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Sawtell Headland

Wed 04 Nov 2026 · Australia/Sydney

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📍 Sawtell Headland
last quarter · 34%
Weather: Rainy Wind: E 78° · 11 km/h Swell: flat Water: 21.1 °C Pressure: 1009.7 hPa ↓ falling 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 · 8:00 pm
Solunar 60 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 46 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 55 out of 100 Moving
Wind 100 out of 100 N 12 km/h
Moon 33 out of 100 last quarter all day
Water temp 100 out of 100 21.1 °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 5:25 am Last light 7:37 pm
High 5:18 am Low 11:00 am High 5:16 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
5:00 pm → 10:00 pm
75
5h
Good
5:00 am → 6:30 am
68
1h 30m
Good
8:00 am → 9:30 am
51
1h 30m
Good
11:00 am → 12:00 pm
47
1h
First light
5:25 am
Last light
7:37 pm
Sunrise
5:50 am
Sunset
7:12 pm
Moonrise
2:43 am
Moonset
2:23 pm
High tide
5:18 am
Low tide
11:00 am
High tide
5:16 pm
Low tide
11:52 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☀️
17°
↖︎
NW
327°
3 km/h
1am
☀️
17°
←︎
W
286°
3 km/h
2am
☀️
16°
←︎
W
267°
4 km/h
3am
☀️
15°
←︎
W
267°
4 km/h
4am
☀️
15°
←︎
W
274°
3 km/h
5am
☀️
15°
←︎
W
282°
3 km/h
6am
☀️
16°
←︎
W
270°
3 km/h
7am
☀️
18°
←︎
W
263°
5 km/h
8am
☀️
20°
←︎
W
258°
4 km/h
9am
☀️
22°
←︎
W
252°
1 km/h
10am
☀️
24°
→︎
E
84°
3 km/h
11am
☀️
25°
→︎
E
79°
8 km/h
12pm
🌧️
26°
→︎
E
78°
11 km/h
1pm
🌧️
25°
→︎
E
76°
14 km/h
2pm
🌧️
25°
→︎
E
71°
16 km/h
3pm
☀️
25°
↗︎
NE
61°
16 km/h
4pm
☀️
25°
↗︎
NE
47°
16 km/h
5pm
☀️
25°
↗︎
NE
35°
16 km/h
6pm
☀️
24°
↗︎
NE
26°
15 km/h
7pm
☀️
22°
↑︎
N
14°
13 km/h
8pm
☀️
21°
↑︎
N
1°
12 km/h
9pm
☀️
20°
↑︎
N
350°
12 km/h
10pm
☀️
20°
↑︎
N
341°
13 km/h
11pm
☀️
19°
↖︎
NW
336°
13 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.4 m NE
12am
Calm
1am
Calm
2am
Calm
3am
Calm
4am
Calm
5am
Calm
6am
Calm
7am
Calm
8am
Calm
9am
Calm
10am
0.5 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
11am
0.5 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
12pm
Calm
1pm
Calm
2pm
Calm
3pm
0.4 m
@ 7 s
→︎
E
Calm
chop
4pm
0.4 m
@ 8 s
↘︎
SE
Calm
chop
5pm
0.4 m
@ 8 s
↘︎
SE
Calm
6pm
0.4 m
@ 8 s
↘︎
SE
Calm
chop
7pm
0.4 m
@ 7 s
→︎
E
Calm
chop
8pm
0.4 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Calm
chop
9pm
0.4 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Calm
chop
10pm
0.4 m
@ 7 s
→︎
E
Calm
chop
11pm
0.4 m
@ 7 s
→︎
E
Calm
chop
Water Temp (°C)
→ steady around 21.1°
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°
Mon
9 Nov
20.7°
Tue
10 Nov
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Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 11 km/h E (78°).

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