Tailor
Excellent
The main run. Fish the gutters and headlands into the evening; ganged pilchards, metals, and a wire-free trace only if you accept the bite-offs.
Bawley Point Fishing Report
Updated Fri, 25 Sept 2026 from live weather and tide data
The rock platforms between Ulladulla and Batemans Bay: Bawley and Kioloa, the beaches and lakes of Murramarang, with drummer, tailor and kingfish.
3/5
Fair. Fish the windows.A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day.
Next tide
High 6:38 pm model
Air / High
17 °C / 26 °C
Wind
NW 12 km/h
Sources: modelled tide curve, Open-Meteo, solunar calculated for these coordinates.
Today's Fishing Report
Bawley Point rewards patience today, with cool water and short feeding windows. Today brings a mixed sky, wind NW around 13 km/h, rising pressure near 1024 hPa and a high of 26 °C. Tides: high 6:35 am and 6:38 pm, low 12:25 pm: the moving water either side of each change is when this place feeds. Water sits around 17 °C for the season (estimated). With the full moon, the solunar majors run 10:25 AM-12:25 PM and 10:25 PM-12:25 AM: the windows to build the day around.
Australian salmon
Good
The main season. Beach gutters, rock platforms and bay edges on the rising tide; metals, surf poppers and bait all work.
Mulloway
Fair
The estuary fish move to the deeper reaches. Long, quiet sessions on the bottom with fresh bait across the top of the tide.
Yellowtail kingfish
Slow
The fish thin out as the current cools; jig the deeper offshore marks and work the harbours on the warmer afternoons.
Tie on: Blade or vibe, slow hops · Lightly weighted plastic · Whole pilchard or squid on the bottom · Suspending hardbody. Prime windows: 10:25 AM-12:25 PM, 10:25 PM-12:25 AM, 4:55 AM-5:55 AM. Similar at 27 °C with likely rain: fish ahead of the front. The solunar majors shift about 50 minutes later.
Before you go
New South Wales requires a fishing licence for most fishing, from A$7.00. New South Wales fishing licence: cost, rules and where to buy →
Chasing tailor here? Check the size and bag limits with DPIRD NSW before you keep anything; the Tailor page has the seasons and the tactics.
Fishing times for Bawley Point today
Hour-by-hour bite forecast for today from sunrise (05:44), sunset (17:57), the moon and today's score, with the modelled tide changes in the panel below. Tap a bar to see why.
Bite planner
Solunar majors 10:25 AM-12:25 PM and 10:25 PM-12:25 AM; minor 4:55 AM-5:55 AM. Full Moon, 99% lit.
Water and weather
A modelled tide curve for these coordinates and the forecast for the day.
Tides (modelled)
Modelled sea level curve from Open-Meteo Marine for these coordinates, datum mean sea level. Fish the moving water either side of each change.
A model, not the official prediction: times can drift by tens of minutes inside bays and estuaries. Check the Bureau of Meteorology tide predictions for the exact times before you rely on them.
Fri
HIGH6:35 am0.43 m
LOW12:25 pm-0.44 m
HIGH6:38 pm0.66 m
Sat
LOW12:58 am-0.63 m
HIGH7:10 am0.57 m
LOW1:06 pm-0.50 m
HIGH7:14 pm0.64 m
Right now
Latest readings
Air temp17 °C
High / Low26 °C / 13 °C
WindNW 12 km/h, gusts 21 km/h
Pressure1023.9 hPa, rising
Sky / Rain54% cloud, 25%
Sunrise / Sunset05:44 / 17:57
MoonFull Moon, 99%
Water temp (seasonal)~17 °C est.
Why the tide matters here: tides and fishing in Australia.
7-day fishing forecast: which day to fish Bawley Point
The best day on Bawley Point this week looks like Wednesday 30 Sept, at 4 out of 5, against 3 today. Every day is scored by the same engine as the report above: pressure trend first, then wind, sky and season. Pick a species and the plan for that day changes with it.
Best day this week: Wednesday, 30 Sept — good at 4/5, falling pressure, usually the best window of a week.
Today, 25 Sept — Fair
A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day.
- Solunar majors
- 10:25 AM-12:25 PM and 10:25 PM-12:25 AM
- Minor period
- 4:55 AM-5:55 AM
- Sun
- 05:44 to 17:57
- Moon
- Full Moon, 99% lit
- Sky and wind
- Overcast, 16 km/h
- Rain chance
- 25%
Scores are a planning aid built from forecast data, not a promise.
Species guide
The species that matter on Bawley Point: seasons written for the southern year, and how to fish each one. Today's ratings live in the report above.
Tailor
Autumn and winter on the east coast; August to September on Fraser Island
The surf and rock fish of the east coast, running north in autumn and winter. Fast, toothy and best at dawn, dusk and into the dark. The main run. Fish the gutters and headlands into the evening; ganged pilchards, metals, and a wire-free trace only if you accept the bite-offs.
Mulloway
Best: summer and autumn, especially after rain
Jewfish. The big silver prize of the estuaries, breakwalls and surf beaches: nocturnal, tide-driven and unforgiving of noise. The estuary fish move to the deeper reaches. Long, quiet sessions on the bottom with fresh bait across the top of the tide.
Yellowtail kingfish
Best: December to April
The hardest-pulling fish within reach of the shore. Headlands, harbour markers, offshore reefs and the warm current in summer. The fish thin out as the current cools; jig the deeper offshore marks and work the harbours on the warmer afternoons.
Australian salmon
Winter and spring on the southern beaches
Not a salmon at all: a hard-fighting schooling fish of the surf and the bays, from WA around to NSW. Great on light gear, poor on the plate. The main season. Beach gutters, rock platforms and bay edges on the rising tide; metals, surf poppers and bait all work.
When to come: the Bawley Point calendar
Activity by species and month for the southern year, and how the water warms and cools. Tap any cell.
Species activity by month
1 = slow, 5 = peak. Current month highlighted. January is midsummer here.
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Mulloway
Yellowtail kingfish
Australian salmon
SlowPeak
Water temperature through the year
Typical surface temperature for this water type in degrees Celsius; today is around 17 °C (estimated, not a reading).
Angler reports
Real reports from real anglers, reviewed before publishing. Nothing here is copied from a shop or a charter. The water log below tracks each day automatically.
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Water log, last days
Auto-logged from live dataThu, Sep 24
3/5 Fair. Fish the windows. A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day. Tailor led the card at excellent. High of 21 °C, wind to 21 km/h.
Wed, Sep 23
3/5 Fair. Fish the windows. A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day. Tailor led the card at excellent. High of 17 °C, wind to 11 km/h.
Tue, Sep 22
3/5 Fair. Fish the windows. A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day. Tailor led the card at excellent. High of 16 °C, wind to 13 km/h.
Before you go
Licence
NSW Recreational Fishing Fee, from A$7.00, the same for residents and visitors. Details and where to buy →
Regulations
Size and bag limits, closed seasons and marine park zones are set by DPIRD NSW and change: confirm the current rules on the agency page linked from the New South Wales licence page before you keep anything.
Access
The NSW Recreational Fishing Fee, from A$7 for three days, is required at Bawley Point; see the New South Wales licence page here.
About this water
Bawley Point is a coastal town in New South Wales, Australia, covered from the New South Wales reports and listed in all Australia waters.
Fishing Bawley Point: the full guide
Bawley Point and Kioloa
Bawley Point is the holiday village on the rock-bound coast between Ulladulla and Batemans Bay, with the platforms of Bawley Point itself, the beaches of Gannet and Cormorant either side, Kioloa and its beaches to the south, Willinga and Meroo lakes behind the dunes and the Murramarang National Park along the coast. It is a rocks-and-beach coast with small lakes, and the report on this page is scored for the village’s coordinates.
Species and seasons
Drummer, luderick and bream hold on the Bawley platforms, the drummer and luderick in winter; tailor and salmon run the beaches and the point in the cooler months at dawn and dusk; kingfish come to the point in summer; whiting fish the beaches in summer; mulloway are the night fish of the beach gutters; the lakes, when open, give bream and flathead; and the reef off the point gives snapper for the boats launched at Kioloa. The Batemans Marine Park sanctuary zones on this coast are the map to read.
Where to fish it
The Bawley Point platforms are the drummer and tailor rocks, fished on a westerly, and Gannet and Cormorant beaches either side are the whiting and tailor sand; Kioloa beach and the Merry Beach ramp to the south are the boat access, and Willinga Lake behind the dunes is the bream and flathead water when it is open. The Murramarang beaches north to Pretty Beach are the jew gutters.
Reading this report here
The coast faces east and a southerly or an easterly swell closes the platforms and the beaches, while a westerly opens them; the wind row tells you which. The tide panel is a modelled curve for the coordinates of Bawley Point, labelled as a model. Pressure and sky build the score at Bawley Point; the planner shows the day. The Bawley Point platforms are exposed and the life-jacket rule applies.
Licence, access and rules
The NSW Recreational Fishing Fee, from A$7 for three days, is required at Bawley Point; see the New South Wales licence page here. The point, the beaches and the lakes are public under the national park’s rules; the Batemans Marine Park zoning and the DPIRD limits are in the sources.
Common questions
What can I catch at Bawley Point?
Drummer, luderick and bream on the platforms, tailor and salmon on the beaches in the cooler months, kingfish off the point in summer, mulloway in the gutters at night.
Do I need a licence at Bawley Point?
Yes: the NSW Recreational Fishing Fee, from A$7 for three days.
Is fishing good at Bawley Point right now?
Check the daily report at the top of this page: it is regenerated every morning from live data. Today's read: Fair. Fish the windows. A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day.
Nearby waters
Where this page's numbers come from
- Tide curve (modelled)
- Open-Meteo Marine, sea level height including tides
- Open-Meteo forecast model
- https://open-meteo.com/
- Moon and solunar windows
- Calculated on this site
- The written guide on this page
Pablo Ruiz Quintero
Readings refresh on a 30-minute window. The full method, with every figure and its source, is on How our reports are made. Something wrong here? Tell us and it goes in the log with the date.