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Norah Head

Mon 21 Sep 2026 · Australia/Sydney

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waxing gibbous · 69%
Weather: Rainy Wind: SE 144° · 15 km/h Swell: 0.5 m @ 5 s S Water: 19.1 °C Pressure: 1023.5 hPa → steady
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Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 5:30 am
Solunar 0 out of 100 Between windows
Time of day 100 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 82 out of 100 SW 13 km/h
Moon 67 out of 100 waxing gibbous all day
Water temp 88 out of 100 19.1 °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 5:20 am Last light 6:13 pm
High 3:53 am Low 9:04 am High 3:48 pm Low 10:45 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
4:00 am → 7:00 am
66
3h
Good
4:00 pm → 8:30 pm
64
4h 30m
Good
12:00 pm → 1:30 pm
47
1h 30m
Good
9:00 am → 10:00 am
47
1h
First light
5:20 am
Last light
6:13 pm
Sunrise
5:45 am
Sunset
5:49 pm
Moonrise
12:25 pm
Moonset
2:25 am
High tide
3:53 am
Low tide
9:04 am
High tide
3:48 pm
Low tide
10:45 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☀️
18°
↖︎
NW
294°
12 km/h
1am
☀️
18°
←︎
W
277°
12 km/h
2am
☀️
17°
←︎
W
259°
12 km/h
3am
☀️
17°
↙︎
SW
245°
13 km/h
4am
☀️
17°
↙︎
SW
233°
13 km/h
5am
☀️
17°
↙︎
SW
221°
13 km/h
6am
☀️
18°
↙︎
SW
205°
12 km/h
7am
☁️
18°
↓︎
S
189°
12 km/h
8am
☁️
19°
↓︎
S
174°
13 km/h
9am
☁️
20°
↓︎
S
162°
14 km/h
10am
☁️
20°
↘︎
SE
154°
15 km/h
11am
🌧️
20°
↘︎
SE
149°
15 km/h
12pm
🌧️
20°
↘︎
SE
144°
15 km/h
1pm
🌧️
20°
↘︎
SE
139°
14 km/h
2pm
🌧️
19°
↘︎
SE
134°
12 km/h
3pm
🌧️
19°
↘︎
SE
129°
11 km/h
4pm
🌧️
19°
↘︎
SE
123°
10 km/h
5pm
☁️
18°
↘︎
SE
119°
9 km/h
6pm
☁️
18°
↘︎
SE
113°
7 km/h
7pm
☁️
18°
→︎
E
107°
5 km/h
8pm
☁️
17°
→︎
E
95°
4 km/h
9pm
☁️
17°
→︎
E
77°
2 km/h
10pm
☁️
17°
↗︎
NE
41°
2 km/h
11pm
☁️
16°
↑︎
N
360°
2 km/h
Hourly Swell
Building 0.5 → 0.9 m SE
12am
0.5 m
@ 5 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
1am
0.6 m
@ 4 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
2am
0.6 m
@ 3 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
3am
0.7 m
@ 3 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
4am
0.7 m
@ 4 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
5am
0.7 m
@ 4 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
6am
0.7 m
@ 4 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
7am
0.6 m
@ 4 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
8am
0.6 m
@ 5 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
9am
0.5 m
@ 5 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
10am
Calm
11am
Calm
12pm
0.5 m
@ 5 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
1pm
0.6 m
@ 5 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
2pm
0.6 m
@ 6 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
3pm
0.6 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Slight
4pm
0.7 m
@ 10 s
↓︎
S
Slight
5pm
0.7 m
@ 9 s
↓︎
S
Slight
6pm
0.8 m
@ 9 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
7pm
0.8 m
@ 8 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
8pm
0.8 m
@ 8 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
9pm
0.8 m
@ 8 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
10pm
0.9 m
@ 8 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
11pm
0.9 m
@ 8 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
Water Temp (°C)
↗ warming — up 0.4° over the last 3 days
Fri
18 Sep
18.7°
Sat
19 Sep
18.8°
Sun
20 Sep
19.0°
Mon
21 Sep
19.1°
Tue
22 Sep
19.1°
Wed
23 Sep
19.1°
Thu
24 Sep
—
Fri
25 Sep
—
Sat
26 Sep
—
Sun
27 Sep
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Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 15 km/h SE (144°).

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