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Horseshoe Beach / Newcastle Harbour

Sun 13 Sep 2026 · Australia/Sydney

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📍 Horseshoe Beach / Newcastle Harbour
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Weather: Sunny Wind: E 75° · 6 km/h Swell: 1.4 m @ 10 s S Water: 19.3 °C Pressure: 1024.2 hPa ↓ falling
★★★☆☆
Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 1:30 pm
Solunar 79 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 0 out of 100 Midday
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 100 out of 100 E 12 km/h
Moon 100 out of 100 new all day
Water temp 89 out of 100 19.3 °C all day
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Activity Forecast
Now
HIGH 70+ MED 50 LOW 30 4a 8a 12p 4p 8p
Day timeline
Major Minor Tide Twilight
First light 5:31 am Last light 6:07 pm
Low 2:34 am High 8:55 am Low 2:56 pm High 9:02 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
12:30 pm → 3:00 pm
61
2h 30m
Good
5:00 am → 7:30 am
61
2h 30m
Good
5:30 pm → 7:00 pm
60
1h 30m
Good
2:00 am → 4:00 am
53
2h
First light
5:31 am
Last light
6:07 pm
Sunrise
5:55 am
Sunset
5:43 pm
Moonrise
6:43 am
Moonset
7:53 pm
Low tide
2:34 am
High tide
8:55 am
Low tide
2:56 pm
High tide
9:02 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☀️
15°
↗︎
NE
36°
11 km/h
1am
☀️
15°
↗︎
NE
39°
10 km/h
2am
☀️
14°
↗︎
NE
36°
11 km/h
3am
☀️
14°
↗︎
NE
31°
11 km/h
4am
☀️
13°
↑︎
N
21°
11 km/h
5am
☀️
12°
↑︎
N
7°
10 km/h
6am
☀️
11°
↑︎
N
355°
8 km/h
7am
☀️
12°
↑︎
N
356°
7 km/h
8am
☀️
14°
↑︎
N
349°
7 km/h
9am
☀️
17°
↑︎
N
341°
7 km/h
10am
☀️
20°
↑︎
N
342°
6 km/h
11am
☀️
22°
↑︎
N
11°
5 km/h
Now
☀️
22°
→︎
E
75°
6 km/h
1pm
☀️
22°
→︎
E
85°
12 km/h
2pm
☀️
22°
→︎
E
80°
17 km/h
3pm
☀️
22°
→︎
E
74°
19 km/h
4pm
☀️
21°
↗︎
NE
67°
20 km/h
5pm
☀️
20°
↗︎
NE
55°
19 km/h
6pm
☁️
19°
↗︎
NE
52°
21 km/h
7pm
☁️
18°
↗︎
NE
40°
21 km/h
8pm
☁️
17°
↗︎
NE
29°
20 km/h
9pm
☀️
16°
↗︎
NE
26°
18 km/h
10pm
☀️
16°
↗︎
NE
30°
19 km/h
11pm
☀️
15°
↗︎
NE
25°
16 km/h
Hourly Swell
Easing 1.6 → 1.1 m S
12am
1.6 m
@ 10 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
ground
1am
1.6 m
@ 10 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
ground
2am
1.6 m
@ 10 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
ground
3am
1.5 m
@ 10 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
ground
4am
1.5 m
@ 10 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
ground
5am
1.5 m
@ 10 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
ground
6am
1.5 m
@ 10 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
ground
7am
1.4 m
@ 10 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
ground
8am
1.4 m
@ 10 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
ground
9am
1.4 m
@ 10 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
ground
10am
1.4 m
@ 10 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
ground
11am
1.4 m
@ 10 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
ground
Now
1.4 m
@ 10 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
ground
1pm
1.4 m
@ 10 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
ground
2pm
1.3 m
@ 10 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
ground
3pm
1.3 m
@ 10 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
ground
4pm
1.3 m
@ 10 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
ground
5pm
1.2 m
@ 10 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
ground
6pm
1.2 m
@ 10 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
ground
7pm
1.2 m
@ 10 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
ground
8pm
1.1 m
@ 10 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
ground
9pm
1.1 m
@ 10 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
ground
10pm
1.1 m
@ 10 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
ground
11pm
1.1 m
@ 10 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
ground
Water Temp (°C)
→ steady around 19.3°
Thu
10 Sep
19.2°
Fri
11 Sep
19.3°
Sat
12 Sep
19.3°
Sun
13 Sep
19.3°
Mon
14 Sep
19.4°
Tue
15 Sep
19.4°
Wed
16 Sep
19.3°
Thu
17 Sep
19.0°
Fri
18 Sep
18.9°
Sat
19 Sep
19.0°
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 6 km/h E (75°).

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