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Sawtell Headland

Wed 28 Oct 2026 · Australia/Sydney

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📍 Sawtell Headland
waning gibbous · 96%
Weather: Sunny Wind: SE 154° · 8 km/h Swell: 0.8 m @ 7 s SE Water: 20.8 °C Pressure: 1017.0 hPa ↓ falling Faces south-east · Offshore: W, NW, N · Onshore: E, SE, S · Forecast wind: onshore
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Medium Fish Activity
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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 87 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 55 out of 100 Moving
Wind 100 out of 100 N 14 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

HIGH 70+ MED 50 LOW 30 4a 8a 12p 4p 8p
Day Timeline
Major Minor Tide Twilight
First light 5:31 am Last light 7:31 pm
Low 3:28 am High 10:09 am Low 4:39 pm High 10:26 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
7:00 pm → 8:30 pm
67
1h 30m
Good
1:30 am → 7:00 am
62
5h 30m
Good
9:30 pm → 11:00 pm
57
1h 30m
Good
4:30 pm → 5:30 pm
53
1h
First light
5:31 am
Last light
7:31 pm
Sunrise
5:56 am
Sunset
7:07 pm
Moonrise
9:42 pm
Moonset
6:52 am
Low tide
3:28 am
High tide
10:09 am
Low tide
4:39 pm
High tide
10:26 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☁️
18°
↖︎
NW
322°
6 km/h
1am
☁️
17°
↖︎
NW
336°
8 km/h
2am
☁️
18°
↖︎
NW
324°
6 km/h
3am
☁️
17°
↑︎
N
341°
6 km/h
4am
☁️
17°
↖︎
NW
296°
5 km/h
5am
☁️
16°
←︎
W
253°
8 km/h
6am
☁️
17°
←︎
W
280°
5 km/h
7am
☁️
17°
↙︎
SW
239°
7 km/h
8am
☁️
19°
↙︎
SW
229°
9 km/h
9am
☁️
20°
↙︎
SW
234°
12 km/h
10am
☁️
20°
←︎
W
262°
5 km/h
11am
☁️
21°
↙︎
SW
203°
9 km/h
12pm
☀️
22°
↘︎
SE
154°
8 km/h
1pm
☁️
24°
↘︎
SE
135°
13 km/h
2pm
☁️
23°
→︎
E
104°
11 km/h
3pm
☁️
22°
→︎
E
80°
10 km/h
4pm
☁️
22°
↗︎
NE
44°
6 km/h
5pm
☁️
21°
↗︎
NE
31°
6 km/h
6pm
☁️
20°
↑︎
N
8°
13 km/h
7pm
☁️
19°
↑︎
N
346°
14 km/h
8pm
☁️
19°
↑︎
N
339°
14 km/h
9pm
☀️
18°
←︎
W
290°
5 km/h
10pm
☀️
16°
↗︎
NE
65°
6 km/h
11pm
☀️
16°
↓︎
S
196°
16 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.7 m SE
12am
1.0 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
1am
0.9 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
2am
0.9 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
3am
0.9 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
4am
0.8 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
5am
0.8 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
6am
0.8 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
7am
0.8 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
8am
0.8 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
9am
0.8 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
10am
0.8 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
11am
0.8 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
12pm
0.8 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
1pm
0.8 m
@ 7 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
0.8 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
7pm
0.8 m
@ 6 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
8pm
0.8 m
@ 6 s
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
9pm
0.8 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
10pm
0.8 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
11pm
0.7 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 8 km/h SE (154°).

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