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Koonawarra Bay Jetty (Lake Illawarra)

Thu 22 Oct 2026 · Australia/Sydney

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📍 Koonawarra Bay Jetty (Lake Illawarra)
waxing gibbous · 82%
Weather: Rainy Wind: NE 60° · 17 km/h Swell: 1.0 m @ 5 s E Water: 18.6 °C Pressure: 1024.0 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 · 7:30 pm
Solunar 0 out of 100 Between windows
Time of day 98 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 55 out of 100 Moving
Wind 91 out of 100 NE 13 km/h
Moon 67 out of 100 waxing 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 5:41 am Last light 7:42 pm
High 6:16 am Low 12:00 pm High 6:00 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 → 11:00 pm
63
4h 30m
Good
5:30 am → 7:30 am
63
2h
Good
9:30 am → 10:30 am
47
1h
Good
12:00 pm → 12:30 pm
46
30m
First light
5:41 am
Last light
7:42 pm
Sunrise
6:06 am
Sunset
7:16 pm
Moonrise
3:13 pm
Moonset
3:39 am
High tide
6:16 am
Low tide
12:00 pm
High tide
6:00 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
308°
6 km/h
1am
🌧️
16°
↖︎
NW
312°
2 km/h
2am
🌧️
16°
←︎
W
256°
3 km/h
3am
🌧️
16°
←︎
W
248°
5 km/h
4am
🌧️
16°
↙︎
SW
244°
5 km/h
5am
🌧️
16°
←︎
W
261°
2 km/h
6am
☁️
15°
←︎
W
261°
7 km/h
7am
☀️
16°
←︎
W
253°
8 km/h
8am
🌧️
18°
↙︎
SW
246°
6 km/h
9am
🌧️
19°
↓︎
S
159°
3 km/h
10am
🌧️
20°
→︎
E
75°
4 km/h
11am
🌧️
21°
↗︎
NE
50°
12 km/h
12pm
🌧️
22°
↗︎
NE
60°
17 km/h
1pm
🌧️
22°
↗︎
NE
51°
20 km/h
2pm
🌧️
22°
↗︎
NE
47°
22 km/h
3pm
🌧️
21°
↗︎
NE
50°
22 km/h
4pm
🌧️
21°
↗︎
NE
47°
21 km/h
5pm
☁️
20°
↗︎
NE
39°
20 km/h
6pm
☁️
19°
↗︎
NE
39°
17 km/h
7pm
🌧️
19°
↗︎
NE
38°
13 km/h
8pm
🌧️
19°
↗︎
NE
33°
13 km/h
9pm
🌧️
18°
↗︎
NE
25°
9 km/h
10pm
🌧️
18°
↗︎
NE
33°
10 km/h
11pm
🌧️
18°
↗︎
NE
28°
11 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~1.1 m E
12am
1.0 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
1am
0.9 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
2am
0.9 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
3am
0.9 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
4am
0.9 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
5am
0.9 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
6am
0.9 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
7am
0.9 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
8am
0.9 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
9am
0.9 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
10am
1.0 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
11am
1.0 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
12pm
1.0 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
1pm
1.0 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
2pm
1.1 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
3pm
1.1 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
4pm
1.1 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
5pm
1.1 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
6pm
1.1 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
7pm
1.2 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
8pm
1.2 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
9pm
1.2 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
10pm
1.2 m
@ 6 s
↗︎
NE
Moderate
chop
11pm
1.1 m
@ 6 s
↗︎
NE
Moderate
chop
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 17 km/h NE (60°).

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