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Sawtell Headland

Sat 24 Oct 2026 · Australia/Sydney

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📍 Sawtell Headland
waxing gibbous · 95%
Weather: Rainy Wind: NE 28° · 14 km/h Swell: 1.2 m @ 6 s E Water: 20.8 °C Pressure: 1017.6 hPa → steady Faces south-east · Offshore: W, NW, N · Onshore: E, SE, S · Forecast wind: cross-shore
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▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 7:30 pm
Solunar 0 out of 100 Between windows
Time of day 82 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 91 out of 100 N 18 km/h
Moon 67 out of 100 waxing gibbous all day
Water temp 99 out of 100 20.8 °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 5:35 am Last light 7:28 pm
Low 1:04 am High 7:21 am Low 1:26 pm High 7:24 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
6:30 pm → 8:30 pm
80
2h
Good
4:30 am → 8:00 am
67
3h 30m
Good
10:30 am → 12:00 pm
59
1h 30m
Good
10:30 pm → 12:00 am
58
1h 30m
First light
5:35 am
Last light
7:28 pm
Sunrise
6:00 am
Sunset
7:04 pm
Moonrise
5:07 pm
Moonset
4:23 am
Low tide
1:04 am
High tide
7:21 am
Low tide
1:26 pm
High tide
7:24 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☀️
18°
↑︎
N
357°
15 km/h
1am
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18°
↑︎
N
351°
14 km/h
2am
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18°
↑︎
N
347°
12 km/h
3am
☀️
18°
↑︎
N
353°
12 km/h
4am
☀️
17°
↑︎
N
357°
10 km/h
5am
☀️
18°
↑︎
N
360°
13 km/h
6am
☁️
18°
↑︎
N
5°
12 km/h
7am
☀️
18°
↑︎
N
5°
10 km/h
8am
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20°
↑︎
N
14°
9 km/h
9am
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22°
↑︎
N
9°
12 km/h
10am
🌧️
23°
↑︎
N
13°
14 km/h
11am
🌧️
24°
↑︎
N
16°
13 km/h
12pm
🌧️
24°
↗︎
NE
28°
14 km/h
1pm
🌧️
23°
↗︎
NE
31°
21 km/h
2pm
🌧️
24°
↗︎
NE
35°
22 km/h
3pm
🌧️
24°
↗︎
NE
27°
25 km/h
4pm
🌧️
24°
↗︎
NE
26°
25 km/h
5pm
☀️
23°
↗︎
NE
27°
22 km/h
6pm
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22°
↗︎
NE
23°
21 km/h
7pm
☀️
21°
↑︎
N
18°
18 km/h
8pm
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21°
↑︎
N
15°
16 km/h
9pm
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21°
↑︎
N
10°
17 km/h
10pm
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21°
↑︎
N
10°
17 km/h
11pm
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20°
↑︎
N
2°
15 km/h
Hourly Swell
Easing 1.4 → 1.0 m E
12am
1.4 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
1am
1.4 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
2am
1.4 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
3am
1.4 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
4am
1.4 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
5am
1.4 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
6am
1.4 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
7am
1.3 m
@ 6 s
↗︎
NE
Moderate
chop
8am
1.3 m
@ 6 s
↗︎
NE
Moderate
chop
9am
1.3 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
10am
1.3 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
11am
1.2 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
12pm
1.2 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
1pm
1.2 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
2pm
1.1 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
3pm
1.1 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
4pm
1.1 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
5pm
1.0 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
6pm
1.1 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
7pm
1.1 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
8pm
1.1 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
9pm
1.1 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
10pm
1.0 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Moderate
chop
11pm
1.0 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Moderate
chop
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 14 km/h NE (28°).

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