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Shoal Bay Wharf

Fri 23 Oct 2026 · Australia/Sydney

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📍 Shoal Bay Wharf
waxing gibbous · 89%
Weather: Rainy Wind: NE 35° · 13 km/h Swell: 1.1 m @ 6 s E Water: 18.8 °C Pressure: 1018.7 hPa ↓ falling Faces north-east · Offshore: S, SW, W · Onshore: N, NE, E · Forecast wind: onshore
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Medium Fish Activity
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▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 6:00 am
Solunar 0 out of 100 Between windows
Time of day 79 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 82 out of 100 NE 13 km/h
Moon 67 out of 100 waxing gibbous all day
Water temp 86 out of 100 18.8 °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 5:37 am Last light 7:34 pm
Low 12:32 am High 6:50 am Low 12:40 pm High 6:46 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
4:30 am → 7:30 am
64
3h
Good
6:30 pm → 8:30 pm
57
2h
Good
10:00 am → 11:30 am
53
1h 30m
Good
10:00 pm → 11:30 pm
53
1h 30m
First light
5:37 am
Last light
7:34 pm
Sunrise
6:02 am
Sunset
7:09 pm
Moonrise
4:09 pm
Moonset
3:59 am
Low tide
12:32 am
High tide
6:50 am
Low tide
12:40 pm
High tide
6:46 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
🌧️
18°
↗︎
NE
48°
11 km/h
1am
☁️
18°
↗︎
NE
61°
12 km/h
2am
☁️
17°
↗︎
NE
50°
13 km/h
3am
☁️
17°
↗︎
NE
55°
13 km/h
4am
☁️
18°
↗︎
NE
46°
13 km/h
5am
☁️
17°
↗︎
NE
42°
13 km/h
6am
☁️
18°
↗︎
NE
45°
13 km/h
7am
🌧️
18°
↗︎
NE
55°
14 km/h
8am
🌧️
18°
↗︎
NE
48°
15 km/h
9am
🌧️
18°
↗︎
NE
41°
14 km/h
10am
🌧️
19°
↗︎
NE
37°
15 km/h
11am
🌧️
22°
↗︎
NE
51°
14 km/h
12pm
🌧️
22°
↗︎
NE
55°
17 km/h
1pm
🌧️
21°
↗︎
NE
47°
19 km/h
2pm
🌧️
22°
↗︎
NE
58°
20 km/h
3pm
☁️
23°
↗︎
NE
53°
24 km/h
4pm
☀️
22°
↗︎
NE
43°
24 km/h
5pm
☁️
22°
↗︎
NE
40°
26 km/h
6pm
☀️
21°
↗︎
NE
39°
22 km/h
7pm
☀️
19°
↗︎
NE
40°
19 km/h
8pm
☀️
19°
↗︎
NE
38°
18 km/h
9pm
☀️
19°
↗︎
NE
36°
18 km/h
10pm
☀️
18°
↗︎
NE
35°
15 km/h
11pm
☀️
18°
↗︎
NE
35°
13 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~1.1 m E
12am
0.9 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
1am
0.9 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
2am
0.9 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
3am
0.9 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
4am
0.9 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
5am
0.8 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
6am
0.8 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
7am
0.8 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
8am
0.8 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
9am
0.8 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
10am
0.7 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
11am
0.7 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
12pm
0.7 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
1pm
0.6 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
2pm
0.6 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
3pm
0.6 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
4pm
0.5 m
@ 5 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
5pm
0.5 m
@ 5 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
6pm
0.6 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
7pm
0.7 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
8pm
0.8 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
9pm
0.9 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
10pm
1.0 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
11pm
1.1 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
Water Temp (°C)
↘ cooling — down 1.3° over the last 3 days
Tue
20 Oct
20.1°
Wed
21 Oct
20.0°
Thu
22 Oct
19.3°
Fri
23 Oct
18.8°
Sat
24 Oct
18.6°
Sun
25 Oct
18.9°
Mon
26 Oct
19.2°
Tue
27 Oct
19.2°
Wed
28 Oct
19.2°
Thu
29 Oct
19.5°
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 13 km/h NE (35°).

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