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Horseshoe Beach / Newcastle Harbour

Sat 12 Sep 2026 · Australia/Sydney

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Weather: Rainy Wind: NE 28° · 15 km/h Swell: 1.7 m @ 10 s S Water: 19.4 °C Pressure: 1028.7 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 96 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 15 out of 100 Strong flow
Wind 100 out of 100 NE 18 km/h
Moon 100 out of 100 new 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 5:32 am Last light 6:06 pm
Low 2:05 am High 8:13 am Low 2:10 pm High 8:23 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
5:30 pm → 9:00 pm
65
3h 30m
Good
11:30 am → 3:00 pm
60
3h 30m
Good
5:30 am → 7:00 am
53
1h 30m
First light
5:32 am
Last light
6:06 pm
Sunrise
5:56 am
Sunset
5:42 pm
Moonrise
6:15 am
Moonset
6:51 pm
Low tide
2:05 am
High tide
8:13 am
Low tide
2:10 pm
High tide
8:23 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☀️
15°
↘︎
SE
115°
4 km/h
1am
☀️
15°
→︎
E
90°
1 km/h
2am
☀️
14°
←︎
W
288°
2 km/h
3am
☀️
13°
←︎
W
268°
4 km/h
4am
☀️
12°
←︎
W
275°
4 km/h
5am
☀️
12°
←︎
W
257°
5 km/h
6am
☀️
12°
↙︎
SW
238°
5 km/h
7am
☀️
14°
↙︎
SW
232°
6 km/h
8am
☀️
16°
↙︎
SW
225°
4 km/h
9am
☀️
18°
↓︎
S
193°
4 km/h
10am
☁️
19°
→︎
E
105°
4 km/h
11am
🌧️
19°
↘︎
SE
135°
7 km/h
12pm
🌧️
19°
↘︎
SE
130°
9 km/h
1pm
🌧️
19°
↘︎
SE
116°
10 km/h
2pm
🌧️
19°
→︎
E
98°
13 km/h
3pm
☀️
19°
→︎
E
91°
15 km/h
4pm
☀️
19°
→︎
E
86°
16 km/h
5pm
☀️
19°
→︎
E
68°
16 km/h
6pm
☀️
18°
↗︎
NE
60°
18 km/h
7pm
☀️
17°
↗︎
NE
53°
19 km/h
8pm
☀️
17°
↗︎
NE
41°
18 km/h
9pm
☀️
16°
↗︎
NE
33°
17 km/h
10pm
☀️
15°
↗︎
NE
28°
15 km/h
11pm
☀️
15°
↗︎
NE
26°
12 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~1.6 m S
12am
1.8 m
@ 9 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
1am
1.7 m
@ 9 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
2am
1.7 m
@ 9 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
3am
1.7 m
@ 9 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
4am
1.7 m
@ 9 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
5am
1.7 m
@ 9 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
6am
1.7 m
@ 9 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
7am
1.7 m
@ 9 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
8am
1.7 m
@ 9 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
9am
1.7 m
@ 9 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
10am
1.7 m
@ 9 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
11am
1.7 m
@ 9 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
12pm
1.8 m
@ 10 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
1pm
1.8 m
@ 10 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
2pm
1.8 m
@ 10 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
3pm
1.8 m
@ 10 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
4pm
1.8 m
@ 10 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
ground
5pm
1.8 m
@ 10 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
ground
6pm
1.8 m
@ 10 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
ground
7pm
1.8 m
@ 10 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
ground
8pm
1.7 m
@ 10 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
ground
9pm
1.7 m
@ 10 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
ground
10pm
1.7 m
@ 10 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
ground
11pm
1.6 m
@ 10 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
ground
Water Temp (°C)
→ steady around 19.3°
Wed
9 Sep
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°
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 15 km/h NE (28°).

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