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Horseshoe Beach / Newcastle Harbour

Mon 02 Nov 2026 · Australia/Sydney

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📍 Horseshoe Beach / Newcastle Harbour
last quarter · 55%
Weather: Sunny Wind: E 87° · 14 km/h Swell: 1.0 m @ 6 s S Water: 19.6 °C Pressure: 1016.3 hPa → steady Sheltered water: wind direction matters less here
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High Fish Activity
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At the day's peak · 7:30 pm
Solunar 55 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 92 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 55 out of 100 Moving
Wind 91 out of 100 E 17 km/h
Moon 33 out of 100 last quarter all day
Water temp 91 out of 100 19.6 °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 5:27 am Last light 7:45 pm
High 3:23 am Low 8:46 am High 3:17 pm Low 10:15 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
6:30 pm → 9:00 pm
75
2h 30m
Good
3:30 am → 9:30 am
71
6h
Good
1:30 am → 2:30 am
47
1h
First light
5:27 am
Last light
7:45 pm
Sunrise
5:53 am
Sunset
7:20 pm
Moonrise
1:43 am
Moonset
12:15 pm
High tide
3:23 am
Low tide
8:46 am
High tide
3:17 pm
Low tide
10:15 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☁️
20°
↘︎
SE
131°
9 km/h
1am
☁️
20°
↘︎
SE
122°
9 km/h
2am
☁️
19°
↘︎
SE
116°
10 km/h
3am
☁️
19°
↘︎
SE
116°
9 km/h
4am
☁️
19°
↘︎
SE
120°
9 km/h
5am
☀️
19°
↘︎
SE
120°
9 km/h
6am
🌧️
19°
↘︎
SE
117°
9 km/h
7am
🌧️
19°
→︎
E
111°
9 km/h
8am
🌧️
20°
→︎
E
105°
9 km/h
9am
🌧️
20°
→︎
E
97°
10 km/h
10am
🌧️
21°
→︎
E
89°
11 km/h
11am
🌧️
22°
→︎
E
86°
12 km/h
12pm
☀️
22°
→︎
E
87°
14 km/h
1pm
☁️
22°
→︎
E
90°
17 km/h
2pm
☁️
22°
→︎
E
91°
18 km/h
3pm
☁️
22°
→︎
E
91°
19 km/h
4pm
☁️
21°
→︎
E
89°
19 km/h
5pm
☁️
21°
→︎
E
86°
19 km/h
6pm
☁️
21°
→︎
E
80°
18 km/h
7pm
☁️
20°
→︎
E
71°
17 km/h
8pm
☁️
20°
↗︎
NE
63°
16 km/h
9pm
☁️
20°
↗︎
NE
62°
15 km/h
10pm
☁️
20°
↗︎
NE
54°
15 km/h
11pm
☁️
19°
↗︎
NE
49°
15 km/h
Hourly Swell
Easing 0.9 → 0.6 m S
12am
0.9 m
@ 6 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
1am
1.0 m
@ 6 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
2am
1.0 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
3am
1.0 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
4am
1.0 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
5am
1.0 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
6am
1.0 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
7am
1.0 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
8am
1.1 m
@ 6 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
9am
1.0 m
@ 6 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
10am
1.0 m
@ 6 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
11am
1.0 m
@ 6 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
12pm
1.0 m
@ 6 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
1pm
0.9 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
2pm
0.9 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
3pm
0.8 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
4pm
0.7 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
5pm
0.7 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
6pm
0.7 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
7pm
0.6 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
8pm
0.6 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
9pm
0.6 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
10pm
0.6 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
11pm
0.6 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
Water Temp (°C)
↗ warming — up 0.7° over the last 3 days
Fri
30 Oct
18.9°
Sat
31 Oct
18.9°
Sun
1 Nov
19.0°
Mon
2 Nov
19.6°
Tue
3 Nov
19.7°
Wed
4 Nov
19.8°
Thu
5 Nov
19.7°
Fri
6 Nov
19.6°
Sat
7 Nov
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Sun
8 Nov
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Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 14 km/h E (87°).

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