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Horseshoe Beach / Newcastle Harbour

Fri 30 Oct 2026 · Australia/Sydney

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📍 Horseshoe Beach / Newcastle Harbour
waning gibbous · 84%
Weather: Sunny Wind: E 101° · 17 km/h Swell: 1.7 m @ 10 s S Water: 18.9 °C Pressure: 1024.2 hPa ↓ falling 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 · 7:30 pm
Solunar 0 out of 100 Between windows
Time of day 96 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 63 out of 100 NE 22 km/h
Moon 67 out of 100 waning gibbous all day
Water temp 87 out of 100 18.9 °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 7:43 pm
Low 5:22 am High 12:01 pm Low 6:55 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
6:30 pm → 8:30 pm
65
2h
Good
3:30 am → 7:00 am
63
3h 30m
Good
4:00 pm → 4:30 pm
48
30m
Good
12:00 pm → 12:30 pm
45
30m
First light
5:30 am
Last light
7:43 pm
Sunrise
5:56 am
Sunset
7:17 pm
Moonrise
—
Moonset
8:45 am
Low tide
5:22 am
High tide
12:01 pm
Low tide
6:55 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☀️
18°
→︎
E
99°
9 km/h
1am
☀️
18°
→︎
E
96°
7 km/h
2am
☀️
17°
→︎
E
80°
4 km/h
3am
☀️
17°
→︎
E
70°
4 km/h
4am
☀️
17°
→︎
E
80°
6 km/h
5am
☀️
16°
→︎
E
69°
4 km/h
6am
☀️
16°
↗︎
NE
43°
4 km/h
7am
☀️
17°
↗︎
NE
34°
5 km/h
8am
☀️
19°
↗︎
NE
39°
5 km/h
9am
☀️
20°
↗︎
NE
65°
7 km/h
10am
☁️
21°
→︎
E
80°
9 km/h
11am
☁️
21°
→︎
E
99°
13 km/h
12pm
☀️
21°
→︎
E
101°
17 km/h
1pm
☁️
21°
→︎
E
91°
19 km/h
2pm
☀️
21°
→︎
E
85°
20 km/h
3pm
☀️
21°
→︎
E
83°
23 km/h
4pm
☁️
21°
→︎
E
79°
24 km/h
5pm
☁️
21°
→︎
E
73°
23 km/h
6pm
☁️
20°
↗︎
NE
64°
23 km/h
7pm
☁️
19°
↗︎
NE
54°
22 km/h
8pm
☁️
19°
↗︎
NE
45°
21 km/h
9pm
☁️
18°
↗︎
NE
40°
20 km/h
10pm
☀️
18°
↗︎
NE
39°
19 km/h
11pm
☀️
18°
↗︎
NE
39°
19 km/h
Hourly Swell
Easing 2.0 → 1.4 m S
12am
2.0 m
@ 9 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
1am
2.0 m
@ 9 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
2am
2.0 m
@ 9 s
↓︎
S
Solid
3am
2.0 m
@ 9 s
↓︎
S
Solid
4am
2.0 m
@ 9 s
↓︎
S
Solid
5am
2.0 m
@ 9 s
↓︎
S
Solid
6am
1.9 m
@ 9 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
7am
1.9 m
@ 9 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
8am
1.8 m
@ 10 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
9am
1.8 m
@ 10 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
10am
1.8 m
@ 10 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
11am
1.8 m
@ 10 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
12pm
1.7 m
@ 10 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
1pm
1.7 m
@ 10 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
2pm
1.6 m
@ 10 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
3pm
1.6 m
@ 10 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
4pm
1.6 m
@ 10 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
5pm
1.6 m
@ 10 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
6pm
1.5 m
@ 10 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
7pm
1.5 m
@ 10 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
8pm
1.4 m
@ 10 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
ground
9pm
1.4 m
@ 10 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
ground
10pm
1.4 m
@ 10 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
ground
11pm
1.4 m
@ 10 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
ground
Water Temp (°C)
↗ warming — up 0.7° over the last 3 days
Tue
27 Oct
18.2°
Wed
28 Oct
18.3°
Thu
29 Oct
18.7°
Fri
30 Oct
18.9°
Sat
31 Oct
18.9°
Sun
1 Nov
19.0°
Mon
2 Nov
19.6°
Tue
3 Nov
19.7°
Wed
4 Nov
19.8°
Thu
5 Nov
19.7°
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 17 km/h E (101°).

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