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Thompson Beach (Adelaide Plains crab flats)

Fri 23 Oct 2026 · Australia/Adelaide

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📍 Thompson Beach (Adelaide Plains crab flats)
waxing gibbous · 90%
Weather: Sunny Wind: NW 308° · 17 km/h Swell: 0.2 m @ 9 s SW Water: 18.4 °C Pressure: 1007.5 hPa ↓ falling Faces south-west · Offshore: N, NE, E · Onshore: S, SW, W · Forecast wind: cross-shore
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Medium Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 10:30 pm
Solunar 73 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 0 out of 100 Night
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 100 out of 100 N 16 km/h
Moon 67 out of 100 waxing gibbous all day
Water temp 83 out of 100 18.4 °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 5:59 am Last light 8:03 pm
High 3:49 am Low 10:03 am High 3:38 pm Low 10:08 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
10:00 pm → 12:00 am
62
2h
Good
4:00 am → 7:30 am
61
3h 30m
Good
10:00 am → 11:30 am
61
1h 30m
Good
7:30 pm → 9:00 pm
56
1h 30m
First light
5:59 am
Last light
8:03 pm
Sunrise
6:25 am
Sunset
7:37 pm
Moonrise
4:37 pm
Moonset
4:26 am
High tide
3:49 am
Low tide
10:03 am
High tide
3:38 pm
Low tide
10:08 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☁️
20°
→︎
E
84°
10 km/h
1am
☁️
19°
→︎
E
72°
10 km/h
2am
☁️
19°
↗︎
NE
63°
9 km/h
3am
☀️
18°
↗︎
NE
55°
8 km/h
4am
☀️
18°
↗︎
NE
41°
8 km/h
5am
☀️
18°
↗︎
NE
27°
10 km/h
6am
☀️
19°
↑︎
N
17°
12 km/h
7am
☀️
21°
↑︎
N
11°
14 km/h
8am
☀️
23°
↑︎
N
6°
15 km/h
9am
☀️
26°
↑︎
N
1°
15 km/h
10am
☀️
29°
↑︎
N
352°
15 km/h
11am
☀️
30°
↖︎
NW
332°
14 km/h
12pm
☀️
31°
↖︎
NW
308°
17 km/h
1pm
☀️
31°
↖︎
NW
295°
18 km/h
2pm
☀️
31°
←︎
W
288°
18 km/h
3pm
☀️
31°
←︎
W
282°
15 km/h
4pm
☀️
31°
←︎
W
278°
12 km/h
5pm
☀️
30°
←︎
W
274°
8 km/h
6pm
☀️
29°
←︎
W
270°
4 km/h
7pm
☀️
28°
↖︎
NW
333°
1 km/h
8pm
☀️
28°
↗︎
NE
23°
5 km/h
9pm
☀️
29°
↑︎
N
22°
11 km/h
10pm
☀️
29°
↑︎
N
19°
16 km/h
11pm
☀️
28°
↑︎
N
17°
20 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.3 m SW
12am
0.1 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
1am
0.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
2am
0.1 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
3am
0.1 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
4am
0.1 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
5am
0.1 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
6am
0.1 m
@ 13 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
7am
0.1 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
8am
0.2 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
9am
0.2 m
@ 6 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
10am
Calm
11am
0.2 m
@ 6 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
12pm
0.2 m
@ 9 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
1pm
0.1 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
2pm
0.1 m
@ 12 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
3pm
0.1 m
@ 11 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
ground
4pm
0.1 m
@ 10 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
5pm
0.2 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
6pm
Calm
7pm
Calm
8pm
Calm
9pm
0.2 m
@ 6 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
10pm
0.2 m
@ 7 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
11pm
0.3 m
@ 6 s
↙︎
SW
Calm
chop
Water Temp (°C)
→ steady around 18.4°
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°
Mon
26 Oct
17.7°
Tue
27 Oct
17.5°
Wed
28 Oct
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Thu
29 Oct
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Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 17 km/h NW (308°).

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