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Carpenter Rocks (Bucks Bay)

Fri 23 Oct 2026 · Australia/Adelaide

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📍 Carpenter Rocks (Bucks Bay)
waxing gibbous · 90%
Weather: Sunny Wind: W 277° · 16 km/h Swell: 3.1 m @ 12 s SW Water: 16.6 °C Pressure: 1008.7 hPa ↓ falling Faces south-west · Offshore: N, NE, E · Onshore: S, SW, W · Forecast wind: onshore
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Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 8:00 pm
Solunar 0 out of 100 Between windows
Time of day 81 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 91 out of 100 SE 6 km/h
Moon 67 out of 100 waxing gibbous all day
Water temp 72 out of 100 16.6 °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 5:45 am Last light 8:00 pm
High 12:20 am Low 5:20 am High 11:15 am Low 5:48 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
7:00 pm → 9:00 pm
61
2h
Good
5:00 am → 7:00 am
57
2h
Good
10:30 am → 12:00 pm
53
1h 30m
Good
10:30 pm → 12:00 am
50
1h 30m
First light
5:45 am
Last light
8:00 pm
Sunrise
6:12 am
Sunset
7:33 pm
Moonrise
4:28 pm
Moonset
4:19 am
High tide
12:20 am
Low tide
5:20 am
High tide
11:15 am
Low tide
5:48 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☀️
16°
→︎
E
82°
10 km/h
1am
☀️
16°
→︎
E
68°
8 km/h
2am
☀️
16°
↗︎
NE
45°
10 km/h
3am
☀️
17°
↗︎
NE
29°
14 km/h
4am
☀️
18°
↑︎
N
21°
17 km/h
5am
☀️
19°
↑︎
N
18°
18 km/h
6am
☀️
19°
↑︎
N
17°
19 km/h
7am
☀️
19°
↑︎
N
13°
18 km/h
8am
☀️
21°
↑︎
N
2°
18 km/h
9am
☀️
23°
↑︎
N
347°
17 km/h
10am
☀️
24°
↖︎
NW
330°
16 km/h
11am
☀️
24°
↖︎
NW
305°
15 km/h
12pm
☀️
23°
←︎
W
277°
16 km/h
1pm
☀️
21°
←︎
W
260°
18 km/h
2pm
☀️
21°
←︎
W
251°
16 km/h
3pm
☀️
21°
↙︎
SW
241°
11 km/h
4pm
☀️
21°
↙︎
SW
224°
7 km/h
5pm
☀️
21°
↓︎
S
190°
5 km/h
6pm
☁️
21°
↘︎
SE
145°
5 km/h
7pm
☁️
21°
↘︎
SE
125°
6 km/h
8pm
☁️
20°
↘︎
SE
123°
6 km/h
9pm
☁️
20°
↘︎
SE
133°
4 km/h
10pm
☀️
19°
↘︎
SE
155°
4 km/h
11pm
☀️
18°
↓︎
S
168°
5 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~3.3 m SW
12am
3.2 m
@ 13 s
↙︎
SW
Heavy
ground
1am
3.2 m
@ 13 s
↙︎
SW
Heavy
ground
2am
3.2 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Heavy
ground
3am
3.2 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Heavy
ground
4am
3.2 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Heavy
ground
5am
3.2 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Heavy
ground
6am
3.2 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Heavy
ground
7am
3.2 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Heavy
ground
8am
3.2 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Heavy
ground
9am
3.2 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Heavy
ground
10am
3.2 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Heavy
ground
11am
3.2 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Heavy
ground
12pm
3.1 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Heavy
ground
1pm
3.1 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Heavy
ground
2pm
3.1 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Heavy
ground
3pm
3.2 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Heavy
ground
4pm
3.2 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Heavy
ground
5pm
3.2 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Heavy
ground
6pm
3.2 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Heavy
ground
7pm
3.2 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Heavy
ground
8pm
3.2 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Heavy
ground
9pm
3.3 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Heavy
ground
10pm
3.3 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Heavy
ground
11pm
3.3 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Heavy
ground
Water Temp (°C)
↗ warming — up 0.8° over the last 3 days
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°
Sun
25 Oct
16.1°
Mon
26 Oct
16.1°
Tue
27 Oct
16.0°
Wed
28 Oct
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Thu
29 Oct
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Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 16 km/h W (277°).

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