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Koonawarra Bay Jetty (Lake Illawarra)

Fri 23 Oct 2026 · Australia/Sydney

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📍 Koonawarra Bay Jetty (Lake Illawarra)
waxing gibbous · 89%
Weather: Rainy Wind: NE 48° · 17 km/h Swell: 1.0 m @ 5 s E Water: 18.2 °C Pressure: 1018.5 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 96 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 55 out of 100 Moving
Wind 91 out of 100 NE 10 km/h
Moon 67 out of 100 waxing gibbous all day
Water temp 82 out of 100 18.2 °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 5:39 am Last light 7:43 pm
Low 12:32 am High 6:46 am Low 12:44 pm High 6:46 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 → 8:30 pm
64
2h
Good
5:00 am → 7:30 am
60
2h 30m
Good
10:00 am → 12:00 pm
54
2h
Good
10:00 pm → 12:00 am
54
2h
First light
5:39 am
Last light
7:43 pm
Sunrise
6:05 am
Sunset
7:17 pm
Moonrise
4:15 pm
Moonset
4:05 am
Low tide
12:32 am
High tide
6:46 am
Low tide
12:44 pm
High tide
6:46 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°
↗︎
NE
26°
11 km/h
1am
🌧️
18°
↗︎
NE
29°
11 km/h
2am
🌧️
17°
↗︎
NE
23°
10 km/h
3am
🌧️
17°
↑︎
N
9°
8 km/h
4am
🌧️
17°
↑︎
N
357°
6 km/h
5am
🌧️
17°
↑︎
N
12°
8 km/h
6am
🌧️
17°
↑︎
N
360°
5 km/h
7am
🌧️
17°
↑︎
N
2°
6 km/h
8am
🌧️
18°
↑︎
N
7°
4 km/h
9am
🌧️
19°
↗︎
NE
32°
10 km/h
10am
🌧️
21°
↗︎
NE
38°
12 km/h
11am
🌧️
22°
↗︎
NE
37°
14 km/h
12pm
🌧️
22°
↗︎
NE
48°
17 km/h
1pm
🌧️
21°
↗︎
NE
46°
18 km/h
2pm
🌧️
22°
↗︎
NE
45°
19 km/h
3pm
☀️
22°
↗︎
NE
47°
20 km/h
4pm
🌧️
22°
↗︎
NE
42°
19 km/h
5pm
🌧️
21°
↗︎
NE
35°
16 km/h
6pm
☁️
21°
↗︎
NE
30°
14 km/h
7pm
☁️
20°
↗︎
NE
29°
10 km/h
8pm
☁️
19°
↑︎
N
20°
10 km/h
9pm
☀️
19°
↑︎
N
6°
8 km/h
10pm
☀️
18°
↑︎
N
352°
8 km/h
11pm
🌧️
18°
↑︎
N
342°
6 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~1.1 m NE
12am
1.1 m
@ 6 s
↗︎
NE
Moderate
chop
1am
1.1 m
@ 6 s
↗︎
NE
Moderate
chop
2am
1.1 m
@ 6 s
↗︎
NE
Moderate
chop
3am
1.1 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Moderate
chop
4am
1.1 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
5am
1.1 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
6am
1.1 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
7am
1.1 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
8am
1.1 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
9am
1.1 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
10am
1.0 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
11am
1.0 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
12pm
1.0 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
1pm
1.0 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
2pm
1.0 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
3pm
1.0 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
4pm
1.0 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
5pm
1.0 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
6pm
1.0 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
7pm
1.0 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
8pm
1.0 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
9pm
1.0 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
10pm
1.1 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
11pm
1.1 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 17 km/h NE (48°).

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