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Thompson Beach (Adelaide Plains crab flats)

Mon 19 Oct 2026 · Australia/Adelaide

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📍 Thompson Beach (Adelaide Plains crab flats)
first quarter · 53%
Weather: Cloudy Wind: NE 38° · 21 km/h Swell: 0.1 m @ 10 s SW Water: 18.0 °C Pressure: 1016.8 hPa Faces south-west · Offshore: N, NE, E · Onshore: S, SW, W · Forecast wind: offshore
★★★☆☆
Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 7:30 pm
Solunar 70 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 68 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 75 out of 100 Turning
Wind 82 out of 100 S 8 km/h
Moon 33 out of 100 first quarter all day
Water temp 81 out of 100 18.0 °C all day
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Activity Forecast

Now
HIGH 70+ MED 50 LOW 30 4a 8a 12p 4p 8p
Day Timeline
Major Minor Tide Twilight
First light 6:04 am Last light 7:59 pm
Low 1:26 am High 8:30 am Low 2:23 pm High 7:15 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
7:00 pm → 9:00 pm
71
2h
Good
6:00 am → 9:30 am
58
3h 30m
Good
1:00 am → 2:30 am
48
1h 30m
Good
12:30 pm → 1:30 pm
47
1h
First light
6:04 am
Last light
7:59 pm
Sunrise
6:30 am
Sunset
7:34 pm
Moonrise
12:34 pm
Moonset
2:27 am
Low tide
1:26 am
High tide
8:30 am
Low tide
2:23 pm
High tide
7:15 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
Now
☀️
21°
↗︎
NE
45°
12 km/h
1am
☁️
22°
↗︎
NE
38°
21 km/h
2am
☁️
22°
↗︎
NE
30°
21 km/h
3am
☀️
22°
↑︎
N
17°
23 km/h
4am
☁️
21°
↑︎
N
18°
23 km/h
5am
☀️
21°
↑︎
N
13°
20 km/h
6am
☁️
20°
↑︎
N
16°
19 km/h
7am
☁️
21°
↑︎
N
17°
19 km/h
8am
☁️
22°
↑︎
N
20°
16 km/h
9am
☁️
23°
↑︎
N
14°
15 km/h
10am
☁️
23°
↑︎
N
355°
12 km/h
11am
☁️
24°
↑︎
N
342°
14 km/h
12pm
☁️
26°
↑︎
N
344°
16 km/h
1pm
☁️
26°
↑︎
N
340°
14 km/h
2pm
☀️
27°
↖︎
NW
327°
14 km/h
3pm
☁️
28°
↖︎
NW
322°
12 km/h
4pm
☀️
28°
←︎
W
291°
11 km/h
5pm
☀️
27°
←︎
W
256°
9 km/h
6pm
☀️
26°
↙︎
SW
217°
8 km/h
7pm
☁️
23°
↓︎
S
183°
8 km/h
8pm
☀️
22°
→︎
E
106°
7 km/h
9pm
☀️
21°
→︎
E
95°
8 km/h
10pm
☀️
21°
→︎
E
84°
11 km/h
11pm
☀️
21°
→︎
E
69°
12 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.1 m N
Now
0.1 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
1am
0.1 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
2am
0.1 m
@ 9 s
↓︎
S
Calm
3am
0.1 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Calm
chop
4am
0.1 m
@ 6 s
→︎
E
Calm
chop
5am
Calm
6am
Calm
7am
Calm
8am
Calm
9am
Calm
10am
Calm
11am
Calm
12pm
Calm
1pm
Calm
2pm
Calm
3pm
Calm
4pm
Calm
5pm
Calm
6pm
Calm
7pm
Calm
8pm
Calm
9pm
Calm
10pm
Calm
11pm
0.1 m
@ 7 s
↖︎
NW
Calm
chop
Water Temp (°C)
↗ warming — up 0.9° over the last 3 days
Fri
16 Oct
17.1°
Sat
17 Oct
17.4°
Sun
18 Oct
17.8°
Mon
19 Oct
18.0°
Tue
20 Oct
18.3°
Wed
21 Oct
18.1°
Thu
22 Oct
18.6°
Fri
23 Oct
18.4°
Sat
24 Oct
18.1°
Sun
25 Oct
17.9°
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 21 km/h NE (38°).

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