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Horseshoe Beach / Newcastle Harbour

Sun 20 Sep 2026 · Australia/Sydney

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📍 Horseshoe Beach / Newcastle Harbour
first quarter · 59%
Weather: Sunny Wind: N 342° · 5 km/h Swell: 0.4 m @ 9 s S Water: 19.1 °C Pressure: 1020.8 hPa ↓ falling
★★★★☆
High Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 6:30 pm
Solunar 63 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 54 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 55 out of 100 Moving
Wind 100 out of 100 E 14 km/h
Moon 33 out of 100 first quarter all day
Water temp 88 out of 100 19.1 °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 5:21 am Last light 6:11 pm
High 2:42 am Low 7:50 am High 2:53 pm Low 9:56 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
5:30 pm → 8:30 pm
73
3h
Good
4:30 am → 6:30 am
65
2h
Good
3:00 pm → 4:00 pm
47
1h
Good
11:00 am → 12:00 pm
46
1h
First light
5:21 am
Last light
6:11 pm
Sunrise
5:45 am
Sunset
5:47 pm
Moonrise
11:27 am
Moonset
1:39 am
High tide
2:42 am
Low tide
7:50 am
High tide
2:53 pm
Low tide
9:56 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☀️
15°
↖︎
NW
336°
12 km/h
1am
☀️
14°
↖︎
NW
329°
12 km/h
2am
☀️
13°
↖︎
NW
322°
13 km/h
3am
☀️
13°
↖︎
NW
316°
13 km/h
4am
☀️
13°
↖︎
NW
312°
14 km/h
5am
☀️
14°
↖︎
NW
307°
14 km/h
6am
☀️
16°
↖︎
NW
303°
14 km/h
7am
☀️
18°
↖︎
NW
298°
14 km/h
8am
☀️
20°
↖︎
NW
295°
13 km/h
9am
☀️
22°
↖︎
NW
293°
12 km/h
10am
☀️
24°
↖︎
NW
294°
11 km/h
11am
☀️
24°
↖︎
NW
303°
8 km/h
12pm
☀️
24°
↑︎
N
342°
5 km/h
1pm
☀️
24°
↗︎
NE
41°
6 km/h
2pm
☀️
24°
↗︎
NE
62°
11 km/h
3pm
☀️
23°
→︎
E
69°
15 km/h
4pm
☀️
23°
→︎
E
73°
17 km/h
5pm
☀️
22°
→︎
E
76°
16 km/h
6pm
☀️
21°
→︎
E
80°
14 km/h
7pm
☀️
21°
→︎
E
85°
10 km/h
8pm
☀️
20°
→︎
E
95°
7 km/h
9pm
☀️
19°
↘︎
SE
118°
3 km/h
10pm
☀️
18°
↓︎
S
170°
2 km/h
11pm
☀️
17°
↙︎
SW
232°
2 km/h
Hourly Swell
Easing 0.7 → 0.3 m S
12am
0.7 m
@ 9 s
↓︎
S
Slight
1am
0.7 m
@ 9 s
↓︎
S
Slight
2am
0.7 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Slight
3am
0.7 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Slight
4am
0.6 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Slight
5am
0.6 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Slight
6am
0.6 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Slight
7am
0.6 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Slight
8am
0.5 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
9am
0.5 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Calm
chop
10am
0.4 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Calm
chop
11am
0.4 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Calm
chop
12pm
0.4 m
@ 9 s
↓︎
S
Calm
1pm
0.4 m
@ 9 s
↓︎
S
Calm
2pm
0.4 m
@ 9 s
↓︎
S
Calm
3pm
0.4 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Calm
chop
4pm
0.4 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Calm
chop
5pm
0.4 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Calm
chop
6pm
0.3 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Calm
chop
7pm
0.3 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Calm
chop
8pm
0.3 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Calm
chop
9pm
0.3 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Calm
chop
10pm
0.3 m
@ 7 s
→︎
E
Calm
chop
11pm
0.3 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Calm
chop
Water Temp (°C)
→ steady around 19.1°
Thu
17 Sep
19.0°
Fri
18 Sep
18.9°
Sat
19 Sep
19.0°
Sun
20 Sep
19.1°
Mon
21 Sep
19.1°
Tue
22 Sep
19.1°
Wed
23 Sep
—
Thu
24 Sep
—
Fri
25 Sep
—
Sat
26 Sep
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Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 5 km/h N (342°).

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