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Nelson Bay Breakwall

Mon 21 Sep 2026 · Australia/Sydney

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📍 Nelson Bay Breakwall
waxing gibbous · 69%
Weather: Sunny Wind: SW 219° · 12 km/h Swell: 0.3 m @ 8 s S Water: 19.4 °C Pressure: 1019.9 hPa → steady
★★★☆☆
Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 5:30 am
Solunar 0 out of 100 Between windows
Time of day 96 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 82 out of 100 W 14 km/h
Moon 67 out of 100 waxing gibbous all day
Water temp 90 out of 100 19.4 °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 5:18 am Last light 6:11 pm
High 3:47 am Low 9:04 am High 3:48 pm Low 10:45 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
4:00 am → 7:00 am
66
3h
Good
5:00 pm → 9:00 pm
59
4h
Good
9:00 am → 10:00 am
46
1h
Good
12:30 pm → 1:00 pm
45
30m
First light
5:18 am
Last light
6:11 pm
Sunrise
5:42 am
Sunset
5:46 pm
Moonrise
12:24 pm
Moonset
2:21 am
High tide
3:47 am
Low tide
9:04 am
High tide
3:48 pm
Low tide
10:45 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☀️
16°
↖︎
NW
298°
16 km/h
1am
☀️
15°
↖︎
NW
297°
16 km/h
2am
☀️
15°
↖︎
NW
296°
15 km/h
3am
☀️
15°
↖︎
NW
294°
14 km/h
4am
☀️
15°
←︎
W
291°
14 km/h
5am
☀️
17°
←︎
W
287°
14 km/h
6am
☀️
19°
←︎
W
281°
15 km/h
7am
☀️
22°
←︎
W
275°
15 km/h
8am
☀️
25°
←︎
W
270°
16 km/h
9am
☀️
27°
←︎
W
264°
16 km/h
10am
☀️
28°
←︎
W
256°
15 km/h
11am
☀️
28°
↙︎
SW
242°
13 km/h
12pm
☀️
26°
↙︎
SW
219°
12 km/h
1pm
☀️
25°
↓︎
S
191°
12 km/h
2pm
☀️
23°
↓︎
S
170°
16 km/h
3pm
☀️
21°
↓︎
S
158°
19 km/h
4pm
☀️
20°
↘︎
SE
151°
21 km/h
5pm
🌧️
20°
↘︎
SE
146°
20 km/h
6pm
🌧️
19°
↘︎
SE
140°
19 km/h
7pm
🌧️
19°
↘︎
SE
134°
16 km/h
8pm
🌧️
18°
↘︎
SE
123°
13 km/h
9pm
🌧️
18°
→︎
E
111°
12 km/h
10pm
🌧️
18°
→︎
E
98°
11 km/h
11pm
☁️
18°
→︎
E
88°
11 km/h
Hourly Swell
Building 0.4 → 1.1 m S
12am
0.4 m
@ 9 s
↓︎
S
Calm
1am
0.4 m
@ 9 s
↓︎
S
Calm
2am
0.3 m
@ 10 s
↓︎
S
Calm
3am
0.3 m
@ 10 s
↓︎
S
Calm
4am
0.3 m
@ 10 s
↓︎
S
Calm
5am
0.3 m
@ 10 s
↓︎
S
Calm
ground
6am
0.3 m
@ 10 s
↓︎
S
Calm
ground
7am
0.3 m
@ 10 s
↓︎
S
Calm
ground
8am
0.3 m
@ 10 s
↓︎
S
Calm
ground
9am
0.3 m
@ 10 s
↓︎
S
Calm
ground
10am
0.3 m
@ 10 s
↓︎
S
Calm
11am
0.3 m
@ 9 s
↓︎
S
Calm
12pm
0.3 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Calm
1pm
0.4 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Calm
chop
2pm
0.6 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
3pm
0.9 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
4pm
1.1 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
5pm
1.2 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
6pm
1.3 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
7pm
1.3 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
8pm
1.3 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
9pm
1.2 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
10pm
1.2 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
11pm
1.1 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
Water Temp (°C)
↗ warming — up 0.8° over the last 3 days
Fri
18 Sep
18.6°
Sat
19 Sep
18.8°
Sun
20 Sep
19.1°
Mon
21 Sep
19.4°
Tue
22 Sep
19.7°
Wed
23 Sep
20.0°
Thu
24 Sep
—
Fri
25 Sep
—
Sat
26 Sep
—
Sun
27 Sep
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Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 12 km/h SW (219°).

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