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Carpenter Rocks (Bucks Bay)

Fri 16 Oct 2026 · Australia/Adelaide

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📍 Carpenter Rocks (Bucks Bay)
waxing crescent · 23%
Weather: Cloudy Wind: N 10° · 15 km/h Swell: 1.2 m @ 8 s SW Water: 15.3 °C Pressure: 1024.8 hPa → steady 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 · 6:00 am
Solunar 41 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 88 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 100 out of 100 NE 18 km/h
Moon 0 out of 100 waxing crescent all day
Water temp 63 out of 100 15.3 °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 5:55 am Last light 7:53 pm
High 3:00 am Low 9:15 am High 1:24 pm Low 7:53 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
4:30 am → 7:00 am
68
2h 30m
Good
7:00 pm → 9:00 pm
56
2h
Good
5:00 pm → 6:00 pm
51
1h
First light
5:55 am
Last light
7:53 pm
Sunrise
6:22 am
Sunset
7:26 pm
Moonrise
9:23 am
Moonset
12:14 am
High tide
3:00 am
Low tide
9:15 am
High tide
1:24 pm
Low tide
7:53 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☀️
10°
↗︎
NE
51°
10 km/h
1am
☀️
10°
↗︎
NE
64°
10 km/h
2am
☀️
9°
→︎
E
69°
11 km/h
3am
☀️
9°
→︎
E
71°
14 km/h
4am
☁️
10°
↗︎
NE
63°
17 km/h
5am
☁️
10°
↗︎
NE
59°
17 km/h
6am
☁️
10°
↗︎
NE
60°
18 km/h
7am
☁️
11°
↗︎
NE
53°
17 km/h
8am
☁️
14°
↗︎
NE
51°
16 km/h
9am
☁️
16°
↗︎
NE
47°
15 km/h
10am
☁️
20°
↗︎
NE
40°
16 km/h
11am
☁️
21°
↗︎
NE
24°
17 km/h
12pm
☁️
22°
↑︎
N
10°
15 km/h
1pm
☁️
22°
↑︎
N
353°
13 km/h
2pm
☁️
22°
↑︎
N
355°
10 km/h
3pm
☁️
22°
↑︎
N
12°
7 km/h
4pm
☀️
22°
→︎
E
71°
6 km/h
5pm
☁️
22°
↘︎
SE
125°
7 km/h
6pm
☁️
19°
↘︎
SE
140°
14 km/h
7pm
☀️
17°
↘︎
SE
117°
14 km/h
8pm
☀️
16°
↘︎
SE
113°
12 km/h
9pm
☀️
15°
→︎
E
95°
12 km/h
10pm
☀️
14°
→︎
E
81°
13 km/h
11pm
☀️
14°
→︎
E
72°
15 km/h
Hourly Swell
Easing 1.5 → 1.0 m SW
12am
1.5 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
1am
1.4 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
2am
1.4 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
3am
1.4 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
4am
1.4 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
5am
1.4 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
6am
1.4 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
7am
1.4 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
8am
1.4 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
9am
1.3 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
10am
1.3 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
11am
1.2 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
12pm
1.2 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
1pm
1.1 m
@ 8 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
2pm
1.1 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
3pm
1.1 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
4pm
1.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
5pm
1.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
6pm
1.2 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
7pm
1.2 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
8pm
1.1 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
9pm
1.0 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Moderate
ground
10pm
0.9 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
11pm
1.0 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Slight
ground
Water Temp (°C)
→ steady around 15.3°
Tue
13 Oct
15.1°
Wed
14 Oct
15.0°
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
15.9°
Wed
21 Oct
16.0°
Thu
22 Oct
16.7°
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 15 km/h N (10°).

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