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Norah Head

Tue 15 Sep 2026 · Australia/Sydney

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waxing crescent · 11%
Weather: Cloudy Wind: S 183° · 12 km/h Swell: 0.6 m @ 7 s S Water: 19.1 °C Pressure: 1021.1 hPa ↑ rising
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Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 6:00 pm
Solunar 0 out of 100 Between windows
Time of day 100 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 91 out of 100 S 12 km/h
Moon 0 out of 100 waxing crescent all day
Water temp 88 out of 100 19.1 °C all day
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Activity Forecast
Now
HIGH 70+ MED 50 LOW 30 4a 8a 12p 4p 8p
Day timeline
Major Minor Tide Twilight
First light 5:29 am Last light 6:09 pm
Low 3:39 am High 10:10 am Low 4:35 pm High 10:19 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
5:00 pm → 7:00 pm
67
2h
Good
2:00 pm → 4:00 pm
56
2h
Good
4:30 am → 6:30 am
54
2h
Good
10:00 pm → 10:30 pm
46
30m
First light
5:29 am
Last light
6:09 pm
Sunrise
5:53 am
Sunset
5:45 pm
Moonrise
7:44 am
Moonset
9:58 pm
Low tide
3:39 am
High tide
10:10 am
Low tide
4:35 pm
High tide
10:19 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☀️
18°
↑︎
N
338°
11 km/h
1am
☀️
17°
↖︎
NW
327°
10 km/h
2am
☀️
17°
↖︎
NW
313°
10 km/h
3am
☀️
17°
↖︎
NW
298°
12 km/h
4am
☀️
17°
↖︎
NW
299°
12 km/h
5am
☀️
15°
←︎
W
290°
6 km/h
6am
☀️
15°
↖︎
NW
335°
3 km/h
7am
☀️
16°
↗︎
NE
30°
4 km/h
8am
☀️
20°
↘︎
SE
120°
2 km/h
9am
☀️
23°
↗︎
NE
60°
3 km/h
10am
☀️
25°
↘︎
SE
132°
6 km/h
11am
☀️
23°
↘︎
SE
140°
19 km/h
12pm
☀️
22°
↘︎
SE
148°
18 km/h
1pm
☀️
22°
↘︎
SE
148°
17 km/h
2pm
☀️
21°
↘︎
SE
147°
15 km/h
3pm
☀️
21°
↘︎
SE
145°
15 km/h
4pm
☀️
20°
↘︎
SE
144°
13 km/h
5pm
☀️
19°
↘︎
SE
156°
11 km/h
Now
☀️
18°
↓︎
S
183°
12 km/h
7pm
☁️
17°
↓︎
S
191°
13 km/h
8pm
🌧️
16°
↓︎
S
195°
22 km/h
9pm
🌧️
16°
↓︎
S
185°
28 km/h
10pm
☁️
16°
↓︎
S
184°
26 km/h
11pm
☁️
15°
↓︎
S
187°
25 km/h
Hourly Swell
Easing 0.8 → 0.4 m SE
12am
0.8 m
@ 8 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
1am
0.7 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
2am
0.7 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
3am
0.7 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
4am
0.7 m
@ 4 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
5am
0.7 m
@ 4 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
6am
0.7 m
@ 4 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
7am
0.8 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
8am
0.7 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
9am
0.7 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
10am
0.7 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
11am
0.7 m
@ 4 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
12pm
0.7 m
@ 4 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
1pm
0.6 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
2pm
0.6 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
3pm
0.6 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
4pm
0.5 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
5pm
0.6 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
Now
0.6 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
7pm
0.6 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
8pm
0.5 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Calm
chop
9pm
0.4 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Calm
chop
10pm
0.3 m
@ 8 s
→︎
E
Calm
chop
11pm
0.4 m
@ 8 s
↘︎
SE
Calm
chop
Water Temp (°C)
↗ warming — up 0.6° over the last 3 days
Sat
12 Sep
18.5°
Sun
13 Sep
18.7°
Mon
14 Sep
18.9°
Tue
15 Sep
19.1°
Wed
16 Sep
18.9°
Thu
17 Sep
18.7°
Fri
18 Sep
18.8°
Sat
19 Sep
18.9°
Sun
20 Sep
19.0°
Mon
21 Sep
19.0°
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 12 km/h S (183°).

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