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Koonawarra Bay Jetty (Lake Illawarra)

Thu 29 Oct 2026 · Australia/Sydney

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📍 Koonawarra Bay Jetty (Lake Illawarra)
waning gibbous · 91%
Weather: Sunny Wind: SE 143° · 15 km/h Swell: 1.3 m @ 8 s SE Water: 18.6 °C Pressure: 1022.3 hPa → steady 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 · 5:30 am
Solunar 0 out of 100 Between windows
Time of day 77 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 55 out of 100 Moving
Wind 91 out of 100 W 6 km/h
Moon 67 out of 100 waning 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 5:32 am Last light 7:48 pm
Low 4:24 am High 10:53 am Low 5:44 pm

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

Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
2:30 am → 7:00 am
62
4h 30m
Good
11:00 pm → 12:00 am
53
1h
Good
2:30 pm → 4:00 pm
52
1h 30m
Good
7:00 pm → 8:30 pm
51
1h 30m
First light
5:32 am
Last light
7:48 pm
Sunrise
5:58 am
Sunset
7:22 pm
Moonrise
11:14 pm
Moonset
7:42 am
Low tide
4:24 am
High tide
10:53 am
Low tide
5:44 pm
High tide
11:50 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
☀️
10°
←︎
W
280°
7 km/h
1am
☀️
9°
←︎
W
281°
8 km/h
2am
☀️
9°
←︎
W
282°
8 km/h
3am
☀️
8°
←︎
W
282°
8 km/h
4am
☀️
8°
←︎
W
282°
7 km/h
5am
☀️
9°
←︎
W
284°
6 km/h
6am
☀️
11°
←︎
W
291°
6 km/h
7am
☀️
13°
↖︎
NW
297°
6 km/h
8am
☀️
15°
↖︎
NW
297°
5 km/h
9am
☀️
17°
↙︎
SW
212°
2 km/h
10am
☀️
19°
↓︎
S
161°
8 km/h
11am
☀️
20°
↘︎
SE
152°
13 km/h
12pm
☀️
20°
↘︎
SE
143°
15 km/h
1pm
☀️
20°
↘︎
SE
133°
15 km/h
2pm
☀️
20°
↘︎
SE
125°
15 km/h
3pm
☀️
20°
↘︎
SE
122°
14 km/h
4pm
☀️
20°
↘︎
SE
119°
12 km/h
5pm
☀️
19°
↘︎
SE
119°
10 km/h
6pm
☀️
18°
↘︎
SE
125°
7 km/h
7pm
☀️
17°
↘︎
SE
149°
4 km/h
8pm
☀️
16°
↓︎
S
197°
3 km/h
9pm
☀️
16°
↙︎
SW
245°
4 km/h
10pm
☀️
15°
←︎
W
270°
6 km/h
11pm
☀️
14°
←︎
W
277°
7 km/h
Hourly Swell
Building 1.0 → 1.4 m SE
12am
1.0 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
1am
1.0 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
2am
1.0 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
3am
1.1 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
4am
1.2 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
5am
1.3 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
6am
1.3 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
7am
1.3 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
8am
1.3 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
9am
1.3 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
10am
1.3 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
11am
1.3 m
@ 8 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
12pm
1.3 m
@ 8 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
1pm
1.2 m
@ 8 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
2pm
1.2 m
@ 8 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
3pm
1.2 m
@ 8 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
4pm
1.3 m
@ 8 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
5pm
1.4 m
@ 8 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
6pm
1.4 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
7pm
1.4 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
8pm
1.4 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
9pm
1.4 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
10pm
1.4 m
@ 8 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
11pm
1.4 m
@ 8 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
Water Temp (°C)
↗ warming — up 0.7° over the last 3 days
Mon
26 Oct
17.9°
Tue
27 Oct
18.0°
Wed
28 Oct
18.2°
Thu
29 Oct
18.6°
Fri
30 Oct
18.7°
Sat
31 Oct
18.6°
Sun
1 Nov
18.9°
Mon
2 Nov
18.9°
Tue
3 Nov
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Wed
4 Nov
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Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 15 km/h SE (143°).

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