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Yarra Bay (Phillip Bay)

Thu 17 Sep 2026 · Australia/Sydney

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📍 Yarra Bay (Phillip Bay)
waxing crescent · 28%
Weather: Sunny Wind: S 187° · 22 km/h Swell: 1.9 m @ 8 s S Water: 17.7 °C Pressure: 1031.6 hPa → steady
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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 18 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 4:50 am High 11:30 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
8:56 am
Moonset
12:01 am
Low tide
4:50 am
High tide
11:30 am
Low tide
6:30 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☀️
13°
↓︎
S
200°
24 km/h
1am
☀️
12°
↙︎
SW
203°
23 km/h
2am
☀️
12°
↙︎
SW
206°
22 km/h
3am
☀️
11°
↙︎
SW
211°
20 km/h
4am
☀️
11°
↙︎
SW
215°
19 km/h
5am
☀️
11°
↙︎
SW
216°
18 km/h
6am
☀️
11°
↙︎
SW
216°
18 km/h
7am
☁️
12°
↙︎
SW
213°
18 km/h
8am
☀️
13°
↙︎
SW
207°
19 km/h
9am
☀️
14°
↓︎
S
200°
21 km/h
10am
☀️
15°
↓︎
S
195°
22 km/h
11am
☀️
15°
↓︎
S
191°
23 km/h
12pm
☀️
16°
↓︎
S
187°
22 km/h
1pm
☀️
16°
↓︎
S
183°
21 km/h
2pm
☀️
16°
↓︎
S
181°
21 km/h
3pm
☀️
16°
↓︎
S
181°
19 km/h
4pm
☀️
16°
↓︎
S
179°
18 km/h
5pm
☀️
15°
↓︎
S
176°
16 km/h
6pm
☀️
15°
↓︎
S
170°
14 km/h
7pm
☀️
15°
↓︎
S
166°
12 km/h
8pm
☀️
14°
↓︎
S
167°
9 km/h
9pm
☀️
14°
↓︎
S
175°
6 km/h
10pm
☀️
13°
↓︎
S
202°
4 km/h
11pm
☀️
12°
↙︎
SW
247°
5 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~1.7 m S
12am
1.7 m
@ 9 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
1am
2.0 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Solid
2am
2.0 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Solid
3am
2.1 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Solid
4am
2.1 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Solid
chop
5am
2.0 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Solid
chop
6am
2.0 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Solid
chop
7am
1.9 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
8am
1.9 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
9am
1.9 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
10am
1.9 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
11am
1.9 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
12pm
1.9 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
1pm
2.0 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
2pm
2.0 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Solid
3pm
2.1 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Solid
4pm
2.1 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Solid
chop
5pm
2.1 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Solid
chop
6pm
2.0 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Solid
chop
7pm
1.9 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
8pm
1.9 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
9pm
1.8 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
10pm
1.8 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
11pm
1.7 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
Water Temp (°C)
→ steady around 17.7°
Mon
14 Sep
18.0°
Tue
15 Sep
18.0°
Wed
16 Sep
17.8°
Thu
17 Sep
17.7°
Fri
18 Sep
17.8°
Sat
19 Sep
18.0°
Sun
20 Sep
18.1°
Mon
21 Sep
18.0°
Tue
22 Sep
18.0°
Wed
23 Sep
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Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 22 km/h S (187°).

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