am High 3:27 pm Low 10:26 pm

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

Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
6:30 pm → 9:00 pm
81
2h 30m
Good
5:00 am → 8:30 am
69
3h 30m
Good
11:30 am → 1:00 pm
48
1h 30m
Good
1:30 am → 2:30 am
47
1h
First light
5:44 am
Last light
7:39 pm
Sunrise
6:10 am
Sunset
7:13 pm
Moonrise
12:11 pm
Moonset
2:06 am
High tide
3:40 am
Low tide
8:50 am
High tide
3:27 pm
Low tide
10:26 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
☀️
14°
↖︎
NW
317°
5 km/h
1am
☀️
13°
←︎
W
272°
7 km/h
2am
☀️
12°
←︎
W
273°
7 km/h
3am
☀️
12°
←︎
W
270°
7 km/h
4am
☀️
11°
←︎
W
270°
7 km/h
5am
☀️
11°
←︎
W
258°
6 km/h
6am
☀️
11°
←︎
W
264°
8 km/h
7am
☀️
12°
←︎
W
270°
8 km/h
8am
☀️
15°
←︎
W
287°
4 km/h
9am
☀️
18°
↑︎
N
357°
3 km/h
10am
☀️
20°
↗︎
NE
50°
6 km/h
11am
☀️
21°
↗︎
NE
49°
10 km/h
12pm
🌧️
21°
↗︎
NE
62°
12 km/h
1pm
🌧️
21°
↗︎
NE
66°
14 km/h
2pm
☀️
21°
↗︎
NE
59°
16 km/h
3pm
☀️
21°
↗︎
NE
50°
17 km/h
4pm
☀️
21°
↗︎
NE
49°
17 km/h
5pm
☀️
20°
↗︎
NE
36°
16 km/h
6pm
☀️
20°
↗︎
NE
39°
16 km/h
7pm
☀️
19°
↗︎
NE
36°
14 km/h
8pm
☀️
18°
↗︎
NE
23°
13 km/h
9pm
☀️
18°
↑︎
N
11°
11 km/h
10pm
☀️
17°
↑︎
N
356°
9 km/h
11pm
☀️
16°
↑︎
N
342°
7 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.7 m E
12am
0.9 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
1am
0.9 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
2am
0.9 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
3am
0.9 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
4am
0.9 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
5am
0.9 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
6am
0.9 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
7am
0.9 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
8am
0.9 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
9am
0.9 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
10am
0.9 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
11am
0.8 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
12pm
0.8 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
1pm
0.8 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
2pm
0.8 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
3pm
0.8 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
4pm
0.8 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
5pm
0.8 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
6pm
0.7 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
7pm
0.7 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
8pm
0.7 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
9pm
0.7 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
10pm
0.7 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
11pm
0.7 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 12 km/h NE (62°).

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