Tide times at Port MacDonnell Jetty & Breakwater
Tide now — water falling, 1 h 55 m to next low (8:30 pm)
Today's High and Low Tides at Port MacDonnell Jetty & Breakwater
| Today | Time | Height (m) |
|---|---|---|
| High | 4:40 am | 0.19 |
| 10:00 am | 0.07 | |
| High | 12:20 pm | 0.09 |
| 8:30 pm | -0.29 |
Sun, Moon and Bite Times at Port MacDonnell Jetty & Breakwater Today
- ↑ 6:16 am · ↓ 7:28 pm
- ↑ 12:14 pm · ↓ 2:28 am
- First Quarter · 53%
- 15.3°C
- 2.1 m @ 12 s SW
- 7:00 pm–9:00 pm
Sea-Level Curve · Today
Swell · Next 7 Days at Port MacDonnell Jetty & Breakwater
| Day | Max swell | Period | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 19 Oct Today | 2.1 m | 12 s | SW |
| Tue 20 Oct | 2.1 m | 12 s | SW |
| Wed 21 Oct | 2.8 m | 13 s | SW |
| Thu 22 Oct | 3.3 m | 12 s | SW |
| Fri 23 Oct | 3.5 m | 12 s | SW |
| Sat 24 Oct | 3.5 m | 12 s | SW |
| Sun 25 Oct | 3.5 m | 10 s | SW |
Next 14 Days at Port MacDonnell Jetty & Breakwater
| Day | 1st High | 1st Low | Range (m) | Open |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mon 19 Oct Today | 4:40 am (0.19 m) | 10:00 am (0.07 m) | 0.48 | |
| Tue 20 Oct | 6:00 am (0.17 m) | 8:00 am (0.15 m) | 0.4 | |
| Wed 21 Oct | 10:00 am (0.14 m) | 7:00 pm (-0.2 m) | 0.34 | |
| Thu 22 Oct | 1:30 am (-0.03 m) | 6:00 pm (-0.15 m) | 0.34 | |
| Fri 23 Oct | 12:20 am (0.11 m) | 5:15 am (-0.03 m) | 0.36 | |
| Sat 24 Oct | 12:00 am (0.3 m) | 6:00 am (-0.07 m) | 0.44 | |
| Sun 25 Oct | 12:10 am (0.4 m) | 6:40 am (-0.12 m) | 0.54 | |
| Mon 26 Oct | 12:26 am (0.54 m) | 7:26 am (-0.21 m) | 0.94 | |
| Tue 27 Oct | 1:00 am (0.45 m) | 7:51 am (-0.29 m) | 0.92 | |
| Wed 28 Oct | 1:30 am (0.51 m) | 8:36 am (-0.25 m) | 0.76 | |
| Thu 29 Oct | — | — | — | |
| Fri 30 Oct | — | — | — | |
| Sat 31 Oct | — | — | — | |
| Sun 1 Nov | — | — | — |
About Port MacDonnell Jetty & Breakwater
Tide Character & Fortnight Outlook
Today's tides at Port MacDonnell Jetty & Breakwater sit in the neap band — peak-to-trough range about 0.48 m (moon 53% illuminated).
Across the next 7 days at Port MacDonnell Jetty & Breakwater, the average peak-to-trough tide range is about 0.41 m. The biggest swing this week falls on Sunday (~0.54 m).
Across the next fortnight, the biggest spring tides at Port MacDonnell Jetty & Breakwater peak around Monday 26 Oct at about 0.94 m (around the full moon), and the smallest neap tides fall around Wednesday 21 Oct at about 0.34 m.
Best Tide State to Fish Port MacDonnell Jetty & Breakwater
Shelter is the whole reason this place fishes, and the 1970s breakwater is what supplies it now. When the south-westerly is up and the open coast is unfishable, the jetty and the inside of the rock wall stay workable, which is more than the exposed coast four kilometres west at Cape Northumberland can offer. Easterlies flatten everything and clear the water, which is what the garfish and the squid want. The Bonney Upwelling drives the productivity of this entire coast, pushing nutrient-rich water that feeds the chain from plankton to blue whales, and it is the reason the tuna, the lobsters and the bait schools turn up at all. Fish an hour either side of the tide off the jetty; snapper and whiting favour a filling tide from October to May; beach sessions work best when dawn or dusk lands on a high tide. Reef sits close in — Pinchcut Reef a kilometre east of the jetty and Breaksea Reef 2.5 kilometres south of the rock wall — so a big swell breaks in places a flat day hides. This is the shipwreck coast in the literal sense — around 30 vessels sank along this stretch, including the Admella on the Carpenter Rocks in 1859 with 89 dead. The limestone at Cape Northumberland is friable enough that the first lighthouse, built in 1857, had to be replaced by 1882 when the rock beneath it crumbled.
What Anglers Target Here
Anglers fishing Port MacDonnell Jetty & Breakwater typically time sessions around the tide for australian herring (tommy ruff), australian salmon, king george whiting, southern calamari (squid), and southern garfish.
Tide Questions, Answered
- What time is high tide at Port MacDonnell Jetty & Breakwater today?
- Today's high tides at Port MacDonnell Jetty & Breakwater are at 4:40 am and 12:20 pm.
- What time is low tide at Port MacDonnell Jetty & Breakwater today?
- Today's low tides at Port MacDonnell Jetty & Breakwater are at 10:00 am and 8:30 pm.
- Is Port MacDonnell Jetty & Breakwater on a spring or neap tide this week?
- Today's tides at Port MacDonnell Jetty & Breakwater sit in the neap band — peak-to-trough range about 0.48 m (moon 53% illuminated).
- When is the best tide to fish Port MacDonnell Jetty & Breakwater?
- Shelter is the whole reason this place fishes, and the 1970s breakwater is what supplies it now. When the south-westerly is up and the open coast is unfishable, the jetty and the inside of the rock wall stay workable, which is more than the exposed coast four kilometres west at Cape Northumberland can offer. Easterlies flatten everything and clear the water, which is what the garfish and the squid want. The Bonney Upwelling drives the productivity of this entire coast, pushing nutrient-rich water that feeds the chain from plankton to blue whales, and it is the reason the tuna, the lobsters and the bait schools turn up at all. Fish an hour either side of the tide off the jetty; snapper and whiting favour a filling tide from October to May; beach sessions work best when dawn or dusk lands on a high tide. Reef sits close in — Pinchcut Reef a kilometre east of the jetty and Breaksea Reef 2.5 kilometres south of the rock wall — so a big swell breaks in places a flat day hides. This is the shipwreck coast in the literal sense — around 30 vessels sank along this stretch, including the Admella on the Carpenter Rocks in 1859 with 89 dead. The limestone at Cape Northumberland is friable enough that the first lighthouse, built in 1857, had to be replaced by 1882 when the rock beneath it crumbled. Today's peak bite window runs 7:00 pm–9:00 pm.