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Sawtell Headland

Thu 05 Nov 2026 · Australia/Sydney

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📍 Sawtell Headland
waning crescent · 25%
Weather: Sunny Wind: SW 204° · 13 km/h Swell: 0.5 m @ 6 s NE Water: 21.1 °C Pressure: 1005.1 hPa → steady Faces south-east · Offshore: W, NW, N · Onshore: E, SE, S · Forecast wind: cross-shore
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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 97 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 55 out of 100 Moving
Wind 100 out of 100 SW 15 km/h
Moon 0 out of 100 waning crescent 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 5:24 am Last light 7:38 pm
High 6:05 am Low 12:05 pm High 6:04 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
6:30 pm → 10:30 pm
68
4h
Good
5:00 am → 7:00 am
63
2h
Good
8:30 am → 10:00 am
57
1h 30m
Good
12:00 pm → 1:00 pm
48
1h
First light
5:24 am
Last light
7:38 pm
Sunrise
5:49 am
Sunset
7:13 pm
Moonrise
3:13 am
Moonset
3:23 pm
High tide
6:05 am
Low tide
12:05 pm
High tide
6:04 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☀️
19°
↖︎
NW
334°
11 km/h
1am
☀️
18°
↖︎
NW
333°
8 km/h
2am
☀️
18°
↖︎
NW
329°
7 km/h
3am
☀️
19°
↖︎
NW
323°
10 km/h
4am
☀️
21°
↖︎
NW
320°
16 km/h
5am
☀️
22°
↖︎
NW
321°
20 km/h
6am
☀️
23°
↖︎
NW
326°
21 km/h
7am
☀️
24°
↖︎
NW
334°
20 km/h
8am
☀️
24°
↑︎
N
339°
17 km/h
9am
☀️
26°
↖︎
NW
333°
8 km/h
10am
☀️
27°
↓︎
S
200°
4 km/h
11am
☀️
29°
↓︎
S
186°
12 km/h
12pm
☀️
30°
↙︎
SW
204°
13 km/h
1pm
☀️
30°
↙︎
SW
233°
14 km/h
2pm
☀️
30°
←︎
W
248°
16 km/h
3pm
☀️
29°
↙︎
SW
241°
18 km/h
4pm
☀️
28°
↙︎
SW
228°
19 km/h
5pm
☀️
26°
↙︎
SW
221°
20 km/h
6pm
☀️
24°
↙︎
SW
226°
18 km/h
7pm
☀️
22°
↙︎
SW
240°
15 km/h
8pm
☀️
21°
←︎
W
255°
13 km/h
9pm
☀️
20°
←︎
W
254°
14 km/h
10pm
☀️
19°
←︎
W
265°
13 km/h
11pm
☀️
18°
←︎
W
272°
12 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.5 m NE
12am
0.4 m
@ 7 s
→︎
E
Calm
chop
1am
0.4 m
@ 8 s
↘︎
SE
Calm
chop
2am
0.4 m
@ 8 s
↘︎
SE
Calm
3am
0.4 m
@ 8 s
↘︎
SE
Calm
chop
4am
0.4 m
@ 7 s
→︎
E
Calm
chop
5am
0.4 m
@ 7 s
→︎
E
Calm
chop
6am
0.5 m
@ 7 s
→︎
E
Calm
chop
7am
0.5 m
@ 6 s
↗︎
NE
Calm
chop
8am
Calm
9am
0.5 m
@ 6 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
10am
0.5 m
@ 6 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
11am
0.5 m
@ 6 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
12pm
0.5 m
@ 6 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
1pm
0.5 m
@ 6 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
2pm
0.5 m
@ 6 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
3pm
0.5 m
@ 6 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
4pm
0.5 m
@ 6 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
5pm
0.5 m
@ 6 s
↗︎
NE
Calm
chop
6pm
0.5 m
@ 6 s
↗︎
NE
Calm
chop
7pm
0.5 m
@ 6 s
↗︎
NE
Calm
chop
8pm
0.5 m
@ 6 s
↗︎
NE
Calm
chop
9pm
0.5 m
@ 6 s
↗︎
NE
Calm
chop
10pm
0.5 m
@ 6 s
↗︎
NE
Calm
chop
11pm
0.5 m
@ 6 s
↗︎
NE
Calm
chop
Water Temp (°C)
→ steady around 21.1°
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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Wed
11 Nov
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Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 13 km/h SW (204°).

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