Fishing Times, Solunar, Reports
Today's Margate fishing forecast is based on the current solunar and weather signals. Passing showers; short windows of opportunity between rain.
Scheduled update AEDT
Moon Phase
1st Quarter
Estimated Fish Feeding Activity
34%
Possible bite intensity is 30%, suggesting quiet fishing conditions.
Solunar Overview
Check today’s major and minor bite windows, moon phase and seven-day solunar outlook for Margate.
Today’s Solunar Score
34%
Next Bite · Minor
12:04pm
Moon Phase
1st Quarter
Tide Overview
The falling tide is reducing water depth as it moves towards the next low tide.
Next Tide
Low at 09:48
0.95 m
Current Tide
The tide is currently falling
Estimated Height
0.95 m
Weather overview
Current temperature
18.2°C
Today
Showers increasing.
Maximum
27.0°C
Observed Tue 20 Oct, 8:50 am local time
Barometric pressure overview
Wind overview
Current speed
17.0 km/h
Direction
N
Observed Tue 20 Oct, 8:50 am local time
Marine conditions overview
Current wave
0.3 m
Water temperature
14.1 C
Data updated Tue 20 Oct, 8:59 am local time
Fishing Reports
Recent catch activity for this location.
Reports analysed
6
This year
2
This season
0
Species recorded
4
Reported species
Margate reports are led by Calamari, Squid and Atlantic Salmon.
The leading species here reflect report mentions for this location, not a complete catch survey.
Based on local Getfished fishing report species data.
* Note that report summaries will sometimes display the same species under different names. This is because they are being reported that way. This is intentional.
Share of the displayed top 4 species recorded for this location.
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Today's sunrise is 6:14 am and sunset is 7:38 pm. As a general guide, the hour before and after sunrise and sunset are often among the most productive fishing periods. Today's major solunar periods overlap both the morning and evening fishing periods. The sea-surface temperature is 14.1°C, some species may be less active in cooler water.
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No. Because no forecast can truthfully guarantee whether fish are biting at a specific spot right now. Getfished shows the current fishing conditions instead: tide movement, solunar timing, weather, wind, pressure, marine conditions and fishing report, derived, species history.
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| Latitude | -43.0303 |
|---|---|
| Longitude | 147.2759
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| Nearest city | Hobart |
| Environment | Saltwater |
| Distance from Hobart (as the crow flies) | 20.89 km |
| Platform | PiersDrinking waterParkingShelterToilets |
| Creeks | Tramway creek |
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Fishing report summaries are derived from Getfished’s structured fishing report database system. More information on this on how we collect and structure fishing report data can be found on our Fishing reports information.
Forecasts are based on the Getfished Meteorological and Solunar Forecasting System, which combines data from the BOM, and other sources. Our custom software systems use these inputs to establish solunar, tides and other forecasts for fishing conditions.
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