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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: Cloudy Wind: N 338° · 20 km/h Swell: 3.1 m @ 12 s SW Water: 16.6 °C Pressure: 1009.2 hPa ↓ falling Faces south-west · Offshore: N, NE, E · Onshore: S, SW, W · Forecast wind: cross-shore
★★★☆☆
Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 6:00 am
Solunar 0 out of 100 Between windows
Time of day 96 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 33 out of 100 Turning
Wind 100 out of 100 N 17 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
5:00 am → 7:00 am
62
2h
Good
7:00 pm → 9:00 pm
59
2h
Good
10:30 am → 12:00 pm
54
1h 30m
Good
10:30 pm → 12:00 am
48
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
☁️
17°
→︎
E
71°
12 km/h
1am
☁️
17°
↗︎
NE
59°
12 km/h
2am
☁️
18°
↗︎
NE
41°
12 km/h
3am
☁️
19°
↗︎
NE
23°
15 km/h
4am
☁️
19°
↑︎
N
14°
17 km/h
5am
☁️
19°
↑︎
N
12°
17 km/h
6am
☁️
19°
↑︎
N
13°
17 km/h
7am
☁️
20°
↑︎
N
11°
17 km/h
8am
☁️
21°
↑︎
N
5°
16 km/h
9am
☁️
23°
↑︎
N
356°
16 km/h
10am
☁️
24°
↑︎
N
348°
16 km/h
11am
☁️
26°
↑︎
N
342°
18 km/h
12pm
☁️
27°
↑︎
N
338°
20 km/h
1pm
☀️
28°
↑︎
N
339°
21 km/h
2pm
🌧️
27°
↑︎
N
350°
18 km/h
3pm
🌧️
26°
↑︎
N
11°
16 km/h
4pm
🌧️
24°
↗︎
NE
28°
13 km/h
5pm
☀️
23°
↑︎
N
18°
7 km/h
6pm
☀️
22°
←︎
W
284°
5 km/h
7pm
☀️
21°
←︎
W
255°
10 km/h
8pm
☀️
19°
↙︎
SW
243°
7 km/h
9pm
☀️
18°
↓︎
S
194°
2 km/h
10pm
☀️
17°
→︎
E
93°
3 km/h
11pm
☀️
18°
↗︎
NE
24°
4 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: 20 km/h N (338°).

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