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Palm Beach Wharf (Pittwater)

Mon 21 Sep 2026 · Australia/Sydney

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📍 Palm Beach Wharf (Pittwater)
waxing gibbous · 69%
Weather: Rainy Wind: SE 145° · 16 km/h Swell: 0.7 m @ 5 s S Water: 18.6 °C Pressure: 1023.6 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 91 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 55 out of 100 Moving
Wind 100 out of 100 E 9 km/h
Moon 67 out of 100 waxing gibbous all day
Water temp 85 out of 100 18.6 °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 5:21 am Last light 6:14 pm
High 3:53 am Low 9:04 am High 3:46 pm Low 10:50 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
4:00 pm → 8:30 pm
63
4h 30m
Good
4:30 am → 6:30 am
59
2h
Good
12:00 pm → 1:30 pm
46
1h 30m
Good
9:00 am → 10:00 am
46
1h
First light
5:21 am
Last light
6:14 pm
Sunrise
5:46 am
Sunset
5:50 pm
Moonrise
12:25 pm
Moonset
2:27 am
High tide
3:53 am
Low tide
9:04 am
High tide
3:46 pm
Low tide
10:50 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☀️
19°
←︎
W
287°
16 km/h
1am
☀️
19°
←︎
W
266°
15 km/h
2am
☀️
19°
↙︎
SW
246°
17 km/h
3am
☀️
19°
↙︎
SW
232°
19 km/h
4am
☀️
18°
↙︎
SW
222°
20 km/h
5am
☀️
18°
↙︎
SW
214°
20 km/h
6am
☀️
19°
↙︎
SW
205°
19 km/h
7am
☁️
19°
↓︎
S
193°
18 km/h
8am
☁️
19°
↓︎
S
180°
17 km/h
9am
☁️
19°
↓︎
S
168°
16 km/h
10am
☁️
19°
↓︎
S
158°
16 km/h
11am
🌧️
19°
↘︎
SE
151°
16 km/h
12pm
🌧️
19°
↘︎
SE
145°
16 km/h
1pm
🌧️
18°
↘︎
SE
139°
16 km/h
2pm
🌧️
18°
↘︎
SE
134°
15 km/h
3pm
🌧️
18°
↘︎
SE
129°
14 km/h
4pm
🌧️
18°
↘︎
SE
124°
13 km/h
5pm
☁️
17°
↘︎
SE
118°
11 km/h
6pm
☁️
17°
→︎
E
110°
9 km/h
7pm
☁️
17°
→︎
E
95°
7 km/h
8pm
☁️
17°
→︎
E
68°
5 km/h
9pm
☁️
17°
↗︎
NE
35°
4 km/h
10pm
☁️
17°
↑︎
N
13°
5 km/h
11pm
☁️
17°
↑︎
N
360°
5 km/h
Hourly Swell
Building 0.2 → 0.5 m SE
12am
Calm
1am
Calm
2am
Calm
3am
Calm
4am
Calm
5am
Calm
6am
0.2 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Calm
chop
7am
0.2 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Calm
chop
8am
Calm
9am
Calm
10am
0.6 m
@ 4 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
11am
0.6 m
@ 4 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
12pm
0.7 m
@ 5 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
1pm
0.8 m
@ 5 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
2pm
0.8 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
3pm
0.8 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
4pm
0.8 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
5pm
0.8 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
6pm
0.7 m
@ 5 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
7pm
0.7 m
@ 5 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
8pm
0.7 m
@ 5 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
9pm
0.6 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
10pm
0.6 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
11pm
0.5 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
Water Temp (°C)
↗ warming — up 0.5° over the last 3 days
Fri
18 Sep
18.1°
Sat
19 Sep
18.3°
Sun
20 Sep
18.4°
Mon
21 Sep
18.6°
Tue
22 Sep
18.8°
Wed
23 Sep
19.0°
Thu
24 Sep
—
Fri
25 Sep
—
Sat
26 Sep
—
Sun
27 Sep
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Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 16 km/h SE (145°).

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