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Horseshoe Beach / Newcastle Harbour

Mon 21 Sep 2026 · Australia/Sydney

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📍 Horseshoe Beach / Newcastle Harbour
waxing gibbous · 69%
Weather: Rainy Wind: SE 156° · 17 km/h Swell: 0.6 m @ 6 s S Water: 19.3 °C Pressure: 1023.4 hPa → steady
★★★☆☆
Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 5:30 am
Solunar 0 out of 100 Between windows
Time of day 99 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 82 out of 100 SW 15 km/h
Moon 67 out of 100 waxing gibbous all day
Water temp 89 out of 100 19.3 °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 5:20 am Last light 6:12 pm
High 3:47 am Low 9:04 am High 3:50 pm Low 10:45 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
4:00 am → 7:00 am
67
3h
Good
4:00 pm → 9:00 pm
65
5h
Good
12:30 pm → 1:30 pm
47
1h
Good
9:00 am → 10:00 am
47
1h
First light
5:20 am
Last light
6:12 pm
Sunrise
5:44 am
Sunset
5:48 pm
Moonrise
12:25 pm
Moonset
2:23 am
High tide
3:47 am
Low tide
9:04 am
High tide
3:50 pm
Low tide
10:45 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☀️
20°
↖︎
NW
295°
15 km/h
1am
☀️
19°
←︎
W
281°
14 km/h
2am
☀️
19°
←︎
W
265°
14 km/h
3am
☀️
19°
←︎
W
250°
14 km/h
4am
☀️
19°
↙︎
SW
237°
15 km/h
5am
🌧️
19°
↙︎
SW
226°
15 km/h
6am
🌧️
19°
↙︎
SW
213°
15 km/h
7am
🌧️
19°
↓︎
S
199°
15 km/h
8am
🌧️
19°
↓︎
S
186°
16 km/h
9am
🌧️
19°
↓︎
S
176°
17 km/h
10am
🌧️
19°
↓︎
S
169°
17 km/h
11am
🌧️
19°
↓︎
S
163°
18 km/h
12pm
🌧️
19°
↘︎
SE
156°
17 km/h
1pm
🌧️
19°
↘︎
SE
150°
16 km/h
2pm
🌧️
19°
↘︎
SE
143°
15 km/h
3pm
🌧️
19°
↘︎
SE
135°
14 km/h
4pm
🌧️
19°
↘︎
SE
127°
13 km/h
5pm
☁️
19°
↘︎
SE
118°
12 km/h
6pm
☁️
19°
→︎
E
107°
11 km/h
7pm
☁️
19°
→︎
E
94°
11 km/h
8pm
☁️
19°
→︎
E
80°
11 km/h
9pm
☁️
19°
↗︎
NE
67°
11 km/h
10pm
☁️
19°
↗︎
NE
58°
11 km/h
11pm
☁️
18°
↗︎
NE
51°
11 km/h
Hourly Swell
Building 0.4 → 1.2 m S
12am
0.4 m
@ 9 s
↓︎
S
Calm
1am
0.4 m
@ 9 s
↓︎
S
Calm
2am
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↓︎
S
Calm
3am
0.4 m
@ 10 s
↓︎
S
Calm
4am
0.3 m
@ 10 s
↓︎
S
Calm
ground
5am
0.3 m
@ 10 s
↓︎
S
Calm
ground
6am
0.3 m
@ 10 s
↓︎
S
Calm
ground
7am
0.3 m
@ 10 s
↓︎
S
Calm
8am
0.4 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Calm
9am
0.4 m
@ 6 s
↓︎
S
Calm
chop
10am
Calm
11am
0.5 m
@ 5 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
12pm
0.6 m
@ 6 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
1pm
0.7 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
2pm
0.9 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
3pm
1.2 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
4pm
1.4 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
5pm
1.4 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
6pm
1.5 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
7pm
1.5 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
8pm
1.4 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
9pm
1.4 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
10pm
1.3 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
11pm
1.2 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
Water Temp (°C)
→ steady around 19.3°
Fri
18 Sep
19.0°
Sat
19 Sep
19.1°
Sun
20 Sep
19.2°
Mon
21 Sep
19.3°
Tue
22 Sep
19.3°
Wed
23 Sep
19.3°
Thu
24 Sep
—
Fri
25 Sep
—
Sat
26 Sep
—
Sun
27 Sep
—
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 17 km/h SE (156°).

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