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Horseshoe Beach / Newcastle Harbour

Mon 14 Sep 2026 · Australia/Sydney

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📍 Horseshoe Beach / Newcastle Harbour
waxing crescent · 6%
Weather: Cloudy Wind: NW 323° · 12 km/h Swell: 0.9 m @ 10 s S Water: 19.4 °C Pressure: 1022.4 hPa ↓ falling
★★★☆☆
Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 6:00 pm
Solunar 0 out of 100 Between windows
Time of day 98 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 55 out of 100 Moving
Wind 100 out of 100 NE 17 km/h
Moon 0 out of 100 waxing crescent 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 5:29 am Last light 6:08 pm
Low 3:08 am High 9:34 am Low 3:39 pm High 9:43 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
5:00 pm → 7:00 pm
63
2h
Good
5:00 am → 7:30 am
59
2h 30m
Good
1:30 pm → 4:00 pm
57
2h 30m
Good
9:30 am → 10:30 am
49
1h
First light
5:29 am
Last light
6:08 pm
Sunrise
5:53 am
Sunset
5:43 pm
Moonrise
7:12 am
Moonset
8:55 pm
Low tide
3:08 am
High tide
9:34 am
Low tide
3:39 pm
High tide
9:43 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☀️
15°
↑︎
N
6°
13 km/h
1am
☀️
14°
↑︎
N
358°
12 km/h
2am
☀️
14°
↑︎
N
16°
13 km/h
3am
☀️
14°
↑︎
N
16°
12 km/h
4am
☀️
13°
↑︎
N
5°
11 km/h
5am
☀️
13°
↑︎
N
9°
11 km/h
6am
☀️
12°
↑︎
N
4°
10 km/h
7am
☀️
13°
↑︎
N
360°
10 km/h
8am
☀️
16°
↑︎
N
349°
8 km/h
9am
☁️
19°
↑︎
N
344°
8 km/h
10am
☁️
22°
↑︎
N
343°
9 km/h
11am
☀️
23°
↖︎
NW
328°
10 km/h
12pm
☁️
25°
↖︎
NW
323°
12 km/h
1pm
☁️
25°
↑︎
N
348°
11 km/h
2pm
☀️
25°
↗︎
NE
27°
8 km/h
3pm
☁️
24°
→︎
E
69°
9 km/h
4pm
☁️
23°
→︎
E
71°
14 km/h
5pm
☀️
21°
↗︎
NE
62°
17 km/h
6pm
☀️
20°
↗︎
NE
45°
17 km/h
7pm
☀️
20°
↗︎
NE
33°
17 km/h
8pm
☀️
19°
↗︎
NE
27°
15 km/h
9pm
☀️
18°
↑︎
N
8°
13 km/h
10pm
☀️
18°
↑︎
N
17°
14 km/h
11pm
☀️
18°
↑︎
N
18°
13 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.8 m S
12am
1.1 m
@ 10 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
ground
1am
1.0 m
@ 10 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
ground
2am
1.0 m
@ 10 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
ground
3am
1.0 m
@ 10 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
ground
4am
1.0 m
@ 10 s
↓︎
S
Slight
ground
5am
1.0 m
@ 10 s
↓︎
S
Slight
ground
6am
1.0 m
@ 10 s
↓︎
S
Slight
ground
7am
0.9 m
@ 10 s
↓︎
S
Slight
8am
0.9 m
@ 10 s
↓︎
S
Slight
9am
0.9 m
@ 10 s
↓︎
S
Slight
10am
0.9 m
@ 10 s
↓︎
S
Slight
11am
0.9 m
@ 10 s
↓︎
S
Slight
12pm
0.9 m
@ 10 s
↓︎
S
Slight
1pm
0.9 m
@ 10 s
↓︎
S
Slight
2pm
0.8 m
@ 10 s
↓︎
S
Slight
ground
3pm
0.8 m
@ 10 s
↓︎
S
Slight
ground
4pm
0.8 m
@ 10 s
↓︎
S
Slight
5pm
0.8 m
@ 8 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
6pm
0.8 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
7pm
0.8 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
8pm
0.8 m
@ 4 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
9pm
0.8 m
@ 4 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
10pm
0.8 m
@ 4 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
11pm
0.8 m
@ 4 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
Water Temp (°C)
→ steady around 19.4°
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°
Sun
20 Sep
19.1°
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 12 km/h NW (323°).

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