Can you fish off the Victor Harbour jetty on Granite Island?

Yes — locals often spell it Victor Harbour, and the fishing structure is the Screwpile Jetty at the Granite Island end of the 620-metre causeway. You can fish from the jetty and from the causeway itself, but not from the breakwater, which is signed no-fishing under Granite Island Recreation Park rules. The causeway weed holds calamari, garfish and tommy ruff; the deeper Screwpile water is where the night mulloway and trevally come from.

Do you need a fishing licence to fish the Victor Harbor causeway or Granite Island?

No. South Australia does not require a general recreational fishing licence, so you can fish the causeway and Screwpile Jetty without paying for one. You still must follow PIRSA bag limits, size limits and any current closures, which do change — check pir.sa.gov.au or the SA Fishing app before you go.

Can you catch squid (calamari) off the Granite Island causeway?

Yes. The causeway over the weedbeds has long been one of Victor Harbor's best land-based calamari spots, fished with jigs and floats at dawn and dusk, and there is nothing ambiguous about its status: the southern calamari closure applies to the Spencer Gulf and Gulf St Vincent / Kangaroo Island zones only, and Victor Harbor sits east of that zone's boundary at the Fleurieu tip, in the South East Fishing Zone. Squid off the causeway and the Screwpile are not affected. Normal size and bag limits still apply.

Can you catch mulloway off the Screwpile Jetty at night?

Yes — the Screwpile borders deep water and has a long history of mulloway, most often taken at night on live or fresh baits like salmon trout, tommy or mullet, worked into a big high tide around dusk or dawn. November to April is the better window. Bring heavy gear, a drop net and a head torch, and watch your footing on the dark deck.

Is snapper open to fishing at Victor Harbor?

Yes. Snapper is open at Victor Harbor. The total closure covers the West Coast, Spencer Gulf and Gulf St Vincent / Kangaroo Island zones, whose eastern boundary runs south from the southern tip of the Fleurieu Peninsula to Cape St Albans on Kangaroo Island — everything east of that, including Encounter Bay, is the South East Fishing Zone, where snapper is open at 38cm, with a bag of 5 and a boat limit of 15 — and every snapper kept must be reported via the SA Fishing app or Fishwatch (1800 065 522).

How far is the walk out to the Screwpile Jetty?

The causeway to Granite Island is about 620 metres, roughly a 15-minute flat walk, and the Screwpile is just past the island end of it. It is far enough that most regulars use a trolley for their gear, or you can take the horse-drawn tram across and walk the last stretch.

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Bite Forecast

Victor Harbor Causeway & Screwpile Jetty (Granite Island)

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📍 Victor Harbor Causeway & Screwpile Jetty (Granite Island)

waxing gibbous · 73%

Weather: Cloudy Wind: SW 208° · 4 km/h Swell: 0.8 m @ 9 s SW Water: 18.2 °C Pressure: 1014.1 hPa → steady Faces south-east · Offshore: W, NW, N · Onshore: E, SE, S · Forecast wind: cross-shore

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Medium Fish Activity

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At the day's peak · 6:00 am

Solunar Between windows

Time of day Dawn

Tide Slack

Wind NE 12 km/h

Moon waxing gibbous all day

Water temp 18.2 °C all day

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Activity Forecast

Day Timeline

Major Minor Tide Twilight

First light 5:59 am Last light 8:01 pm

High 3:06 am Low 5:10 am High 9:13 am Low 6:06 pm High 10:15 pm

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Feeding Windows

Best times to fish based on activity score.

Peak

5:00 am → 7:30 am

2h 30m

Good

7:00 pm → 10:30 pm

3h 30m

Good

8:30 am → 10:00 am

1h 30m

Good

3:00 am → 4:00 am

First light

5:59 am

Last light

8:01 pm

Sunrise

6:25 am

Sunset

7:35 pm

Moonrise

2:31 pm

Moonset

3:33 am

High tide

3:06 am

Low tide

5:10 am

High tide

9:13 am

Low tide

6:06 pm

High tide

10:15 pm

Hourly Wind

High Bite Hours Highlighted

12am

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16°

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7 km/h

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38°

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28°

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352°

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302°

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10am

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265°

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149°

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148°

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321°

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Hourly Swell

Steady ~1.0 m SW

12am

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2am

0.8 m

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0.8 m

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ground

7am

0.9 m

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0.8 m

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0.8 m

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0.8 m

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0.8 m

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ground

4pm

0.8 m

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ground

5pm

0.9 m

@ 13 s

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ground

6pm

0.9 m

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ground

7pm

1.0 m

@ 12 s

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ground

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1.0 m

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Water Temp (°C)

↗ warming — up 1.3° over the last 3 days

Sun

18 Oct

16.9°

Mon

19 Oct

17.2°

Tue

20 Oct

17.7°

Wed

21 Oct

18.2°

Thu

22 Oct

17.5°

Fri

23 Oct

17.2°

Sat

24 Oct

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Sun

25 Oct

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Mon

26 Oct

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Tue

27 Oct

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Wind Map

Wind data (text)

Now: 4 km/h SW (208°).

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

Feeding Windows

Best times to fish based on activity score.

Peak

5:00 am → 7:30 am

2h 30m

Good

7:00 pm → 10:30 pm

3h 30m

Good

8:30 am → 10:00 am

1h 30m

Good

3:00 am → 4:00 am

First light

5:59 am

Last light

8:01 pm

Sunrise

6:25 am

Sunset

7:35 pm

Moonrise

2:31 pm

Moonset

3:33 am

High tide

3:06 am

Low tide

5:10 am

High tide

9:13 am

Low tide

6:06 pm

High tide

10:15 pm

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