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Sawtell Headland

Sat 31 Oct 2026 · Australia/Sydney

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📍 Sawtell Headland
waning gibbous · 75%
Weather: Rainy Wind: NE 37° · 24 km/h Swell: 0.9 m @ 10 s SE Water: 20.8 °C Pressure: 1015.8 hPa ↓ falling Faces south-east · Offshore: W, NW, N · Onshore: E, SE, S · Forecast wind: cross-shore
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High Fish Activity
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▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 5:30 am
Solunar 52 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 86 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 50 out of 100 Turning
Wind 100 out of 100 N 9 km/h
Moon 67 out of 100 waning gibbous all day
Water temp 99 out of 100 20.8 °C all day
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Activity Forecast

Now
HIGH 70+ MED 50 LOW 30 4a 8a 12p 4p 8p
Day Timeline
Major Minor Tide Twilight
First light 5:28 am Last light 7:34 pm
High 12:27 am Low 6:00 am High 12:56 pm Low 7:55 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
4:00 am → 7:30 am
85
3h 30m
Good
4:30 pm → 9:00 pm
65
4h 30m
Good
12:00 am → 1:30 am
53
1h 30m
Good
10:00 am → 11:00 am
48
1h
First light
5:28 am
Last light
7:34 pm
Sunrise
5:53 am
Sunset
7:09 pm
Moonrise
—
Moonset
9:56 am
High tide
12:27 am
Low tide
6:00 am
High tide
12:56 pm
Low tide
7:55 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☁️
17°
↑︎
N
349°
8 km/h
1am
☁️
17°
↑︎
N
346°
10 km/h
2am
☁️
17°
↑︎
N
343°
11 km/h
3am
☁️
17°
↑︎
N
349°
10 km/h
4am
☁️
16°
↑︎
N
346°
10 km/h
5am
☁️
16°
↑︎
N
358°
9 km/h
6am
☁️
16°
↑︎
N
3°
11 km/h
7am
☁️
17°
↑︎
N
355°
11 km/h
8am
☁️
19°
↑︎
N
7°
13 km/h
9am
☀️
21°
↑︎
N
5°
18 km/h
10am
☀️
23°
↑︎
N
360°
17 km/h
11am
☀️
24°
↑︎
N
356°
17 km/h
12pm
☀️
25°
↑︎
N
6°
17 km/h
1pm
☀️
26°
↑︎
N
12°
18 km/h
2pm
☀️
26°
↗︎
NE
25°
21 km/h
Now
🌧️
24°
↗︎
NE
37°
24 km/h
4pm
🌧️
23°
↗︎
NE
35°
24 km/h
5pm
☁️
22°
↗︎
NE
34°
22 km/h
6pm
☀️
21°
↗︎
NE
29°
22 km/h
7pm
☀️
21°
↑︎
N
22°
21 km/h
8pm
☁️
20°
↑︎
N
9°
19 km/h
9pm
☀️
20°
↑︎
N
359°
17 km/h
10pm
☀️
20°
↑︎
N
356°
16 km/h
11pm
☀️
19°
↑︎
N
353°
16 km/h
Hourly Swell
Easing 1.2 → 0.8 m SE
12am
1.2 m
@ 8 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
1am
1.2 m
@ 9 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
2am
1.2 m
@ 9 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
3am
1.2 m
@ 9 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
4am
1.1 m
@ 9 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
5am
1.1 m
@ 9 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
6am
1.1 m
@ 9 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
7am
1.0 m
@ 9 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
8am
1.0 m
@ 9 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
9am
1.0 m
@ 9 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
10am
1.0 m
@ 9 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
11am
1.0 m
@ 9 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
12pm
0.9 m
@ 9 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
1pm
0.9 m
@ 10 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
2pm
0.9 m
@ 10 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
Now
0.9 m
@ 10 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
4pm
0.9 m
@ 10 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
5pm
0.9 m
@ 10 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
6pm
0.9 m
@ 10 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
7pm
0.8 m
@ 10 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
8pm
0.8 m
@ 10 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
9pm
0.8 m
@ 9 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
10pm
0.8 m
@ 8 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
11pm
0.8 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
Water Temp (°C)
→ steady around 20.8°
Wed
28 Oct
20.8°
Thu
29 Oct
20.8°
Fri
30 Oct
20.9°
Sat
31 Oct
20.8°
Sun
1 Nov
20.8°
Mon
2 Nov
21.0°
Tue
3 Nov
21.0°
Wed
4 Nov
21.1°
Thu
5 Nov
21.1°
Fri
6 Nov
21.1°
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 24 km/h NE (37°).

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