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Thompson Beach (Adelaide Plains crab flats)

Sun 18 Oct 2026 · Australia/Adelaide

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📍 Thompson Beach (Adelaide Plains crab flats)
first quarter · 43%
Weather: Sunny Wind: NE 61° · 12 km/h Swell: flat Water: 17.8 °C Pressure: 1018.7 hPa ↓ falling Faces south-west · Offshore: N, NE, E · Onshore: S, SW, W · Forecast wind: offshore
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High Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 6:30 am
Solunar 54 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 78 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 100 out of 100 NE 12 km/h
Moon 33 out of 100 first quarter all day
Water temp 79 out of 100 17.8 °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 6:06 am Last light 7:58 pm
Low 1:10 am High 7:45 am Low 2:12 pm High 7:33 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
5:30 am → 8:30 am
77
3h
Good
6:30 pm → 9:00 pm
66
2h 30m
Good
1:30 am → 2:00 am
46
30m
First light
6:06 am
Last light
7:58 pm
Sunrise
6:31 am
Sunset
7:33 pm
Moonrise
11:35 am
Moonset
1:48 am
Low tide
1:10 am
High tide
7:45 am
Low tide
2:12 pm
High tide
7:33 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☀️
20°
→︎
E
76°
19 km/h
1am
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19°
→︎
E
72°
19 km/h
2am
☀️
19°
→︎
E
71°
19 km/h
3am
☀️
18°
→︎
E
70°
17 km/h
4am
☀️
18°
↗︎
NE
52°
14 km/h
5am
☀️
17°
↗︎
NE
55°
13 km/h
6am
☀️
17°
↗︎
NE
56°
12 km/h
7am
☀️
18°
↗︎
NE
58°
14 km/h
8am
☀️
21°
↗︎
NE
49°
12 km/h
9am
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24°
↗︎
NE
36°
12 km/h
10am
☀️
26°
↗︎
NE
32°
12 km/h
11am
☀️
27°
↑︎
N
8°
9 km/h
12pm
☀️
28°
↖︎
NW
298°
3 km/h
1pm
☀️
28°
↙︎
SW
225°
3 km/h
2pm
☁️
28°
↙︎
SW
221°
7 km/h
3pm
☁️
27°
↙︎
SW
222°
7 km/h
4pm
🌧️
26°
↙︎
SW
231°
1 km/h
5pm
🌧️
27°
→︎
E
99°
4 km/h
6pm
☀️
26°
↗︎
NE
53°
7 km/h
7pm
☀️
23°
↖︎
NW
299°
2 km/h
8pm
☀️
21°
←︎
W
254°
1 km/h
9pm
☀️
21°
↗︎
NE
63°
3 km/h
10pm
☀️
20°
→︎
E
78°
6 km/h
11pm
☀️
21°
↗︎
NE
61°
12 km/h
Hourly Swell
Flat all day
12am
Calm
1am
Calm
2am
Calm
3am
Calm
4am
Calm
5am
Calm
6am
Calm
7am
Calm
8am
Calm
9am
Calm
10am
Calm
11am
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12pm
Calm
1pm
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2pm
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3pm
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4pm
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5pm
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6pm
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7pm
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8pm
Calm
9pm
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10pm
Calm
11pm
Calm
Water Temp (°C)
↗ warming — up 0.9° over the last 3 days
Thu
15 Oct
16.9°
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°
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 12 km/h NE (61°).

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