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Shellharbour Boat Harbour

Fri 18 Sep 2026 · Australia/Sydney

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📍 Shellharbour Boat Harbour
first quarter · 38%
Weather: Sunny Wind: E 73° · 10 km/h Swell: 1.0 m @ 6 s SE Water: 17.9 °C Pressure: 1029.4 hPa ↓ falling
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Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 5:30 pm
Solunar 86 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 42 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 100 out of 100 NE 6 km/h
Moon 33 out of 100 first quarter all day
Water temp 80 out of 100 17.9 °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 5:27 am Last light 6:14 pm
High 12:04 am Low 5:39 am High 12:30 pm Low 7:40 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
4:30 pm → 7:00 pm
69
2h 30m
Good
5:00 am → 7:00 am
60
2h
Good
12:30 pm → 1:00 pm
45
30m
First light
5:27 am
Last light
6:14 pm
Sunrise
5:52 am
Sunset
5:49 pm
Moonrise
9:40 am
Moonset
12:59 am
High tide
12:04 am
Low tide
5:39 am
High tide
12:30 pm
Low tide
7:40 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☀️
6°
←︎
W
283°
7 km/h
1am
☀️
6°
←︎
W
283°
7 km/h
2am
☀️
5°
←︎
W
282°
7 km/h
3am
☀️
5°
←︎
W
281°
8 km/h
4am
☀️
5°
←︎
W
280°
8 km/h
5am
☀️
5°
←︎
W
280°
8 km/h
6am
☀️
6°
←︎
W
280°
8 km/h
7am
☀️
8°
←︎
W
283°
7 km/h
8am
☀️
11°
↖︎
NW
309°
3 km/h
9am
☀️
15°
↗︎
NE
45°
4 km/h
10am
☀️
18°
↗︎
NE
65°
8 km/h
11am
☀️
19°
→︎
E
71°
10 km/h
12pm
☀️
19°
→︎
E
73°
10 km/h
1pm
☀️
19°
→︎
E
72°
10 km/h
2pm
☀️
19°
↗︎
NE
66°
10 km/h
3pm
☀️
19°
↗︎
NE
54°
8 km/h
4pm
☀️
18°
↗︎
NE
40°
7 km/h
5pm
☀️
17°
↗︎
NE
24°
6 km/h
6pm
☀️
15°
↑︎
N
355°
4 km/h
7pm
☀️
14°
↖︎
NW
325°
4 km/h
8pm
☀️
13°
↖︎
NW
326°
4 km/h
9pm
☀️
11°
↖︎
NW
303°
5 km/h
10pm
☀️
10°
←︎
W
292°
6 km/h
11pm
☀️
10°
←︎
W
285°
6 km/h
Hourly Swell
Easing 1.2 → 0.8 m SE
12am
1.2 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
1am
1.2 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
2am
1.1 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
3am
1.1 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
4am
1.1 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
5am
1.1 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
6am
1.0 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
7am
1.0 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
8am
1.0 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
9am
1.0 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
10am
1.0 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
11am
1.0 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
12pm
1.0 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
1pm
1.0 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
2pm
0.9 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
3pm
0.9 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
4pm
0.9 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
5pm
0.9 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
6pm
0.9 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
7pm
0.9 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
8pm
0.8 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
9pm
0.8 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
10pm
0.8 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
11pm
0.8 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
Water Temp (°C)
→ steady around 17.8°
Tue
15 Sep
18.0°
Wed
16 Sep
17.9°
Thu
17 Sep
17.7°
Fri
18 Sep
17.8°
Sat
19 Sep
17.9°
Sun
20 Sep
18.1°
Mon
21 Sep
18.1°
Tue
22 Sep
18.0°
Wed
23 Sep
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Thu
24 Sep
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Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 10 km/h E (73°).

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