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Lake Illawarra Entrance (Windang)

Mon 14 Sep 2026 · Australia/Sydney

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📍 Lake Illawarra Entrance (Windang)
waxing crescent · 6%
Weather: Cloudy Wind: W 270° · 7 km/h Swell: 1.0 m @ 5 s NE Water: 18.0 °C Pressure: 1020.7 hPa ↓ falling
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Low Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 2:00 pm
Solunar 95 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 0 out of 100 Midday
Tide 55 out of 100 Moving
Wind 100 out of 100 NE 12 km/h
Moon 0 out of 100 waxing crescent all day
Water temp 81 out of 100 18.0 °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 5:33 am Last light 6:11 pm
Low 3:12 am High 9:38 am Low 3:48 pm High 9:45 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
1:30 pm → 3:30 pm
55
2h
Good
5:30 am → 7:00 am
54
1h 30m
Good
5:00 pm → 6:30 pm
53
1h 30m
Good
9:30 pm → 10:00 pm
46
30m
First light
5:33 am
Last light
6:11 pm
Sunrise
5:57 am
Sunset
5:47 pm
Moonrise
7:14 am
Moonset
9:02 pm
Low tide
3:12 am
High tide
9:38 am
Low tide
3:48 pm
High tide
9:45 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☀️
12°
←︎
W
280°
6 km/h
1am
☀️
12°
←︎
W
284°
7 km/h
2am
☀️
11°
←︎
W
288°
7 km/h
3am
☀️
10°
←︎
W
286°
7 km/h
4am
☁️
9°
←︎
W
265°
4 km/h
5am
☀️
10°
←︎
W
261°
8 km/h
6am
☀️
10°
←︎
W
271°
8 km/h
7am
☀️
13°
←︎
W
281°
8 km/h
8am
☀️
17°
↖︎
NW
312°
5 km/h
9am
☀️
21°
↗︎
NE
43°
3 km/h
10am
☀️
23°
↗︎
NE
63°
6 km/h
11am
☁️
24°
↗︎
NE
46°
6 km/h
12pm
☁️
25°
↗︎
NE
50°
8 km/h
1pm
☁️
26°
↗︎
NE
29°
10 km/h
2pm
☀️
24°
↗︎
NE
36°
12 km/h
3pm
☁️
25°
↗︎
NE
30°
11 km/h
4pm
☀️
24°
↗︎
NE
35°
10 km/h
5pm
☀️
23°
↗︎
NE
31°
9 km/h
6pm
☀️
20°
↑︎
N
15°
4 km/h
7pm
☀️
19°
←︎
W
270°
2 km/h
8pm
☀️
16°
←︎
W
260°
5 km/h
9pm
☀️
15°
←︎
W
261°
6 km/h
10pm
☀️
14°
←︎
W
270°
7 km/h
11pm
☀️
14°
←︎
W
267°
8 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~1.0 m NE
12am
0.9 m
@ 10 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
1am
0.9 m
@ 10 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
2am
0.9 m
@ 9 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
3am
0.9 m
@ 8 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
4am
0.9 m
@ 7 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
5am
0.9 m
@ 7 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
6am
0.9 m
@ 7 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
7am
0.9 m
@ 7 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
8am
0.9 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
9am
0.9 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
10am
0.9 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
11am
0.8 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
12pm
0.8 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
1pm
0.8 m
@ 7 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
2pm
0.8 m
@ 7 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
3pm
0.8 m
@ 7 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
4pm
0.8 m
@ 7 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
5pm
0.8 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
6pm
0.9 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
7pm
0.9 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
8pm
0.9 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
9pm
1.0 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
10pm
1.0 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Moderate
chop
11pm
1.0 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
Water Temp (°C)
→ steady around 18.0°
Fri
11 Sep
17.8°
Sat
12 Sep
17.8°
Sun
13 Sep
17.9°
Mon
14 Sep
18.0°
Tue
15 Sep
18.1°
Wed
16 Sep
17.9°
Thu
17 Sep
17.8°
Fri
18 Sep
17.9°
Sat
19 Sep
18.0°
Sun
20 Sep
18.1°
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 7 km/h W (270°).

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