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Cotton Tree (Maroochy River Mouth)

Fri 23 Oct 2026 · Australia/Brisbane

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📍 Cotton Tree (Maroochy River Mouth)
waxing gibbous · 90%
Weather: Rainy Wind: NE 30° · 18 km/h Swell: 1.1 m @ 6 s E Water: 22.4 °C Pressure: 1017.0 hPa ↓ falling Faces east · Offshore: SW, W, NW · Onshore: NE, E, SE · Forecast wind: onshore
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Medium Fish Activity
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▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 5:00 am
Solunar 0 out of 100 Between windows
Time of day 84 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 82 out of 100 N 14 km/h
Moon 67 out of 100 waxing gibbous all day
Water temp 96 out of 100 22.4 °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 4:41 am Last light 6:22 pm
High 5:55 am Low 11:50 am High 6:02 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
4:00 am → 7:00 am
67
3h
Good
5:30 pm → 7:30 pm
67
2h
Good
8:30 am → 10:30 am
57
2h
Good
8:30 pm → 10:30 pm
51
2h
First light
4:41 am
Last light
6:22 pm
Sunrise
5:05 am
Sunset
5:59 pm
Moonrise
3:06 pm
Moonset
2:53 am
High tide
5:55 am
Low tide
11:50 am
High tide
6:02 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
🌧️
19°
→︎
E
104°
8 km/h
1am
🌧️
19°
→︎
E
93°
3 km/h
2am
🌧️
19°
↗︎
NE
34°
5 km/h
3am
🌧️
19°
↑︎
N
6°
5 km/h
4am
🌧️
20°
↗︎
NE
25°
14 km/h
5am
🌧️
20°
↑︎
N
21°
14 km/h
6am
🌧️
20°
↑︎
N
13°
13 km/h
7am
🌧️
20°
↑︎
N
2°
12 km/h
8am
🌧️
20°
↑︎
N
351°
11 km/h
9am
🌧️
21°
↑︎
N
6°
11 km/h
10am
🌧️
23°
↑︎
N
10°
12 km/h
11am
🌧️
23°
↑︎
N
19°
18 km/h
12pm
🌧️
24°
↗︎
NE
30°
18 km/h
1pm
🌧️
23°
↗︎
NE
34°
18 km/h
2pm
🌧️
22°
↗︎
NE
28°
15 km/h
3pm
🌧️
23°
↗︎
NE
30°
16 km/h
4pm
🌧️
22°
↗︎
NE
26°
15 km/h
5pm
🌧️
22°
↗︎
NE
31°
15 km/h
6pm
🌧️
21°
↑︎
N
14°
14 km/h
7pm
🌧️
21°
↑︎
N
5°
14 km/h
8pm
🌧️
20°
↑︎
N
9°
13 km/h
9pm
🌧️
20°
↑︎
N
14°
13 km/h
10pm
🌧️
20°
↑︎
N
13°
10 km/h
11pm
🌧️
20°
↗︎
NE
30°
8 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~1.3 m E
12am
1.3 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
1am
1.2 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
2am
1.2 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
3am
1.2 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
4am
1.2 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
5am
1.2 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
6am
1.2 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
7am
1.2 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
8am
1.2 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
9am
1.2 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
10am
1.2 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
11am
1.1 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
12pm
1.1 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
1pm
1.1 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
2pm
1.1 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
3pm
1.1 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
4pm
1.2 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
5pm
1.2 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
6pm
1.2 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
7pm
1.3 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
8pm
1.3 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
9pm
1.3 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
10pm
1.3 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
11pm
1.3 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Moderate
chop
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 18 km/h NE (30°).

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