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Palm Beach Wharf (Pittwater)

Fri 18 Sep 2026 · Australia/Sydney

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📍 Palm Beach Wharf (Pittwater)
first quarter · 38%
Weather: Sunny Wind: E 80° · 11 km/h Swell: 0.9 m @ 6 s SE Water: 18.2 °C Pressure: 1029.8 hPa ↓ falling
★★★★☆
High Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 5:30 pm
Solunar 83 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 45 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 100 out of 100 NE 13 km/h
Moon 33 out of 100 first quarter all day
Water temp 82 out of 100 18.2 °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 5:26 am Last light 6:12 pm
Low 5:39 am High 12:30 pm Low 7:39 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
4:30 pm → 7:00 pm
76
2h 30m
Good
5:00 am → 7:00 am
60
2h
Good
12:30 pm → 2:00 pm
45
1h 30m
First light
5:26 am
Last light
6:12 pm
Sunrise
5:50 am
Sunset
5:48 pm
Moonrise
9:42 am
Moonset
12:54 am
Low tide
5:39 am
High tide
12:30 pm
Low tide
7:39 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☀️
11°
↙︎
SW
244°
10 km/h
1am
☀️
11°
←︎
W
257°
13 km/h
2am
☀️
10°
←︎
W
259°
13 km/h
3am
☀️
10°
←︎
W
257°
12 km/h
4am
☀️
10°
←︎
W
256°
11 km/h
5am
☀️
10°
←︎
W
260°
10 km/h
6am
☀️
10°
←︎
W
267°
10 km/h
7am
☀️
11°
←︎
W
274°
9 km/h
8am
☀️
13°
←︎
W
284°
6 km/h
9am
☀️
16°
↖︎
NW
325°
3 km/h
10am
☀️
18°
↗︎
NE
39°
4 km/h
11am
☀️
19°
→︎
E
68°
7 km/h
12pm
☀️
19°
→︎
E
80°
11 km/h
1pm
☀️
19°
→︎
E
82°
14 km/h
2pm
☀️
19°
→︎
E
78°
15 km/h
3pm
☀️
18°
→︎
E
70°
14 km/h
4pm
☀️
18°
↗︎
NE
61°
13 km/h
5pm
☀️
17°
↗︎
NE
52°
13 km/h
6pm
☀️
16°
↗︎
NE
43°
12 km/h
7pm
☀️
15°
↗︎
NE
32°
11 km/h
8pm
☀️
14°
↑︎
N
14°
8 km/h
9pm
☀️
13°
↑︎
N
353°
8 km/h
10pm
☀️
13°
↑︎
N
338°
8 km/h
11pm
☀️
12°
↖︎
NW
329°
9 km/h
Hourly Swell
Easing 1.2 → 0.7 m SE
12am
1.2 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
1am
1.2 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
2am
1.1 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
3am
1.1 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
4am
1.1 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
5am
1.1 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
6am
1.1 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
7am
1.1 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
8am
1.0 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
9am
1.0 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
10am
0.9 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
11am
0.9 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
12pm
0.9 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
1pm
0.8 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
2pm
0.8 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
3pm
0.8 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
4pm
0.7 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
5pm
0.7 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
6pm
0.7 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
7pm
0.7 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
8pm
0.7 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
9pm
0.7 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
10pm
0.8 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
11pm
0.7 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
Water Temp (°C)
↘ cooling — down 0.5° over the last 3 days
Tue
15 Sep
18.5°
Wed
16 Sep
18.3°
Thu
17 Sep
18.0°
Fri
18 Sep
18.0°
Sat
19 Sep
18.2°
Sun
20 Sep
18.4°
Mon
21 Sep
18.4°
Tue
22 Sep
18.6°
Wed
23 Sep
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Thu
24 Sep
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Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 11 km/h E (80°).

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