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Washaway Beach (North Harbour)

Fri 18 Sep 2026 · Australia/Sydney

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📍 Washaway Beach (North Harbour)
first quarter · 38%
Weather: Sunny Wind: NE 64° · 10 km/h Swell: 0.7 m @ 6 s SE Water: 17.8 °C Pressure: 1029.1 hPa ↓ falling
★★★★☆
High Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 5:30 pm
Solunar 84 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 44 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 100 out of 100 NE 14 km/h
Moon 33 out of 100 first quarter all day
Water temp 79 out of 100 17.8 °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 5:26 am Last light 6:12 pm
Low 5:39 am High 12:30 pm Low 7:39 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
4:30 pm → 7:00 pm
74
2h 30m
Good
5:00 am → 7:00 am
59
2h
First light
5:26 am
Last light
6:12 pm
Sunrise
5:50 am
Sunset
5:48 pm
Moonrise
9:41 am
Moonset
12:55 am
Low tide
5:39 am
High tide
12:30 pm
Low tide
7:39 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☀️
10°
←︎
W
260°
8 km/h
1am
☀️
10°
←︎
W
265°
10 km/h
2am
☀️
9°
←︎
W
267°
10 km/h
3am
☀️
9°
←︎
W
268°
9 km/h
4am
☀️
9°
←︎
W
269°
8 km/h
5am
☀️
9°
←︎
W
271°
9 km/h
6am
☀️
9°
←︎
W
275°
9 km/h
7am
☀️
10°
←︎
W
279°
8 km/h
8am
☀️
12°
←︎
W
289°
6 km/h
9am
☀️
15°
↖︎
NW
333°
3 km/h
10am
☀️
18°
↗︎
NE
36°
4 km/h
11am
☀️
19°
↗︎
NE
57°
7 km/h
12pm
☀️
19°
↗︎
NE
64°
10 km/h
1pm
☀️
20°
↗︎
NE
65°
12 km/h
2pm
☀️
19°
↗︎
NE
61°
13 km/h
3pm
☀️
19°
↗︎
NE
55°
14 km/h
4pm
☀️
18°
↗︎
NE
48°
14 km/h
5pm
☀️
17°
↗︎
NE
44°
14 km/h
6pm
☀️
16°
↗︎
NE
40°
14 km/h
7pm
☀️
15°
↗︎
NE
36°
14 km/h
8pm
☀️
15°
↗︎
NE
27°
13 km/h
9pm
☀️
15°
↑︎
N
16°
12 km/h
10pm
☀️
14°
↑︎
N
5°
11 km/h
11pm
☀️
13°
↑︎
N
357°
9 km/h
Hourly Swell
Easing 1.0 → 0.6 m SE
12am
1.0 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
1am
1.0 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
2am
0.9 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
3am
0.8 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
4am
0.8 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
5am
0.8 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
6am
0.7 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
7am
0.7 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
8am
0.7 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
9am
0.7 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
10am
0.7 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
11am
0.7 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
12pm
0.7 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
1pm
0.7 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
2pm
0.7 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
3pm
0.6 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
4pm
0.6 m
@ 8 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
5pm
0.6 m
@ 8 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
6pm
0.6 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
7pm
0.6 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
8pm
0.6 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
9pm
0.6 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
10pm
0.6 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
11pm
0.6 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
Water Temp (°C)
↘ cooling — down 0.5° over the last 3 days
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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Thu
24 Sep
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Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 10 km/h NE (64°).

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