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River Heads

Tue 27 Oct 2026 · Australia/Brisbane

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📍 River Heads
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Weather: Rainy Wind: NE 32° · 9 km/h Swell: flat Water: 25.1 °C Pressure: 1015.9 hPa ↓ falling Sheltered water: wind direction matters less here
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Medium Fish Activity
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▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 5:00 am
Solunar 37 out of 100 Minor window
Time of day 81 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 15 out of 100 Strong flow
Wind 91 out of 100 NW 7 km/h
Moon 100 out of 100 full all day
Water temp 87 out of 100 25.1 °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 4:40 am Last light 6:24 pm
Low 2:30 am High 8:40 am Low 3:15 pm High 8:46 pm

Tide is approximate here. Drag or use arrow keys to explore

Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
2:00 am → 6:00 am
63
4h
Good
5:30 pm → 9:30 pm
59
4h
Good
12:00 pm → 1:30 pm
51
1h 30m
Good
3:00 pm → 4:00 pm
50
1h
First light
4:40 am
Last light
6:24 pm
Sunrise
5:03 am
Sunset
6:00 pm
Moonrise
7:19 pm
Moonset
5:17 am
Low tide
2:30 am
High tide
8:40 am
Low tide
3:15 pm
High tide
8:46 pm

Tide times here are a rough model estimate. Check the BoM tide tables before you fish the change.

Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☁️
22°
↖︎
NW
323°
10 km/h
1am
☁️
22°
↖︎
NW
325°
11 km/h
2am
☁️
22°
↖︎
NW
322°
9 km/h
3am
☁️
21°
↖︎
NW
317°
9 km/h
4am
☁️
21°
↖︎
NW
305°
9 km/h
5am
☁️
21°
↖︎
NW
303°
7 km/h
6am
☁️
21°
↖︎
NW
302°
6 km/h
7am
☁️
23°
↖︎
NW
297°
6 km/h
8am
☀️
25°
←︎
W
290°
4 km/h
9am
☀️
27°
↑︎
N
344°
1 km/h
10am
🌧️
29°
↗︎
NE
45°
3 km/h
11am
🌧️
29°
↗︎
NE
25°
7 km/h
12pm
🌧️
29°
↗︎
NE
32°
9 km/h
1pm
🌧️
29°
↑︎
N
18°
6 km/h
2pm
🌧️
28°
↗︎
NE
44°
8 km/h
3pm
🌧️
26°
↗︎
NE
47°
8 km/h
4pm
🌧️
26°
↗︎
NE
42°
4 km/h
5pm
🌧️
26°
→︎
E
77°
8 km/h
6pm
☁️
24°
→︎
E
103°
8 km/h
7pm
🌧️
23°
→︎
E
110°
8 km/h
8pm
🌧️
22°
↘︎
SE
133°
7 km/h
9pm
🌧️
22°
←︎
W
262°
3 km/h
10pm
🌧️
22°
↑︎
N
11°
4 km/h
11pm
☁️
22°
↖︎
NW
303°
5 km/h
Hourly Swell
Flat all day
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
Calm
9pm
Calm
10pm
Calm
11pm
Calm
Water Temp (°C)
↗ warming — up 0.9° over the last 3 days
Sat
24 Oct
24.2°
Sun
25 Oct
24.2°
Mon
26 Oct
24.5°
Tue
27 Oct
25.1°
Wed
28 Oct
25.5°
Thu
29 Oct
25.6°
Fri
30 Oct
25.5°
Sat
31 Oct
25.5°
Sun
1 Nov
25.7°
Mon
2 Nov
25.9°
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 9 km/h NE (32°).

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