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Horseshoe Beach / Newcastle Harbour

Tue 27 Oct 2026 · Australia/Sydney

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📍 Horseshoe Beach / Newcastle Harbour
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Weather: Rainy Wind: NE 64° · 5 km/h Swell: 1.0 m @ 7 s S Water: 18.2 °C Pressure: 1018.2 hPa ↓ falling Sheltered water: wind direction matters less here
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Medium Fish Activity
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▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 6:00 am
Solunar 51 out of 100 Minor window
Time of day 74 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 15 out of 100 Strong flow
Wind 91 out of 100 E 8 km/h
Moon 100 out of 100 full all day
Water temp 82 out of 100 18.2 °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 5:33 am Last light 7:40 pm
Low 3:08 am High 9:38 am Low 4:05 pm High 10:07 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
5:00 am → 7:00 am
62
2h
Good
7:00 pm → 9:00 pm
58
2h
Good
12:00 am → 2:00 am
55
2h
Good
12:30 pm → 1:30 pm
51
1h
First light
5:33 am
Last light
7:40 pm
Sunrise
5:59 am
Sunset
7:14 pm
Moonrise
8:41 pm
Moonset
6:06 am
Low tide
3:08 am
High tide
9:38 am
Low tide
4:05 pm
High tide
10:07 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
🌧️
17°
↘︎
SE
114°
12 km/h
1am
🌧️
17°
↘︎
SE
117°
11 km/h
2am
☀️
17°
↘︎
SE
124°
10 km/h
3am
☁️
17°
→︎
E
105°
7 km/h
4am
☁️
17°
→︎
E
86°
8 km/h
5am
🌧️
17°
→︎
E
82°
8 km/h
6am
☁️
17°
→︎
E
75°
8 km/h
7am
☁️
18°
↗︎
NE
53°
8 km/h
8am
☁️
18°
↗︎
NE
54°
8 km/h
9am
☁️
19°
↗︎
NE
49°
9 km/h
10am
🌧️
19°
↗︎
NE
62°
9 km/h
11am
🌧️
20°
→︎
E
74°
11 km/h
12pm
🌧️
20°
→︎
E
70°
13 km/h
1pm
🌧️
20°
↗︎
NE
63°
13 km/h
2pm
🌧️
21°
→︎
E
77°
18 km/h
3pm
🌧️
20°
→︎
E
76°
19 km/h
4pm
🌧️
20°
→︎
E
78°
22 km/h
5pm
☁️
20°
→︎
E
69°
25 km/h
6pm
☀️
20°
↗︎
NE
59°
24 km/h
7pm
☀️
19°
↗︎
NE
52°
20 km/h
8pm
☀️
18°
↗︎
NE
52°
17 km/h
9pm
☁️
18°
↗︎
NE
52°
14 km/h
10pm
🌧️
17°
↗︎
NE
51°
12 km/h
11pm
☁️
17°
↗︎
NE
64°
5 km/h
Hourly Swell
Easing 1.6 → 1.0 m S
12am
1.6 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
1am
1.6 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
2am
1.6 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
3am
1.6 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
4am
1.6 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
5am
1.5 m
@ 6 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
6am
1.5 m
@ 6 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
7am
1.5 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
8am
1.4 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
9am
1.4 m
@ 6 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
10am
1.4 m
@ 6 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
11am
1.4 m
@ 6 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
12pm
1.3 m
@ 6 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
1pm
1.3 m
@ 6 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
2pm
1.2 m
@ 6 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
3pm
1.2 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
4pm
1.2 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
5pm
1.1 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
6pm
1.1 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
7pm
1.1 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
8pm
1.1 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
9pm
1.0 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
10pm
1.0 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
11pm
1.0 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
Water Temp (°C)
↘ cooling — down 0.4° over the last 3 days
Sat
24 Oct
18.6°
Sun
25 Oct
18.9°
Mon
26 Oct
18.3°
Tue
27 Oct
18.2°
Wed
28 Oct
18.3°
Thu
29 Oct
18.7°
Fri
30 Oct
18.9°
Sat
31 Oct
18.9°
Sun
1 Nov
19.0°
Mon
2 Nov
19.6°
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 5 km/h NE (64°).

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