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Cotton Tree (Maroochy River Mouth)

Mon 26 Oct 2026 · Australia/Brisbane

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📍 Cotton Tree (Maroochy River Mouth)
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Weather: Cloudy Wind: NW 331° · 18 km/h Swell: 0.9 m @ 6 s E Water: 22.8 °C Pressure: 1015.0 hPa ↑ rising Faces east · Offshore: SW, W, NW · Onshore: NE, E, SE · Forecast wind: cross-shore
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High Fish Activity
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▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 6:30 pm
Solunar 37 out of 100 Minor window
Time of day 77 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 55 out of 100 Moving
Wind 100 out of 100 NW 10 km/h
Moon 100 out of 100 full all day
Water temp 94 out of 100 22.8 °C all day
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Activity Forecast

Now
HIGH 70+ MED 50 LOW 30 4a 8a 12p 4p 8p
Day Timeline
Major Minor Tide Twilight
First light 4:38 am Last light 6:24 pm
Low 1:29 am High 7:52 am Low 2:05 pm High 7:55 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
5:30 pm → 8:30 pm
73
3h
Good
4:00 am → 6:00 am
65
2h
Good
11:00 am → 1:00 pm
55
2h
Good
11:00 pm → 12:00 am
53
1h
First light
4:38 am
Last light
6:24 pm
Sunrise
5:02 am
Sunset
6:01 pm
Moonrise
6:12 pm
Moonset
4:33 am
Low tide
1:29 am
High tide
7:52 am
Low tide
2:05 pm
High tide
7:55 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☁️
22°
↖︎
NW
337°
20 km/h
1am
☁️
22°
↖︎
NW
332°
19 km/h
2am
☁️
22°
↖︎
NW
332°
19 km/h
3am
☁️
22°
↖︎
NW
331°
19 km/h
4am
☁️
22°
↖︎
NW
331°
18 km/h
Now
☁️
22°
↖︎
NW
332°
17 km/h
6am
☁️
22°
↖︎
NW
336°
13 km/h
7am
☀️
23°
↖︎
NW
328°
13 km/h
8am
☁️
25°
↖︎
NW
308°
17 km/h
9am
☁️
27°
↖︎
NW
307°
18 km/h
10am
☁️
28°
↖︎
NW
318°
18 km/h
11am
☁️
28°
↖︎
NW
320°
16 km/h
12pm
☁️
30°
↖︎
NW
333°
12 km/h
1pm
☀️
31°
↑︎
N
346°
11 km/h
2pm
🌧️
30°
↑︎
N
1°
11 km/h
3pm
🌧️
26°
↑︎
N
4°
19 km/h
4pm
🌧️
23°
↙︎
SW
244°
18 km/h
5pm
🌧️
24°
↖︎
NW
314°
11 km/h
6pm
☀️
23°
↖︎
NW
296°
10 km/h
7pm
☀️
23°
↖︎
NW
296°
11 km/h
8pm
☁️
23°
↖︎
NW
301°
13 km/h
9pm
☀️
22°
↖︎
NW
336°
7 km/h
10pm
☀️
21°
↖︎
NW
334°
9 km/h
11pm
☀️
21°
↖︎
NW
296°
6 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.8 m E
12am
1.0 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
1am
0.9 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
2am
0.9 m
@ 7 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
3am
0.9 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
4am
0.9 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
Now
0.9 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
6am
0.9 m
@ 6 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
7am
0.9 m
@ 6 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
8am
0.9 m
@ 6 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
9am
0.9 m
@ 6 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
10am
0.9 m
@ 6 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
11am
0.8 m
@ 6 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
12pm
0.8 m
@ 6 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
1pm
0.8 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
2pm
0.8 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
3pm
0.7 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
4pm
0.7 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
5pm
0.7 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
6pm
0.8 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
7pm
0.8 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
8pm
0.8 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
9pm
0.8 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
10pm
0.8 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
11pm
0.8 m
@ 5 s
↗︎
NE
Slight
chop
Water Temp (°C)
↗ warming — up 0.4° over the last 3 days
Fri
23 Oct
22.4°
Sat
24 Oct
22.4°
Sun
25 Oct
22.5°
Mon
26 Oct
22.8°
Tue
27 Oct
23.2°
Wed
28 Oct
23.4°
Thu
29 Oct
23.3°
Fri
30 Oct
23.3°
Sat
31 Oct
23.4°
Sun
1 Nov
23.6°
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 18 km/h NW (331°).

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