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Carpenter Rocks (Bucks Bay)

Sun 18 Oct 2026 · Australia/Adelaide

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📍 Carpenter Rocks (Bucks Bay)
first quarter · 43%
Weather: Sunny Wind: NE 37° · 23 km/h Swell: 1.3 m @ 11 s SW Water: 15.8 °C Pressure: 1022.3 hPa ↓ falling Faces south-west · Offshore: N, NE, E · Onshore: S, SW, W · Forecast wind: offshore
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Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 6:30 am
Solunar 65 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 57 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 71 out of 100 NE 21 km/h
Moon 33 out of 100 first quarter all day
Water temp 67 out of 100 15.8 °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 5:52 am Last light 7:55 pm
High 3:50 am Low 9:40 am High 1:00 pm Low 8:30 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
5:30 am → 8:00 am
65
2h 30m
Good
6:30 pm → 9:00 pm
60
2h 30m
First light
5:52 am
Last light
7:55 pm
Sunrise
6:19 am
Sunset
7:28 pm
Moonrise
11:15 am
Moonset
1:51 am
High tide
3:50 am
Low tide
9:40 am
High tide
1:00 pm
Low tide
8:30 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☀️
16°
↗︎
NE
55°
19 km/h
1am
☀️
16°
↗︎
NE
53°
19 km/h
2am
☀️
16°
↗︎
NE
50°
19 km/h
3am
☀️
15°
↗︎
NE
47°
20 km/h
4am
☀️
15°
↗︎
NE
51°
20 km/h
5am
☀️
15°
↗︎
NE
49°
20 km/h
6am
☀️
15°
↗︎
NE
43°
21 km/h
7am
☀️
16°
↗︎
NE
37°
21 km/h
8am
☀️
18°
↗︎
NE
34°
20 km/h
9am
☀️
20°
↗︎
NE
30°
20 km/h
10am
☀️
22°
↗︎
NE
26°
21 km/h
11am
☀️
23°
↑︎
N
19°
22 km/h
12pm
☀️
24°
↑︎
N
14°
21 km/h
1pm
☀️
25°
↑︎
N
16°
21 km/h
2pm
☀️
25°
↑︎
N
21°
20 km/h
3pm
☀️
25°
↗︎
NE
24°
21 km/h
4pm
☀️
25°
↗︎
NE
24°
20 km/h
5pm
☀️
24°
↑︎
N
22°
18 km/h
6pm
☀️
23°
↗︎
NE
29°
16 km/h
7pm
☀️
21°
↗︎
NE
36°
18 km/h
8pm
☀️
21°
↗︎
NE
37°
20 km/h
9pm
☀️
20°
↗︎
NE
41°
21 km/h
10pm
☀️
19°
↗︎
NE
39°
20 km/h
11pm
☀️
19°
↗︎
NE
37°
23 km/h
Hourly Swell
Building 0.9 → 1.3 m SW
12am
0.9 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
1am
0.9 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
2am
0.9 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
3am
0.9 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
4am
0.8 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
5am
0.8 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
6am
0.8 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
7am
0.8 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
8am
0.9 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
9am
0.9 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
10am
0.9 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
11am
0.9 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
12pm
0.9 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
1pm
0.9 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
2pm
1.0 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
3pm
1.0 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
4pm
1.0 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
5pm
1.0 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
6pm
1.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
7pm
1.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
8pm
1.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
9pm
1.2 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
10pm
1.2 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
11pm
1.3 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
Water Temp (°C)
↗ warming — up 0.8° over the last 3 days
Thu
15 Oct
15.0°
Fri
16 Oct
15.3°
Sat
17 Oct
15.6°
Sun
18 Oct
15.8°
Mon
19 Oct
15.7°
Tue
20 Oct
15.8°
Wed
21 Oct
16.0°
Thu
22 Oct
16.4°
Fri
23 Oct
16.6°
Sat
24 Oct
16.1°
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 23 km/h NE (37°).

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