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Norah Head

Wed 16 Sep 2026 · Australia/Sydney

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waxing crescent · 19%
Weather: Sunny Wind: S 189° · 27 km/h Swell: 1.5 m @ 9 s S Water: 18.9 °C Pressure: 1027.0 hPa → steady
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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 99 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 63 out of 100 S 26 km/h
Moon 0 out of 100 waxing crescent all day
Water temp 87 out of 100 18.9 °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 6:10 pm
Low 4:08 am High 10:50 am Low 5:23 pm High 11:03 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
5:30 pm → 7:00 pm
60
1h 30m
Good
4:30 am → 6:30 am
57
2h
Good
3:30 pm → 4:30 pm
46
1h
First light
5:27 am
Last light
6:10 pm
Sunrise
5:52 am
Sunset
5:45 pm
Moonrise
8:18 am
Moonset
10:59 pm
Low tide
4:08 am
High tide
10:50 am
Low tide
5:23 pm
High tide
11:03 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☀️
14°
↓︎
S
194°
22 km/h
1am
☀️
13°
↓︎
S
200°
22 km/h
2am
☀️
13°
↙︎
SW
214°
18 km/h
3am
☀️
12°
↙︎
SW
220°
16 km/h
4am
☀️
11°
↙︎
SW
241°
14 km/h
5am
☀️
11°
↙︎
SW
243°
14 km/h
6am
☀️
11°
↙︎
SW
226°
20 km/h
7am
☀️
11°
↙︎
SW
227°
18 km/h
8am
☀️
13°
↙︎
SW
221°
21 km/h
9am
☀️
14°
↙︎
SW
212°
22 km/h
10am
☀️
15°
↙︎
SW
203°
21 km/h
11am
☀️
16°
↓︎
S
193°
24 km/h
12pm
☀️
16°
↓︎
S
189°
27 km/h
1pm
☀️
15°
↓︎
S
191°
28 km/h
2pm
☀️
15°
↓︎
S
193°
29 km/h
3pm
☀️
15°
↓︎
S
192°
30 km/h
4pm
☀️
15°
↓︎
S
191°
30 km/h
5pm
☀️
15°
↓︎
S
191°
28 km/h
6pm
☁️
14°
↓︎
S
190°
26 km/h
7pm
☁️
14°
↓︎
S
189°
24 km/h
8pm
☁️
14°
↓︎
S
187°
24 km/h
9pm
☀️
14°
↓︎
S
187°
24 km/h
10pm
☀️
14°
↓︎
S
187°
24 km/h
11pm
☀️
14°
↓︎
S
191°
24 km/h
Hourly Swell
Building 0.5 → 1.4 m S
12am
0.5 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Calm
chop
1am
0.6 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
2am
0.9 m
@ 8 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
3am
1.2 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
4am
1.6 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
5am
1.6 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
6am
1.6 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
7am
1.6 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
8am
1.7 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
9am
1.8 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
10am
1.8 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
11am
1.7 m
@ 9 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
12pm
1.5 m
@ 9 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
1pm
1.3 m
@ 9 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
2pm
1.2 m
@ 10 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
3pm
1.2 m
@ 10 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
4pm
1.1 m
@ 10 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
5pm
1.1 m
@ 10 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
6pm
1.1 m
@ 10 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
7pm
1.1 m
@ 10 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
8pm
1.2 m
@ 10 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
9pm
1.3 m
@ 10 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
10pm
1.4 m
@ 10 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
11pm
1.4 m
@ 10 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
Water Temp (°C)
→ steady around 18.9°
Sun
13 Sep
18.6°
Mon
14 Sep
18.9°
Tue
15 Sep
19.1°
Wed
16 Sep
18.9°
Thu
17 Sep
18.5°
Fri
18 Sep
18.6°
Sat
19 Sep
18.8°
Sun
20 Sep
18.9°
Mon
21 Sep
18.9°
Tue
22 Sep
19.0°
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 27 km/h S (189°).

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