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Norah Head

Tue 08 Sep 2026 · Australia/Sydney

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Weather: Rainy Wind: S 160° · 18 km/h Swell: 1.6 m @ 6 s S Water: 18.5 °C Pressure: 1025.3 hPa ↓ falling
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Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 5:30 pm
Solunar 0 out of 100 Between windows
Time of day 57 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 91 out of 100 S 9 km/h
Moon 0 out of 100 waning crescent all day
Water temp 84 out of 100 18.5 °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 5:38 am Last light 6:05 pm
High 5:16 am Low 10:58 am High 5:23 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
4:30 pm → 7:00 pm
67
2h 30m
Good
5:00 am → 6:30 am
58
1h 30m
Good
9:00 am → 10:30 am
51
1h 30m
Good
9:30 pm → 10:00 pm
45
30m
First light
5:38 am
Last light
6:05 pm
Sunrise
6:02 am
Sunset
5:40 pm
Moonrise
4:05 am
Moonset
2:24 pm
High tide
5:16 am
Low tide
10:58 am
High tide
5:23 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☀️
15°
↓︎
S
195°
22 km/h
1am
🌧️
14°
↓︎
S
196°
23 km/h
2am
☀️
15°
↓︎
S
197°
23 km/h
3am
☀️
14°
↙︎
SW
204°
21 km/h
4am
☀️
13°
↙︎
SW
207°
20 km/h
5am
☁️
13°
↙︎
SW
212°
18 km/h
6am
☀️
13°
↙︎
SW
214°
19 km/h
7am
☁️
13°
↙︎
SW
212°
18 km/h
8am
🌧️
14°
↙︎
SW
225°
18 km/h
9am
☀️
16°
↙︎
SW
227°
16 km/h
10am
🌧️
18°
↓︎
S
174°
18 km/h
11am
☁️
18°
↓︎
S
162°
19 km/h
12pm
🌧️
18°
↓︎
S
160°
18 km/h
1pm
🌧️
17°
↓︎
S
159°
18 km/h
2pm
🌧️
17°
↓︎
S
164°
16 km/h
3pm
☀️
17°
↓︎
S
164°
14 km/h
4pm
☀️
17°
↓︎
S
158°
12 km/h
5pm
☀️
16°
↓︎
S
159°
9 km/h
6pm
☀️
14°
↘︎
SE
157°
5 km/h
7pm
☀️
14°
↘︎
SE
149°
4 km/h
8pm
☀️
13°
→︎
E
104°
2 km/h
9pm
☀️
13°
↗︎
NE
24°
2 km/h
10pm
☀️
10°
←︎
W
278°
7 km/h
11pm
☀️
9°
←︎
W
270°
8 km/h
Hourly Swell
Building 1.0 → 1.3 m S
12am
1.0 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
1am
1.1 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
2am
1.2 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
3am
1.4 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
4am
1.5 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
5am
1.5 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
6am
1.6 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
7am
1.6 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
8am
1.6 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
9am
1.6 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
10am
1.6 m
@ 6 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
11am
1.6 m
@ 6 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
12pm
1.6 m
@ 6 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
1pm
1.6 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
2pm
1.6 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
3pm
1.6 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
4pm
1.5 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
5pm
1.5 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
6pm
1.5 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
7pm
1.4 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
8pm
1.4 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
9pm
1.4 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
10pm
1.4 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
11pm
1.3 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
Water Temp (°C)
→ steady around 18.5°
Sat
5 Sep
18.5°
Sun
6 Sep
18.5°
Mon
7 Sep
18.6°
Tue
8 Sep
18.5°
Wed
9 Sep
18.5°
Thu
10 Sep
18.3°
Fri
11 Sep
18.3°
Sat
12 Sep
18.5°
Sun
13 Sep
18.7°
Mon
14 Sep
18.9°
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 18 km/h S (160°).

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