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Sawtell Headland

Mon 02 Nov 2026 · Australia/Sydney

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📍 Sawtell Headland
last quarter · 55%
Weather: Sunny Wind: S 159° · 12 km/h Swell: 0.5 m @ 5 s NE Water: 21.0 °C Pressure: 1016.1 hPa → steady Faces south-east · Offshore: W, NW, N · Onshore: E, SE, S · Forecast wind: onshore
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▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 7:00 pm
Solunar 88 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 57 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 55 out of 100 Moving
Wind 82 out of 100 SE 5 km/h
Moon 33 out of 100 last quarter 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 5:26 am Last light 7:35 pm
High 3:00 am Low 8:33 am High 3:14 pm Low 10:15 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
6:30 pm → 8:30 pm
76
2h
Good
1:00 am → 9:00 am
71
8h
Good
3:30 pm → 4:00 pm
48
30m
First light
5:26 am
Last light
7:35 pm
Sunrise
5:51 am
Sunset
7:10 pm
Moonrise
1:32 am
Moonset
12:15 pm
High tide
3:00 am
Low tide
8:33 am
High tide
3:14 pm
Low tide
10:15 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☀️
19°
↙︎
SW
240°
9 km/h
1am
☀️
19°
↙︎
SW
242°
9 km/h
2am
☀️
18°
↙︎
SW
244°
8 km/h
3am
☀️
18°
↙︎
SW
220°
10 km/h
4am
☀️
18°
↙︎
SW
215°
12 km/h
5am
☁️
18°
↙︎
SW
225°
13 km/h
6am
☁️
18°
↙︎
SW
230°
14 km/h
7am
☁️
20°
↙︎
SW
228°
13 km/h
8am
☁️
21°
↙︎
SW
227°
14 km/h
9am
☁️
22°
↙︎
SW
217°
15 km/h
10am
🌧️
23°
↓︎
S
192°
14 km/h
11am
🌧️
24°
↓︎
S
173°
12 km/h
12pm
☀️
25°
↓︎
S
159°
12 km/h
1pm
☀️
25°
↘︎
SE
136°
13 km/h
2pm
🌧️
24°
↘︎
SE
127°
11 km/h
3pm
🌧️
23°
↘︎
SE
121°
10 km/h
4pm
🌧️
23°
↘︎
SE
137°
8 km/h
5pm
🌧️
23°
→︎
E
111°
8 km/h
6pm
☁️
22°
↘︎
SE
127°
8 km/h
7pm
☁️
21°
↘︎
SE
145°
5 km/h
8pm
☁️
21°
↘︎
SE
123°
3 km/h
9pm
☁️
21°
→︎
E
72°
1 km/h
10pm
☁️
20°
↑︎
N
355°
2 km/h
11pm
🌧️
20°
↑︎
N
16°
6 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.5 m NE
12am
0.7 m
@ 4 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
1am
0.7 m
@ 4 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
2am
0.7 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
3am
0.7 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
4am
0.7 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
5am
0.6 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
6am
0.6 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
7am
0.6 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
8am
0.6 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
9am
0.6 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
10am
0.5 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
11am
0.5 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
12pm
0.5 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
1pm
0.5 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
2pm
0.5 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
3pm
0.5 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
4pm
0.5 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
5pm
0.5 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
6pm
0.5 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
7pm
0.5 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
8pm
0.5 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
9pm
0.5 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
10pm
Calm
11pm
Calm
Water Temp (°C)
→ steady around 21.0°
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°
Sat
7 Nov
21.2°
Sun
8 Nov
21.0°
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 12 km/h S (159°).

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