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Cotton Tree (Maroochy River Mouth)

Wed 28 Oct 2026 · Australia/Brisbane

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📍 Cotton Tree (Maroochy River Mouth)
waning gibbous · 96%
Weather: Rainy Wind: NE 35° · 11 km/h Swell: flat Water: 23.4 °C Pressure: 1014.9 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 · 6:30 pm
Solunar 0 out of 100 Between windows
Time of day 79 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 55 out of 100 Moving
Wind 100 out of 100 NW 10 km/h
Moon 67 out of 100 waning gibbous all day
Water temp 93 out of 100 23.4 °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 4:37 am Last light 6:26 pm
Low 2:43 am High 9:21 am Low 3:45 pm High 9:23 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
5:30 pm → 10:30 pm
64
5h
Good
4:30 am → 6:00 am
57
1h 30m
Good
12:30 am → 3:00 am
56
2h 30m
Good
9:00 am → 10:00 am
51
1h
First light
4:37 am
Last light
6:26 pm
Sunrise
5:00 am
Sunset
6:02 pm
Moonrise
8:31 pm
Moonset
6:01 am
Low tide
2:43 am
High tide
9:21 am
Low tide
3:45 pm
High tide
9:23 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
🌧️
22°
↖︎
NW
297°
3 km/h
1am
☁️
21°
←︎
W
290°
5 km/h
2am
☁️
21°
←︎
W
288°
5 km/h
3am
☀️
21°
←︎
W
257°
4 km/h
4am
☁️
21°
←︎
W
273°
4 km/h
5am
☀️
21°
←︎
W
290°
5 km/h
6am
☀️
22°
↖︎
NW
299°
7 km/h
7am
☁️
23°
↖︎
NW
306°
8 km/h
8am
☁️
24°
↖︎
NW
318°
8 km/h
9am
☁️
26°
↖︎
NW
336°
6 km/h
10am
☁️
26°
↑︎
N
16°
7 km/h
11am
🌧️
27°
↗︎
NE
27°
9 km/h
12pm
🌧️
27°
↗︎
NE
35°
11 km/h
1pm
🌧️
23°
↘︎
SE
141°
17 km/h
2pm
🌧️
23°
→︎
E
87°
8 km/h
3pm
🌧️
23°
↗︎
NE
38°
8 km/h
4pm
🌧️
23°
↑︎
N
353°
6 km/h
5pm
🌧️
24°
↖︎
NW
334°
9 km/h
6pm
☁️
22°
↖︎
NW
317°
10 km/h
7pm
☁️
22°
↖︎
NW
294°
8 km/h
8pm
☁️
22°
←︎
W
290°
7 km/h
9pm
☀️
21°
←︎
W
292°
6 km/h
10pm
☀️
20°
←︎
W
284°
6 km/h
11pm
☁️
20°
←︎
W
264°
5 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.4 m E
12am
Calm
1am
Calm
2am
Calm
3am
Calm
4am
Calm
5am
Calm
6am
Calm
7am
Calm
8am
Calm
9am
Calm
10am
Calm
11am
Calm
12pm
Calm
1pm
Calm
2pm
Calm
3pm
Calm
4pm
Calm
5pm
Calm
6pm
Calm
7pm
Calm
8pm
0.4 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Calm
chop
9pm
0.4 m
@ 7 s
→︎
E
Calm
chop
10pm
0.4 m
@ 7 s
→︎
E
Calm
chop
11pm
0.4 m
@ 7 s
→︎
E
Calm
chop
Water Temp (°C)
↗ warming — up 0.9° over the last 3 days
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°
Mon
2 Nov
23.6°
Tue
3 Nov
23.7°
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 11 km/h NE (35°).

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