What can you catch off Marion Bay Jetty?

Mullet, tommy ruff, King George whiting, salmon, flathead and trevally, with mulloway off the beaches east of town at night. The jetty's famous squid fishing is closed, and so is garfish — Marion Bay sits in the Gulf St Vincent and Kangaroo Island zone, where both closures apply with no end date.

Is Marion Bay Jetty lit for night fishing?

Visitors describe lighting on the deck for night walks and night fishing, but neither the council's jetties page nor the regional fishing guide mentions lights at Marion Bay, so take a lantern. Stenhouse Bay and Port Rickaby are documented as having none at all.

Why is garfish closed at Marion Bay but open at Point Turton?

The zone line at the foot of Yorke Peninsula is the 35°S parallel. Marion Bay sits south of it in the Gulf St Vincent and Kangaroo Island zone, where garfish has been closed since 1 May 2026. Point Turton is north of it in Spencer Gulf, where garfish stays open at 23 cm and a bag of 30.

When is the Marion Bay mullet run?

From Easter onward, along the beaches inside the bay. Seaweed worms dug from the decaying ribbon weed on the sand are the local gun bait, with mince or cockle as a substitute, fished on the lightest tackle you own over bread berley.

Do you pay a park fee to fish Marion Bay Jetty?

No. The jetty sits outside Dhilba Guuranda-Innes National Park, so entry fees only start once you drive west into the park itself. Check Parks SA for current park fees and booking before heading to Browns Beach or Stenhouse Bay.

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Marion Bay Jetty

Tue 13 Oct 2026 · Australia/Adelaide

Forecast updated Fri 16 Oct, 4:28pm ACDT

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Weather: Cloudy Wind: S 181° · 11 km/h Swell: 2.1 m @ 9 s SW Water: 16.4 °C Pressure: 1028.1 hPa → steady Faces south-east · Offshore: W, NW, N · Onshore: E, SE, S · Forecast wind: onshore

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Medium Fish Activity

▸ Why this score?

At the day's peak · 8:00 pm

Solunar Between windows

Time of day Dusk

Tide Moving

Wind SE 15 km/h

Moon new all day

Water temp 16.4 °C all day

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Activity Forecast

Day Timeline

Major Minor Tide Twilight

First light 6:17 am Last light 8:00 pm

High 3:00 am Low 9:40 am High 2:40 pm Low 8:33 pm

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Feeding Windows

Best times to fish based on activity score.

Peak

7:00 pm → 9:00 pm

Good

6:00 am → 8:00 am

Good

2:30 am → 4:30 am

Good

2:30 pm → 4:30 pm

First light

6:17 am

Last light

8:00 pm

Sunrise

6:42 am

Sunset

7:34 pm

Moonrise

7:40 am

Moonset

10:21 pm

High tide

3:00 am

Low tide

9:40 am

High tide

2:40 pm

Low tide

8:33 pm

Hourly Wind

High Bite Hours Highlighted

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Hourly Swell

Building 1.8 → 2.3 m SW

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Wind Map

Wind data (text)

Now: 11 km/h S (181°).

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

Feeding Windows

Best times to fish based on activity score.

Peak

7:00 pm → 9:00 pm

Good

6:00 am → 8:00 am

Good

2:30 am → 4:30 am

Good

2:30 pm → 4:30 pm

First light

6:17 am

Last light

8:00 pm

Sunrise

6:42 am

Sunset

7:34 pm

Moonrise

7:40 am

Moonset

10:21 pm

High tide

3:00 am

Low tide

9:40 am

High tide

2:40 pm

Low tide

8:33 pm

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