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Palm Beach Wharf (Pittwater)

Sun 20 Sep 2026 · Australia/Sydney

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📍 Palm Beach Wharf (Pittwater)
first quarter · 59%
Weather: Sunny Wind: E 69° · 5 km/h Swell: flat Water: 18.4 °C Pressure: 1020.7 hPa ↓ falling
★★★☆☆
Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 6:30 pm
Solunar 60 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 58 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 55 out of 100 Moving
Wind 100 out of 100 E 7 km/h
Moon 33 out of 100 first quarter all day
Water temp 83 out of 100 18.4 °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 5:23 am Last light 6:13 pm
High 2:45 am Low 7:50 am High 2:47 pm Low 9:56 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
5:30 pm → 8:00 pm
72
2h 30m
Good
5:00 am → 6:30 am
63
1h 30m
Good
3:00 pm → 4:00 pm
46
1h
First light
5:23 am
Last light
6:13 pm
Sunrise
5:47 am
Sunset
5:49 pm
Moonrise
11:27 am
Moonset
1:43 am
High tide
2:45 am
Low tide
7:50 am
High tide
2:47 pm
Low tide
9:56 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☀️
14°
↙︎
SW
223°
10 km/h
1am
☀️
13°
↙︎
SW
242°
10 km/h
2am
☀️
12°
←︎
W
261°
10 km/h
3am
☀️
11°
←︎
W
274°
11 km/h
4am
☀️
11°
←︎
W
282°
12 km/h
5am
☀️
13°
←︎
W
285°
11 km/h
6am
☀️
15°
←︎
W
289°
9 km/h
7am
☀️
17°
↖︎
NW
294°
7 km/h
8am
☀️
20°
↖︎
NW
301°
5 km/h
9am
☀️
23°
↖︎
NW
324°
2 km/h
10am
☀️
24°
↑︎
N
17°
2 km/h
11am
☀️
25°
↗︎
NE
54°
3 km/h
12pm
☀️
25°
→︎
E
69°
5 km/h
1pm
☀️
25°
→︎
E
75°
7 km/h
2pm
☀️
24°
→︎
E
78°
9 km/h
3pm
☀️
24°
→︎
E
78°
10 km/h
4pm
☀️
23°
→︎
E
79°
10 km/h
5pm
☀️
22°
→︎
E
77°
9 km/h
6pm
☀️
21°
→︎
E
71°
7 km/h
7pm
☀️
20°
↗︎
NE
60°
5 km/h
8pm
☀️
18°
↗︎
NE
28°
3 km/h
9pm
☀️
17°
↖︎
NW
335°
3 km/h
10pm
☀️
16°
↖︎
NW
308°
4 km/h
11pm
☀️
15°
↖︎
NW
294°
6 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.5 m E
12am
Calm
1am
Calm
2am
Calm
3am
Calm
4am
Calm
5am
Calm
6am
Calm
7am
Calm
8am
Calm
9am
Calm
10am
Calm
11am
Calm
12pm
Calm
1pm
0.3 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Calm
chop
2pm
0.3 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Calm
chop
3pm
0.2 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Calm
chop
4pm
0.2 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Calm
chop
5pm
0.2 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Calm
chop
6pm
0.2 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Calm
chop
7pm
0.2 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Calm
chop
8pm
Calm
9pm
Calm
10pm
Calm
11pm
0.5 m
@ 3 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
Water Temp (°C)
↗ warming — up 0.4° over the last 3 days
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
—
Fri
25 Sep
—
Sat
26 Sep
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Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 5 km/h E (69°).

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