What can you catch at Browns Beach?

Australian salmon above everything else, with big mullet through the autumn migration, occasional mulloway on big summer evening tides, trevally in summer and the odd tailor. Salmon are caught year-round but winter is the peak.

Do you have to pay to fish Browns Beach?

Yes. Browns Beach is inside Dhilba Guuranda-Innes National Park, so a vehicle entry fee applies and must be paid before you enter. Check Parks SA for current fees, and book camping at Browns Beach Campground through the same site.

How do you catch salmon at Browns Beach?

Fish the rising tide, when the schools move inside the outer reef into the lagoon. Carry both large chrome lures and fresh pilchards on ganged hooks, because the fish can be easy on the metal one day and impossible the next. A sturdy surf rod is the right tool; the salmon here can be big.

Can you drive on Browns Beach?

Only in a 4WD, and only with soft-sand experience. All of the park's roads are 2WD-accessible, but the beach itself is not, and the carpark-to-beach walk over soft sand is hard work in either case.

Is squid or garfish open at Browns Beach?

No. Browns Beach sits south of the 35°S zone line in the Gulf St Vincent and Kangaroo Island zone, where southern calamari and garfish have both been closed since 1 May 2026 with no end date published. Snapper is closed statewide outside the South East until 30 June 2027.

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Browns Beach (Innes National Park)

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Weather: Rainy Wind: W 286° · 15 km/h Swell: 2.2 m @ 10 s SW Water: 17.1 °C Pressure: 1019.0 hPa → steady Faces west · Offshore: NE, E, SE · Onshore: SW, W, NW · Forecast wind: onshore

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Wind NW 25 km/h

Moon full all day

Water temp 17.1 °C all day

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Major Minor Tide Twilight

First light 6:00 am Last light 8:12 pm

High 1:53 am Low 8:47 am High 2:00 pm Low 7:40 pm

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Feeding Windows

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Peak

7:30 pm → 9:00 pm

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First light

6:00 am

Last light

8:12 pm

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6:26 am

Sunset

7:46 pm

Moonrise

8:06 pm

Moonset

5:56 am

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1:53 am

Low tide

8:47 am

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7:40 pm

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Wind Map

Wind data (text)

Now: 15 km/h W (286°).

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

Feeding Windows

Best times to fish based on activity score.

Peak

7:30 pm → 9:00 pm

1h 30m

Good

5:30 am → 7:30 am

Good

12:00 am → 2:00 am

Good

12:00 pm → 2:00 pm

First light

6:00 am

Last light

8:12 pm

Sunrise

6:26 am

Sunset

7:46 pm

Moonrise

8:06 pm

Moonset

5:56 am

High tide

1:53 am

Low tide

8:47 am

High tide

2:00 pm

Low tide

7:40 pm

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