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Bite Compass

Perth Fishing Forecast

Know when to fish before you go — not after.

Bite Compass is a free fishing forecast for Perth and the Western Australian coast. We combine six science-backed factors — solunar feeding windows, tides, wind, water temperature, moon phase, and dawn/dusk light — into a single 0–100 bite score, so you can decide when to fish instead of guessing.

Pick one of the 146 Perth spots below — from the North Mole and Fremantle harbour to the Swan River, Mandurah, and the beaches north of Yanchep — or drop your own coordinates to see today's conditions. Every spot has an hourly bite score for the next 7 days, the major and minor solunar windows, tide highs and lows, wind speed and direction, and live water temperature. No account, no ads, no paywall.

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Peak at 5:00 am
Port Gregory (Harbour / Foreshore Jetty / North & South Beaches)
84

All spots

Area Bite Peak
146 spots
65
Albany (Emu Point / King George Sound / Salmon Holes)
5:30am N 11km/h · 17° ↓
66
Alcoa Jetty (Kwinana)
5:30am E 5km/h · 17° ↓
68
Alkimos Beach (Shorehaven)
5:30am NE 8km/h · 19° ↓
71
Ammo Jetty (Ammunition Jetty, Woodman Point)
5:30am NE 4km/h · 18° ↓
70
Applecross Jetty (Swan River)
6:00am NE 4km/h · 18° ↓
70
Ashfield Flats (Swan River)
5:30am NE 4km/h · 18° ↓
68
Augusta (Hardy Inlet / Flinders Bay)
3:30am N 13km/h · 19° ↑
65
Avon River (Toodyay)
6:00am E 4km/h
70
Bicton Baths (Swan River)
6:00am NE 4km/h · 18° ↓
66
Big Brook Dam (Pemberton)
5:30am N 13km/h · 18° ↑
70
Blackwall Reach (Swan River)
6:00am NE 4km/h · 18° ↓
73
Bremer Bay (Town Foreshore / Bremer River Mouth / Point Gordon)
5:30am N 9km/h · 18° ↓
74
Broome (Town Beach / Gantheaume Point / Roebuck Bay)
5:00am SW 13km/h · 23° ↓
72
Bunbury Back Beach (Geographe Bay)
5:30am NE 12km/h · 17° ↑
72
Bunbury Koombana Bay (Inner Harbour / The Plug / Casuarina Boat Harbour)
5:30am NE 12km/h · 17° ↑
72
Bundegi (Boat Ramp / Beach / Bundegi Reef)
5:30am SW 5km/h · 22° ↓
72
Burns Beach
5:30am NE 6km/h · 18° ↓
71
Busselton Jetty
6:00am N 10km/h · 16° ↑
71
C.Y. O'Connor Beach (North Coogee)
5:30am NE 4km/h · 18° ↓
70
Canning Bridge (Applecross/Mount Pleasant)
6:00am NE 5km/h · 18° ↓
71
Cape Le Grand (Lucky Bay / Hellfire Bay / Thistle Cove)
5:00am NE 15km/h · 17° ↓
62
Cape Naturaliste (Dunsborough / Bunker Bay)
6:00am NW 19km/h · 18° ↑
86
Carnarvon (Town Beach / Babbage Island / Quobba)
5:30am S 12km/h · 20° ↓
80
Cervantes (Jetty / Hangover Bay / Thirsty Point)
5:00am E 8km/h · 21° ↓
70
Challenger Beach (Naval Base)
5:30am E 3km/h · 17° ↓
72
Cheynes Beach (Waychinicup)
5:30am NW 13km/h · 18° ↓
71
City Beach Groyne
5:30am NE 4km/h · 18° ↓
71
Claremont Jetty (Swan River)
5:30am NE 4km/h · 18° ↓
70
Como Jetty (Swan River)
6:00am NE 5km/h · 18° ↓
64
Coodanup Foreshore (Peel Inlet)
5:30am NE 7km/h · 17° ↓
70
Coode Street Jetty (South Perth)
6:00am NE 5km/h · 18° ↓
71
Coogee Beach
5:30am NE 4km/h · 18° ↓
84
Coral Bay (South Ningaloo)
5:30am SE 10km/h · 23° ↓
71
Cottesloe Groyne
5:30am NE 4km/h · 18° ↓
74
Dampier (Hampton Harbour / Dampier Archipelago)
1:30am SW 9km/h · 22° ↓
62
Dawesville Cut
5:30am NE 7km/h · 17° ↓
70
Deep Water Point (Canning River)
6:00am NE 5km/h · 18° ↓
82
Denham (Shark Bay)
5:00am S 10km/h · 19° ↑
71
Denmark (Wilson Inlet / Ocean Beach / Lights Beach / Hay River)
5:30am N 14km/h · 18° ↑
79
Derby (Derby Jetty / King Sound)
4:30am NE 6km/h · 22° ↑
84
Dirk Hartog Island (Wirruwana — Outer Shark Bay)
5:00am SE 15km/h · 23° ↓
78
Dongara / Port Denison (Harbour / Granny's Beach / South Beach / Irwin River Mouth)
5:30am NE 3km/h · 18° ↓
78
Duke of Orleans Bay / Wharton Beach (Condingup)
5:30am NE 15km/h · 17° ↓
62
Dunsborough (Geographe Bay / Old Dunsborough)
6:00am NW 19km/h · 18° ↑
70
East Street Jetty (Swan River)
5:30am NE 4km/h · 18° ↓
76
Eighty Mile Beach
1:30am S 10km/h · 21° ↓ · Wallal Downs
73
Esperance (Esperance Jetty / Bandy Creek / Cape Le Grand / Twilight Beach)
5:30am NE 14km/h · 17° ↓
78
Exmouth (North Ningaloo / North West Cape)
1:30am S 8km/h · 22° ↓
66
Falcon Bay
5:30am NE 7km/h · 17° ↓
71
Floreat Beach (Floreat Drain)
5:30am NE 5km/h · 18° ↓
80
Fremantle Fishing Boat Harbour
5:30am NE 4km/h · 18° ↓
70
Garratt Road Bridge (Swan River)
6:00am NE 5km/h · 18° ↓
74
Geraldton (Fisherman's Wharf / Separation Point)
5:30am SE 5km/h · 20° ↓
85
Gnaraloo Bay / Station
5:00am S 11km/h · 23° ↓
65
Golden Bay
5:30am NE 5km/h · 17° ↓
67
Gracetown (Cowaramup Bay)
6:00am N 19km/h · 19° ↑
76
Green Head / Leeman (Dynamite Bay & Jetties)
5:30am E 5km/h · 19° ↓
72
Greenough River Mouth (Cape Burney)
5:30am SE 5km/h · 20° ↓
75
Guilderton (Moore River Mouth)
2:30am NE 6km/h · 19° ↓
64
Halls Head
5:30am NE 7km/h · 17° ↓
63
Hamelin Bay
6:00am NW 17km/h · 19° ↑
72
Hangover Bay (Nambung National Park)
5:00am E 7km/h · 20° ↓
65
Harvey Dam
5:30am NE 7km/h
61
Herron Point (Harvey Estuary)
5:30am NE 7km/h · 17° ↓
73
Hillarys Boat Harbour
2:30am NE 8km/h · 18° ↓
63
Hopetoun (Mary Ann Haven / Two Mile / Four Mile / Starvation)
5:30am N 11km/h · 17° ↓
84
Horrocks Beach
5:00am E 7km/h · 20° ↓
82
Houtman Abrolhos Islands (Wallabi / Easter / Pelsaert Groups)
5:00am S 16km/h · 22° ↓
75
Jurien Bay (Jetty & Marina Walls)
5:00am E 9km/h · 19° ↓
86
Kalbarri (Murchison River Mouth / Wittecarra / Coastal Cliffs)
5:00am SE 13km/h · 21° ↓
74
Karratha (Nickol Bay / Hearson's Cove)
1:30am SW 9km/h · 22° ↓
70
Kent Street Weir (Canning River)
6:00am E 6km/h · 18° ↓
67
Kununurra / Lake Argyle / Ord River
4:30am SE 10km/h
78
Lancelin (Jetty & Back Beach)
2:00am E 9km/h · 20° ↓
75
Ledge Point (Beach, Groyne & Reef)
5:30am NE 8km/h · 19° ↓
70
Leighton Beach
5:30am NE 4km/h · 18° ↓ · North Fremantle
72
Leschenault Estuary (Bunbury)
5:30am NE 12km/h · 17° ↑
77
Lighthouse Bay (Vlamingh Head Lighthouse / Surfers Beach / Limestone Platforms)
5:00am S 8km/h · 24° ↓
81
Mackerel Islands (Thevenard Island / Direction Island)
5:30am SW 10km/h · 22° ↓
65
Madora Bay
5:30am NE 7km/h · 17° ↓
64
Mandurah (Foreshore / Jetty area)
5:30am NE 7km/h · 17° ↓
79
Mangles Bay (Rockingham)
5:30am E 4km/h · 17° ↓
67
Margaret River Mouth (Prevelly)
6:00am N 19km/h · 19° ↑
72
Marmion Beach
2:30am NE 8km/h · 18° ↓
72
Mindarie Marina
5:30am NE 9km/h · 18° ↓
76
Montebello Islands (Conservation Park / Marine Park)
5:30am SW 12km/h · 24° ↓
70
Mosman Bay Jetty (Swan River)
5:30am NE 4km/h · 18° ↓
70
Mount Henry Bridge (Canning River)
6:00am NE 5km/h · 18° ↓
73
Mullaloo Beach
2:30am NE 8km/h · 18° ↓
86
Murchison River (Kalbarri)
5:00am SE 13km/h · 21° ↓
64
Murray River (Yunderup to Pinjarra)
5:30am E 7km/h · 17° ↓
72
Myalup Beach
5:30am NE 10km/h · 17° ↑
71
Narrows Bridge (Swan River)
5:30am NE 4km/h · 18° ↓
71
North Beach Jetty
5:30am NE 5km/h · 18° ↓
80
North Mole (Fremantle)
5:30am NE 4km/h · 18° ↓
73
Ocean Reef Marina
2:30am NE 8km/h · 18° ↓
78
Onslow (Town Beach / Beadon Creek / Mackerel Islands)
5:30am SW 7km/h · 22° ↓
79
Palm Beach Jetty (Rockingham)
5:30am E 4km/h · 17° ↓
70
Pelican Point (Crawley, Swan River)
6:00am NE 5km/h · 18° ↓
66
Pemberton / Donnelly River
5:30am N 14km/h · 18° ↑
73
Pinnaroo Point (Hillarys)
2:30am NE 8km/h · 18° ↓
79
Point Peron
5:30am E 4km/h · 17° ↓ · Rockingham
74
Point Samson (Honeymoon Cove / Public Wharf / Cossack)
1:30am SW 6km/h · 22° ↓
70
Point Walter (Swan River)
6:00am NE 5km/h · 18° ↓
80
Port Beach (North Fremantle)
5:30am NE 4km/h · 18° ↓
84
Port Gregory (Harbour / Foreshore Jetty / North & South Beaches)
5:00am E 8km/h · 20° ↓
75
Port Hedland (Spoilbank Marina / Cooke Point / tidal creeks)
5:00am SW 6km/h · 21° ↓
66
Port Kennedy Boat Ramp (Boat Launching Facility)
5:30am NE 5km/h · 17° ↓
62
Preston Beach (Yalgorup)
5:30am NE 10km/h · 17° ↓
66
Quinns Rocks
5:30am NE 10km/h · 18° ↓
85
Quobba (Quobba Station / Blowholes / Camp Rock)
5:30am S 12km/h · 22° ↓
70
Riverton Bridge (Canning River)
6:00am E 6km/h · 18° ↓
79
Rockingham Jetty
5:30am E 4km/h · 17° ↓
65
Rottnest Island (Shore Fishing)
5:30am NE 8km/h · 19° ↓
79
Safety Bay
5:30am E 4km/h · 17° ↓
65
San Remo Beach
5:30am NE 7km/h · 17° ↓
71
Scarborough Beach
5:30am NE 5km/h · 18° ↓
73
Seabird
5:30am NE 8km/h · 18° ↓
66
Secret Harbour
5:30am NE 5km/h · 17° ↓
70
Shelley Foreshore (Canning River)
6:00am NE 5km/h · 18° ↓
79
Shoalwater Beach
5:30am E 4km/h · 17° ↓
65
Singleton Beach
5:30am NE 7km/h · 17° ↓
73
Sorrento Beach
2:30am NE 8km/h · 18° ↓
70
South Beach (Fremantle)
5:30am NE 4km/h · 18° ↓
80
South Mole (Fremantle)
5:30am NE 4km/h · 18° ↓
76
Steep Point (Edel Land — Mainland's Westernmost Point)
5:30am SE 25km/h · 23° ↓
70
Success Hill Reserve (Upper Swan, Bassendean)
6:00am E 6km/h · 18° ↓
71
Swanbourne Beach
5:30am NE 4km/h · 18° ↓
80
Tantabiddi (Boat Ramp / Lagoon Gap / Outer Reef Drop-off)
2:00am SE 6km/h · 24° ↓
70
The Causeway (Swan River)
6:00am NE 5km/h · 18° ↓
62
Tim's Thicket
5:30am NE 7km/h · 17° ↓ · Madora Bay
71
Trigg Beach
5:30am NE 5km/h · 18° ↓
71
Two Rocks Marina
5:30am NE 10km/h · 18° ↓
76
Useless Loop / Tamala (Outer Shark Bay)
5:00am S 17km/h · 19° ↑
79
Walpole / Nornalup Inlet (Coalmine Beach / Mandalay Beach)
5:30am N 15km/h · 18° ↑
66
Warnbro Beach
5:30am NE 5km/h · 17° ↓
65
Waroona Dam / Drakesbrook Weir
5:30am NE 7km/h
71
Watermans Bay (Marmion Marine Park)
5:30am NE 8km/h · 18° ↓
71
Wedge Island & Grey (4WD Beaches)
5:30am E 5km/h · 20° ↓
63
Wellington Dam (Collie)
5:30am N 12km/h
65
Windy Harbour (Salmon Beach / Point D'Entrecasteaux)
5:30am N 16km/h · 18° ↑
71
Woodman Point Jetty (Ammo Jetty)
5:30am NE 4km/h · 18° ↓
66
Wyndham / Cambridge Gulf (Five Rivers)
4:30am SE 10km/h
62
Yallingup (Smiths Beach / Sugarloaf Rock)
6:00am N 18km/h · 18° ↑
73
Yanchep Lagoon
5:30am NE 10km/h · 19° ↓
83
Yardie Creek (Cape Range NP / Southern Ningaloo)
5:30am SE 8km/h · 24° ↓

Forecast as of 2:58am Perth

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Perth fishing times, planned before you go

Bite Compass is a free fishing almanac for Perth and the wider Western Australian coast. Instead of scrolling through separate tide charts, wind apps, and moon calendars, you get the best fishing times for Perth in one place — every spot scored hour by hour for the next seven days, so you can pick your morning before you've even found the car keys.

Today's bite times and feeding windows

The bite score leans heavily on solunar feeding windows — the major windows when the moon is overhead or underfoot, and the minor windows around moonrise and moonset. Fish feed hardest in those windows, harder still when one overlaps dawn, dusk, or a tide change. Open any spot to see its windows for the day, or browse the solunar calendar to plan around the moon.

Perth fishing conditions at a glance

A good feeding window still needs fishable conditions. Every forecast factors in live tides, wind speed and direction, swell, and water temperature, then weighs them against moon phase and light. When the wind's up or the water's cold, the score drops — and saves you a wasted trip.

Where the fish are biting in Perth

The spot table above ranks our Perth fishing spots by today's bite score, so the most active marks rise to the top — from the North Mole and Fremantle to the Swan River, Mandurah, and the beaches north of Yanchep. Curious how the score is built? Here's why we built it. Not sure what you're chasing? The species guide covers size and bag limits for Perth's most common catches, and the articles section has spot-by-spot local knowledge and seasonal guides.

Is today a good day for fishing? Common questions

Is today a good day for fishing?

Check the bite score for your spot above. Bite Compass rates each hour from 0 to 100 by blending six factors — solunar feeding windows, tides, wind, water temperature, moon phase, and dawn/dusk light. Scores in the 70s and 80s are strong; the 40s and 50s are fair; anything lower means the conditions are working against you. The score won't put fish on the hook, but it tells you whether today is worth the early start.

What are the best fishing times in Perth today?

The highest-percentage times are the major and minor solunar feeding windows, especially when one lines up with dawn, dusk, or a tide change. Open any Perth spot to see its windows for the day, or check the solunar page for the full feeding-window breakdown. As a rule the first and last hour of daylight are hard to beat.

How do bite times and feeding windows work?

Solunar theory holds that fish feed hardest when the moon is overhead or underfoot (the major windows) and around moonrise and moonset (the minor windows). Each window is an hour or two of heightened activity. We calculate them for your exact coordinates and weight them against the tide, wind, and light to produce the hourly bite score.

Where are the fish biting in Perth right now?

The spot table above ranks Perth fishing spots by today's bite score, so the most active marks float to the top. It covers everything from the North Mole and Fremantle to the Swan River, Mandurah, and the beaches north of Yanchep. Tap any spot for its hourly forecast, tides, and feeding windows.

Do I need to pay or create an account?

No. Bite Compass is free, with no signup, no ads, and no paywall. Open the homepage, pick a spot, and read the forecast — that's the whole product.

How accurate is the Perth fishing forecast?

The forecast is built on solid science — live tide, wind, and water-temperature data plus solunar maths — and it's updated every morning. But fishing is chaotic, and no model accounts for what the fish actually decided to do. Treat the bite score as guidance for picking your day and your window, not a guarantee.

Free, no-subscription fishing forecasts built for Perth. Why we built this

Disclaimer: fishing is chaotic. This is guidance, not a guarantee.