Can you fish off Toronto Wharf on Lake Macquarie?

Yes — it is the public wharf on the Toronto foreshore, off Wharf Road beside Edward Gain Park. The jetties and berths either side of it are private, so fish from the public wharf or the foreshore rather than anyone's pontoon. You need a current NSW Recreational Fishing Fee receipt, and the lake-wide closure on digging bait with a spade or fork and on traps other than bait traps applies, with crab traps governed by a separate DPIRD order — check its current terms before setting one.

What fish can you catch at Toronto, Lake Macquarie?

Yellowfin bream are the year-round mainstay around the wharf pylons, with dusky flathead and sand whiting from October to April and chopper tailor through the year. Bream are 25 cm on a bag of 10 shared with tarwhine, sand whiting 27 cm on a bag of 20, tailor 30 cm on a bag of 10, and dusky flathead must be between 36 and 70 cm with a bag of 5.

Is there parking and toilets at Toronto Wharf?

Yes. There is a car park at Edward Gain Park beside the wharf and public toilets a few steps from its shore end, with cafés and restaurants across the road on Victory Parade. The foreshore path is flat and sealed. Council's Toronto Foreshore Master Plan is upgrading this precinct in stages, so check for works fencing before you go.

Do you need a licence to fish in Lake Macquarie?

There is no licence as such, but NSW requires anyone fishing in salt or fresh water to pay the NSW Recreational Fishing Fee and carry the receipt, with limited exemptions. It costs $7 for three days, $14 for a month, $35 for a year or $85 for three years. Lake Macquarie being a Recreational Fishing Haven means no commercial fishing — it does not waive the fee or change bag and size limits.

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Bite Forecast

Toronto Wharf (Lake Macquarie)

Fri 30 Oct 2026 · Australia/Sydney

Forecast updated 7:03pm AEDT

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📍 Toronto Wharf (Lake Macquarie)

waning gibbous · 84%

Weather: Cloudy Wind: E 95° · 13 km/h Swell: 1.1 m @ 9 s S Water: 18.9 °C Pressure: 1024.8 hPa ↓ falling Sheltered water: wind direction matters less here

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At the day's peak · 7:30 pm

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Time of day Dusk

Tide Moving

Wind NE 17 km/h

Moon waning gibbous all day

Water temp 18.9 °C all day

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Activity Forecast

Day Timeline

Major Minor Tide Twilight

First light 5:31 am Last light 7:44 pm

Low 5:05 am High 11:56 am Low 6:47 pm

Tide is approximate here. Drag or use arrow keys to explore

Feeding Windows

Best times to fish based on activity score.

Peak

6:30 pm → 9:00 pm

2h 30m

Good

3:30 am → 6:30 am

Good

3:30 pm → 5:00 pm

1h 30m

First light

5:31 am

Last light

7:44 pm

Sunrise

5:56 am

Sunset

7:18 pm

Moonrise

—

Moonset

8:46 am

Low tide

5:05 am

High tide

11:56 am

Low tide

6:47 pm

Tide times here are a rough model estimate. Check the BoM tide tables before you fish the change.

Hourly Wind

High Bite Hours Highlighted

12am

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17°

→︎

97°

4 km/h

1am

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17°

→︎

105°

5 km/h

2am

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17°

→︎

112°

5 km/h

3am

☀️

17°

↘︎

115°

4 km/h

4am

☁️

16°

↘︎

119°

2 km/h

5am

☁️

16°

↘︎

135°

1 km/h

6am

☁️

17°

←︎

248°

1 km/h

7am

☀️

18°

←︎

270°

3 km/h

8am

☀️

18°

←︎

274°

2 km/h

9am

☀️

19°

→︎

90°

1 km/h

10am

☁️

20°

→︎

94°

5 km/h

11am

☁️

21°

→︎

94°

9 km/h

12pm

☁️

21°

→︎

95°

13 km/h

1pm

☁️

21°

→︎

95°

17 km/h

2pm

☁️

21°

→︎

93°

19 km/h

3pm

☁️

21°

→︎

87°

20 km/h

4pm

☁️

20°

→︎

80°

20 km/h

5pm

☁️

20°

→︎

72°

19 km/h

6pm

☁️

20°

↗︎

64°

18 km/h

7pm

☁️

19°

↗︎

54°

17 km/h

8pm

☁️

18°

↗︎

45°

16 km/h

9pm

☁️

18°

↗︎

39°

15 km/h

10pm

☁️

17°

↗︎

35°

15 km/h

11pm

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17°

↗︎

33°

14 km/h

Hourly Swell

Easing 1.2 → 0.8 m S

12am

1.2 m

@ 8 s

↓︎

Moderate

chop

1am

1.2 m

@ 8 s

↓︎

Moderate

chop

2am

1.2 m

@ 8 s

↓︎

Moderate

3am

1.3 m

@ 9 s

↓︎

Moderate

4am

1.3 m

@ 9 s

↓︎

Moderate

5am

1.3 m

@ 10 s

↓︎

Moderate

6am

1.3 m

@ 10 s

↓︎

Moderate

7am

1.3 m

@ 10 s

↓︎

Moderate

8am

1.2 m

@ 10 s

↓︎

Moderate

9am

1.2 m

@ 10 s

↓︎

Moderate

10am

1.2 m

@ 10 s

↓︎

Moderate

11am

1.2 m

@ 9 s

↓︎

Moderate

12pm

1.1 m

@ 9 s

↓︎

Moderate

1pm

1.1 m

@ 9 s

↓︎

Moderate

2pm

1.1 m

@ 9 s

↓︎

Moderate

3pm

1.0 m

@ 10 s

↓︎

Moderate

4pm

0.9 m

@ 10 s

↓︎

Slight

5pm

0.8 m

@ 10 s

↓︎

Slight

ground

6pm

0.8 m

@ 10 s

↓︎

Slight

ground

7pm

0.8 m

@ 10 s

↓︎

Slight

8pm

0.9 m

@ 9 s

↓︎

Slight

9pm

0.9 m

@ 9 s

↓︎

Slight

10pm

0.8 m

@ 9 s

↓︎

Slight

11pm

0.8 m

@ 9 s

↓︎

Slight

Water Temp (°C)

↗ warming — up 1.3° over the last 3 days

Tue

27 Oct

17.6°

Wed

28 Oct

18.0°

Thu

29 Oct

18.6°

Fri

30 Oct

18.9°

Sat

31 Oct

19.0°

Sun

1 Nov

19.1°

Mon

2 Nov

18.9°

Tue

3 Nov

—

Wed

4 Nov

—

Thu

5 Nov

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Wind Map

Wind data (text)

Now: 13 km/h E (95°).

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

Feeding Windows

Best times to fish based on activity score.

Peak

6:30 pm → 9:00 pm

2h 30m

Good

3:30 am → 6:30 am

Good

3:30 pm → 5:00 pm

1h 30m

First light

5:31 am

Last light

7:44 pm

Sunrise

5:56 am

Sunset

7:18 pm

Moonrise

—

Moonset

8:46 am

Low tide

5:05 am

High tide

11:56 am

Low tide

6:47 pm

Tide times here are a rough model estimate. Check the BoM tide tables before you fish the change.

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