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Middle Head

Tue 15 Sep 2026 · Australia/Sydney

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📍 Middle Head
waxing crescent · 11%
Weather: Sunny Wind: SE 144° · 12 km/h Swell: 0.5 m @ 5 s NE Water: 18.4 °C Pressure: 1019.0 hPa ↓ falling
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Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 6:00 pm
Solunar 0 out of 100 Between windows
Time of day 98 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 91 out of 100 S 8 km/h
Moon 0 out of 100 waxing crescent all day
Water temp 83 out of 100 18.4 °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 5:30 am Last light 6:10 pm
Low 3:35 am High 10:12 am Low 4:36 pm High 10:24 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
5:00 pm → 7:00 pm
65
2h
Good
5:00 am → 6:30 am
56
1h 30m
Good
2:00 pm → 4:00 pm
55
2h
First light
5:30 am
Last light
6:10 pm
Sunrise
5:54 am
Sunset
5:46 pm
Moonrise
7:44 am
Moonset
10:01 pm
Low tide
3:35 am
High tide
10:12 am
Low tide
4:36 pm
High tide
10:24 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☀️
18°
↑︎
N
341°
14 km/h
1am
☀️
17°
↖︎
NW
333°
14 km/h
2am
☀️
16°
↖︎
NW
319°
10 km/h
3am
☀️
15°
←︎
W
252°
7 km/h
4am
☀️
14°
←︎
W
268°
9 km/h
5am
☀️
14°
←︎
W
250°
11 km/h
6am
☀️
14°
←︎
W
248°
11 km/h
7am
☀️
15°
↙︎
SW
246°
10 km/h
8am
☀️
17°
↙︎
SW
235°
8 km/h
9am
☀️
19°
↙︎
SW
228°
8 km/h
10am
☀️
21°
↓︎
S
198°
6 km/h
11am
☀️
22°
↓︎
S
163°
7 km/h
12pm
☀️
21°
↘︎
SE
144°
12 km/h
1pm
☀️
21°
↘︎
SE
145°
13 km/h
2pm
☀️
20°
↘︎
SE
137°
14 km/h
3pm
☀️
19°
↘︎
SE
139°
12 km/h
4pm
☀️
19°
↘︎
SE
146°
9 km/h
5pm
☀️
18°
↘︎
SE
152°
8 km/h
6pm
☀️
17°
↓︎
S
180°
8 km/h
7pm
☀️
16°
↓︎
S
189°
7 km/h
8pm
🌧️
15°
↓︎
S
186°
28 km/h
9pm
☀️
14°
↓︎
S
180°
23 km/h
10pm
☁️
14°
↓︎
S
183°
25 km/h
11pm
☀️
14°
↓︎
S
186°
23 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.7 m NE
12am
0.8 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
1am
0.8 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
2am
0.8 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
3am
0.7 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
4am
0.7 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
5am
0.7 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
6am
0.7 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
7am
0.7 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
8am
0.6 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
9am
0.6 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
10am
0.6 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
11am
0.5 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
12pm
0.5 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
1pm
Calm
2pm
Calm
3pm
Calm
4pm
Calm
5pm
Calm
6pm
Calm
7pm
Calm
8pm
Calm
9pm
0.4 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Calm
chop
10pm
0.4 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Calm
chop
11pm
0.7 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
Water Temp (°C)
→ steady around 18.3°
Sat
12 Sep
18.0°
Sun
13 Sep
18.0°
Mon
14 Sep
18.2°
Tue
15 Sep
18.3°
Wed
16 Sep
18.0°
Thu
17 Sep
17.7°
Fri
18 Sep
17.8°
Sat
19 Sep
17.9°
Sun
20 Sep
18.1°
Mon
21 Sep
18.1°
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 12 km/h SE (144°).

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