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Koonawarra Bay Jetty (Lake Illawarra)

Wed 21 Oct 2026 · Australia/Sydney

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📍 Koonawarra Bay Jetty (Lake Illawarra)
waxing gibbous · 73%
Weather: Cloudy Wind: NE 61° · 14 km/h Swell: 0.8 m @ 6 s E Water: 19.3 °C Pressure: 1023.9 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 · 6:00 am
Solunar 0 out of 100 Between windows
Time of day 88 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 55 out of 100 Turning
Wind 91 out of 100 W 6 km/h
Moon 67 out of 100 waxing gibbous all day
Water temp 89 out of 100 19.3 °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 5:42 am Last light 7:41 pm
High 5:33 am Low 11:00 am High 5:16 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 → 7:30 am
67
2h 30m
Good
5:30 pm → 10:00 pm
65
4h 30m
Good
8:30 am → 10:00 am
52
1h 30m
Good
3:00 am → 4:00 am
47
1h
First light
5:42 am
Last light
7:41 pm
Sunrise
6:07 am
Sunset
7:15 pm
Moonrise
2:12 pm
Moonset
3:11 am
High tide
5:33 am
Low tide
11:00 am
High tide
5:16 pm
Low tide
11:55 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
☁️
15°
←︎
W
292°
7 km/h
1am
☁️
15°
←︎
W
287°
7 km/h
2am
☁️
14°
←︎
W
286°
6 km/h
3am
☁️
14°
←︎
W
286°
6 km/h
4am
☁️
13°
←︎
W
283°
6 km/h
5am
☁️
13°
←︎
W
276°
5 km/h
6am
☁️
12°
←︎
W
272°
6 km/h
7am
☁️
12°
←︎
W
268°
6 km/h
8am
☀️
16°
←︎
W
270°
5 km/h
9am
☀️
19°
↑︎
N
18°
2 km/h
10am
☀️
21°
↗︎
NE
56°
8 km/h
11am
☀️
23°
↗︎
NE
55°
12 km/h
12pm
☁️
22°
↗︎
NE
61°
14 km/h
1pm
☁️
22°
↗︎
NE
57°
14 km/h
2pm
☀️
22°
↗︎
NE
56°
15 km/h
3pm
☀️
22°
↗︎
NE
49°
15 km/h
4pm
☀️
21°
↗︎
NE
50°
14 km/h
5pm
☀️
21°
↗︎
NE
47°
14 km/h
6pm
☀️
20°
↗︎
NE
39°
13 km/h
7pm
☀️
19°
↗︎
NE
33°
8 km/h
8pm
☀️
18°
↑︎
N
16°
6 km/h
9pm
🌧️
18°
↑︎
N
349°
6 km/h
10pm
🌧️
17°
↖︎
NW
335°
6 km/h
11pm
🌧️
17°
↑︎
N
4°
6 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~1.0 m E
12am
0.8 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
1am
0.8 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
2am
0.8 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
3am
0.8 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
4am
0.8 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
5am
0.8 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
6am
0.8 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
7am
0.8 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
8am
0.8 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
9am
0.8 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
10am
0.8 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
11am
0.8 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
12pm
0.8 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
1pm
0.8 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
2pm
0.9 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
3pm
0.9 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
4pm
0.9 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
5pm
0.9 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
6pm
0.9 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
7pm
0.8 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
8pm
0.8 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
9pm
0.9 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
10pm
0.9 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
11pm
1.0 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 14 km/h NE (61°).

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