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Horseshoe Beach / Newcastle Harbour

Tue 03 Nov 2026 · Australia/Sydney

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📍 Horseshoe Beach / Newcastle Harbour
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Weather: Sunny Wind: NE 59° · 10 km/h Swell: 0.6 m @ 6 s SE Water: 19.7 °C Pressure: 1012.3 hPa ↓ falling Sheltered water: wind direction matters less here
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Medium Fish Activity
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At the day's peak · 7:30 pm
Solunar 77 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 90 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 55 out of 100 Moving
Wind 63 out of 100 NE 22 km/h
Moon 33 out of 100 last quarter all day
Water temp 92 out of 100 19.7 °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 5:26 am Last light 7:46 pm
High 4:32 am Low 10:05 am High 4:26 pm Low 11:11 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
7:00 pm → 9:00 pm
71
2h
Good
4:00 am → 9:00 am
66
5h
Good
11:00 pm → 12:00 am
49
1h
Good
2:00 am → 3:00 am
47
1h
First light
5:26 am
Last light
7:46 pm
Sunrise
5:52 am
Sunset
7:20 pm
Moonrise
2:19 am
Moonset
1:23 pm
High tide
4:32 am
Low tide
10:05 am
High tide
4:26 pm
Low tide
11:11 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☁️
19°
↗︎
NE
43°
15 km/h
1am
☁️
19°
↗︎
NE
43°
13 km/h
2am
☁️
19°
↗︎
NE
43°
12 km/h
3am
☁️
19°
↗︎
NE
41°
11 km/h
4am
☁️
19°
↗︎
NE
39°
11 km/h
5am
☁️
19°
↗︎
NE
37°
10 km/h
6am
☁️
20°
↗︎
NE
50°
13 km/h
7am
☁️
21°
↗︎
NE
49°
11 km/h
8am
☁️
22°
↗︎
NE
50°
10 km/h
9am
☀️
23°
↗︎
NE
51°
9 km/h
10am
☀️
24°
↗︎
NE
53°
8 km/h
11am
☀️
25°
↗︎
NE
55°
9 km/h
12pm
☀️
25°
↗︎
NE
59°
10 km/h
1pm
☀️
25°
↗︎
NE
63°
12 km/h
2pm
☀️
25°
↗︎
NE
66°
15 km/h
3pm
☁️
25°
↗︎
NE
67°
18 km/h
4pm
☁️
25°
↗︎
NE
67°
21 km/h
5pm
☁️
25°
↗︎
NE
66°
22 km/h
6pm
🌧️
24°
↗︎
NE
63°
22 km/h
7pm
🌧️
23°
↗︎
NE
59°
22 km/h
8pm
🌧️
23°
↗︎
NE
53°
22 km/h
9pm
🌧️
22°
↗︎
NE
47°
21 km/h
10pm
🌧️
21°
↗︎
NE
41°
20 km/h
11pm
🌧️
20°
↗︎
NE
36°
19 km/h
Hourly Swell
Building 0.6 → 0.9 m E
12am
0.6 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
1am
0.6 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
2am
0.7 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
3am
0.6 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
4am
0.6 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
5am
0.6 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
6am
0.5 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Slight
7am
0.5 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
8am
0.5 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
9am
0.5 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
10am
0.6 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
11am
0.6 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
12pm
0.6 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
1pm
0.6 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
2pm
0.6 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
3pm
0.5 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
4pm
0.4 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Calm
chop
5pm
0.4 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Calm
chop
6pm
0.5 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
7pm
0.6 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
8pm
0.8 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
9pm
0.8 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
10pm
0.9 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
11pm
0.9 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
Water Temp (°C)
↗ warming — up 0.8° over the last 3 days
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°
Fri
6 Nov
19.6°
Sat
7 Nov
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Sun
8 Nov
—
Mon
9 Nov
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Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 10 km/h NE (59°).

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