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Sawtell Headland

Mon 26 Oct 2026 · Australia/Sydney

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📍 Sawtell Headland
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Weather: Cloudy Wind: S 162° · 5 km/h Swell: 1.1 m @ 6 s NE Water: 21.0 °C Pressure: 1011.4 hPa → steady Faces south-east · Offshore: W, NW, N · Onshore: E, SE, S · Forecast wind: onshore
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High Fish Activity
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▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 7:30 pm
Solunar 45 out of 100 Minor window
Time of day 84 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 91 out of 100 S 12 km/h
Moon 100 out of 100 full all day
Water temp 100 out of 100 21.0 °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 5:33 am Last light 7:30 pm
Low 2:13 am High 8:39 am Low 3:00 pm High 8:53 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
6:30 pm → 10:00 pm
78
3h 30m
Good
5:00 am → 10:00 am
70
5h
Good
2:00 am → 3:00 am
49
1h
Good
1:00 pm → 1:30 pm
46
30m
First light
5:33 am
Last light
7:30 pm
Sunrise
5:58 am
Sunset
7:05 pm
Moonrise
7:18 pm
Moonset
5:27 am
Low tide
2:13 am
High tide
8:39 am
Low tide
3:00 pm
High tide
8:53 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
🌧️
21°
↑︎
N
12°
11 km/h
1am
🌧️
20°
↑︎
N
10°
15 km/h
2am
🌧️
20°
↑︎
N
351°
19 km/h
3am
☀️
20°
↑︎
N
341°
19 km/h
4am
☀️
19°
↑︎
N
348°
15 km/h
5am
☀️
19°
↖︎
NW
327°
11 km/h
6am
☀️
19°
↖︎
NW
335°
12 km/h
7am
☁️
20°
↑︎
N
350°
12 km/h
8am
☀️
23°
↑︎
N
338°
11 km/h
9am
☁️
27°
↖︎
NW
328°
11 km/h
10am
☁️
29°
↖︎
NW
320°
9 km/h
11am
☁️
28°
↙︎
SW
232°
4 km/h
12pm
☁️
26°
↓︎
S
162°
5 km/h
1pm
🌧️
27°
↘︎
SE
150°
3 km/h
2pm
🌧️
26°
↘︎
SE
147°
9 km/h
3pm
🌧️
22°
↓︎
S
170°
19 km/h
4pm
🌧️
21°
↓︎
S
190°
9 km/h
5pm
🌧️
21°
↓︎
S
187°
20 km/h
6pm
🌧️
21°
↓︎
S
176°
16 km/h
7pm
🌧️
20°
↓︎
S
188°
12 km/h
8pm
🌧️
20°
↓︎
S
186°
8 km/h
9pm
🌧️
20°
↓︎
S
191°
11 km/h
10pm
🌧️
19°
↓︎
S
192°
8 km/h
11pm
🌧️
19°
↓︎
S
165°
10 km/h
Hourly Swell
Easing 1.5 → 0.7 m NE
12am
1.5 m
@ 6 s
↗︎
NE
Moderate
chop
1am
1.5 m
@ 6 s
↗︎
NE
Moderate
chop
2am
1.5 m
@ 6 s
↗︎
NE
Moderate
chop
3am
1.5 m
@ 6 s
↗︎
NE
Moderate
chop
4am
1.4 m
@ 6 s
↗︎
NE
Moderate
chop
5am
1.4 m
@ 6 s
↗︎
NE
Moderate
chop
6am
1.3 m
@ 6 s
↗︎
NE
Moderate
chop
7am
1.3 m
@ 6 s
↗︎
NE
Moderate
chop
8am
1.2 m
@ 6 s
↗︎
NE
Moderate
chop
9am
1.2 m
@ 6 s
↗︎
NE
Moderate
chop
10am
1.2 m
@ 6 s
↗︎
NE
Moderate
chop
11am
1.1 m
@ 6 s
↗︎
NE
Moderate
chop
12pm
1.1 m
@ 6 s
↗︎
NE
Moderate
chop
1pm
1.0 m
@ 6 s
↗︎
NE
Moderate
chop
2pm
1.0 m
@ 6 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
3pm
0.9 m
@ 6 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
4pm
0.8 m
@ 6 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
5pm
0.7 m
@ 6 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
6pm
0.7 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
7pm
0.7 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
8pm
0.7 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
9pm
0.7 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
10pm
0.7 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
11pm
0.7 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 5 km/h S (162°).

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