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Koonawarra Bay Jetty (Lake Illawarra)

Sat 24 Oct 2026 · Australia/Sydney

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📍 Koonawarra Bay Jetty (Lake Illawarra)
waxing gibbous · 95%
Weather: Rainy Wind: E 68° · 12 km/h Swell: 0.9 m @ 6 s E Water: 18.1 °C Pressure: 1015.0 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 0 out of 100 Between windows
Time of day 95 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 91 out of 100 N 6 km/h
Moon 67 out of 100 waxing gibbous all day
Water temp 81 out of 100 18.1 °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 5:38 am Last light 7:44 pm
Low 1:09 am High 7:23 am Low 1:28 pm High 7:32 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
75
2h 30m
Good
10:30 am → 2:30 pm
53
4h
Good
5:00 am → 8:00 am
52
3h
Good
11:30 pm → 12:00 am
48
30m
First light
5:38 am
Last light
7:44 pm
Sunrise
6:04 am
Sunset
7:18 pm
Moonrise
5:19 pm
Moonset
4:32 am
Low tide
1:09 am
High tide
7:23 am
Low tide
1:28 pm
High tide
7:32 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°
↖︎
NW
321°
6 km/h
1am
☀️
17°
↖︎
NW
319°
6 km/h
2am
☀️
17°
↖︎
NW
322°
6 km/h
3am
☀️
17°
↖︎
NW
318°
6 km/h
4am
☀️
17°
↖︎
NW
299°
5 km/h
5am
☀️
16°
↖︎
NW
323°
4 km/h
6am
☀️
16°
↖︎
NW
313°
4 km/h
7am
☀️
18°
↖︎
NW
306°
6 km/h
8am
☀️
19°
↖︎
NW
311°
5 km/h
9am
☀️
21°
↑︎
N
3°
3 km/h
10am
☀️
23°
→︎
E
70°
5 km/h
11am
☀️
24°
↗︎
NE
63°
10 km/h
12pm
🌧️
23°
→︎
E
68°
12 km/h
1pm
🌧️
24°
↗︎
NE
67°
11 km/h
2pm
🌧️
24°
↗︎
NE
61°
10 km/h
3pm
☀️
24°
↗︎
NE
49°
6 km/h
4pm
☀️
23°
↗︎
NE
35°
6 km/h
5pm
☀️
23°
↗︎
NE
23°
7 km/h
6pm
☀️
22°
↗︎
NE
28°
8 km/h
7pm
☀️
21°
↑︎
N
16°
6 km/h
8pm
☀️
20°
↑︎
N
354°
5 km/h
9pm
☀️
20°
↖︎
NW
323°
5 km/h
10pm
☀️
19°
↖︎
NW
306°
5 km/h
11pm
☀️
18°
←︎
W
292°
4 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~1.0 m E
12am
1.1 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
1am
1.1 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
2am
1.1 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
3am
1.1 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
4am
1.1 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
5am
1.1 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
6am
1.0 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
7am
1.0 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
8am
1.0 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
9am
1.0 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
10am
1.0 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
11am
0.9 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
12pm
0.9 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
1pm
0.9 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
0.9 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
8pm
0.9 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: 12 km/h E (68°).

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