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The Spit (Middle Harbour)

Thu 17 Sep 2026 · Australia/Sydney

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📍 The Spit (Middle Harbour)
waxing crescent · 28%
Weather: Cloudy Wind: S 188° · 22 km/h Swell: 1.5 m @ 8 s SE Water: 17.7 °C Pressure: 1031.7 hPa → steady
★★★☆☆
Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 5:30 am
Solunar 0 out of 100 Between windows
Time of day 88 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 82 out of 100 SW 15 km/h
Moon 0 out of 100 waxing crescent all day
Water temp 79 out of 100 17.7 °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 6:12 pm
Low 4:45 am High 11:35 am Low 6:30 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
5:00 am → 6:30 am
64
1h 30m
Good
4:00 pm → 7:30 pm
62
3h 30m
First light
5:27 am
Last light
6:12 pm
Sunrise
5:52 am
Sunset
5:47 pm
Moonrise
8:57 am
Moonset
12:00 am
Low tide
4:45 am
High tide
11:35 am
Low tide
6:30 pm
High tide
11:56 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☀️
12°
↓︎
S
198°
23 km/h
1am
☁️
12°
↓︎
S
201°
23 km/h
2am
☁️
11°
↙︎
SW
206°
21 km/h
3am
☁️
11°
↙︎
SW
214°
19 km/h
4am
☀️
10°
↙︎
SW
222°
17 km/h
5am
☀️
10°
↙︎
SW
232°
15 km/h
6am
☀️
9°
↙︎
SW
243°
14 km/h
7am
☀️
10°
↙︎
SW
244°
14 km/h
8am
☁️
11°
↙︎
SW
226°
15 km/h
9am
☁️
13°
↙︎
SW
206°
19 km/h
10am
☁️
14°
↓︎
S
196°
22 km/h
11am
☁️
15°
↓︎
S
191°
23 km/h
12pm
☁️
15°
↓︎
S
188°
22 km/h
1pm
☀️
16°
↓︎
S
185°
21 km/h
2pm
☀️
16°
↓︎
S
180°
20 km/h
3pm
☀️
15°
↓︎
S
174°
19 km/h
4pm
☀️
15°
↓︎
S
170°
17 km/h
5pm
☀️
15°
↓︎
S
167°
15 km/h
6pm
☀️
14°
↓︎
S
164°
12 km/h
7pm
☀️
13°
↓︎
S
164°
10 km/h
8pm
☀️
13°
↓︎
S
173°
7 km/h
9pm
☀️
12°
↓︎
S
198°
5 km/h
10pm
☀️
11°
↙︎
SW
232°
5 km/h
11pm
☀️
11°
←︎
W
252°
6 km/h
Hourly Swell
Easing 1.5 → 1.1 m S
12am
1.5 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
1am
1.6 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
2am
1.6 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
3am
1.6 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
4am
1.7 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
5am
1.6 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
6am
1.6 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
7am
1.5 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
8am
1.5 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
9am
1.5 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
10am
1.5 m
@ 8 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
11am
1.5 m
@ 8 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
12pm
1.5 m
@ 8 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
1pm
1.5 m
@ 8 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
2pm
1.5 m
@ 8 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
3pm
1.5 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
4pm
1.6 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
5pm
1.5 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
6pm
1.4 m
@ 8 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
7pm
1.3 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
8pm
1.3 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
9pm
1.2 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
10pm
1.2 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
11pm
1.1 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
Water Temp (°C)
↘ cooling — down 0.5° over the last 3 days
Mon
14 Sep
18.2°
Tue
15 Sep
18.3°
Wed
16 Sep
18.0°
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
18.2°
Wed
23 Sep
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Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 22 km/h S (188°).

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