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.
Bermagui Fishing Report
Updated Fri, 25 Sept 2026 from live weather and tide data
A small harbour on the Sapphire Coast with the shelf close in: tuna and kingfish outside, salmon, bream and flathead inside.
3/5
Fair. Fish the windows.A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day.
Next tide
Low 12:25 pm model
Air / High
15 °C / 25 °C
Wind
WNW 4 km/h
Sources: modelled tide curve, Open-Meteo, solunar calculated for these coordinates.
Today's Fishing Report
Bermagui is in its cool-water rhythm: slower presentations and the warmest hours of the day. Today brings cloud cover, wind WNW around 5 km/h, rising pressure near 1024 hPa and a high of 24 °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. Cooler at 20 °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 Bermagui today
Hour-by-hour bite forecast for today from sunrise (05:45), sunset (17:58), 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 am0.37 m
LOW12:25 pm-0.48 m
HIGH6:38 pm0.59 m
Sat
LOW12:58 am-0.64 m
HIGH7:10 am0.51 m
LOW1:06 pm-0.54 m
HIGH7:15 pm0.58 m
Right now
Latest readings
Air temp15 °C
High / Low25 °C / 13 °C
WindWNW 4 km/h, gusts 7 km/h
Pressure1023.9 hPa, rising
Sky / Rain72% cloud, 47%
Sunrise / Sunset05:45 / 17:58
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 Bermagui
The best day on Bermagui this week looks like Monday 28 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: Monday, 28 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
- 05:45 to 17:58
- Moon
- Full Moon, 99% lit
- Sky and wind
- Showers, 11 km/h
- Rain chance
- 47%
Scores are a planning aid built from forecast data, not a promise.
Species guide
The species that matter on Bermagui: 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 Bermagui 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 22 °C, wind to 19 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 18 °C, wind to 16 km/h.
Tue, Sep 22
4/5 Good. Solid day ahead. Stable-to-falling pressure and workable wind line things up. Tailor led the card at excellent. High of 15 °C, wind to 14 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
Fishing here means paying the NSW Recreational Fishing Fee first, A$7 for a three-day trip or A$85 for three years, as read from DPIRD on our New South Wales licence page.
About this water
Bermagui is a coastal town in New South Wales, Australia, covered from the New South Wales reports and listed in all Australia waters.
Fishing Bermagui: the full guide
Bermagui and its water
Bermagui is a fishing port on the far south coast of New South Wales, built around a small harbour with a breakwater, a wharf and the Bermagui River behind it, and known well beyond its size because the continental shelf comes closer to the coast here than almost anywhere in the state. That gives a village of a few thousand people a game-fishing fleet and a season of tuna and marlin that draws boats from everywhere; but the everyday fishing is the harbour, the river, the beaches to the north and south and the rock platforms of the headlands, and that is what this page scores for the town’s coordinates.
Species by season
Bream and flathead fish the river and the harbour all year, the flathead best on the sand in the warmer months; Australian salmon and tailor run the beaches and the rocks in the cooler months, and the harbour wharf gives salmon, trevally, squid under the lights and, in summer, kingfish. Luderick work the breakwater and the rocks in winter. Outside, snapper on the reefs in winter and the game fish of the shelf in their seasons, which depend on the water temperature and the weather windows the boats get.
Reading this report here
The wind row is the first thing to read: a southerly closes the rocks and the beaches and puts the fishing in the river and the harbour, a westerly gives the calm mornings the coast is known for, and a big swell from any direction ends the rock fishing. The pressure trend and the sky feed the score, and the seven-day planner picks the day, and the tide panel is a modelled curve for these coordinates, labelled as a model, useful for the run in the river and around the wharf; the Bureau of Meteorology has the official times.
Licence, access and rules
Fishing here means paying the NSW Recreational Fishing Fee first, A$7 for a three-day trip or A$85 for three years, as read from DPIRD on our New South Wales licence page. The wharf, the breakwater, the beaches and the headland rocks are public, with a ramp in the harbour and another on the river. The DPIRD limits and the Batemans Marine Park zoning, which covers this coast, are on the pages in the sources; rock fishing here is exposed and has its own safety rules.
Common questions
What can I catch from Bermagui wharf?
Salmon, trevally and squid through the year, luderick in winter and kingfish in summer for the patient.
Do I need a fishing licence in Bermagui?
Yes. The NSW Recreational Fishing Fee applies to all fishing, from A$7 for three days.
Is fishing good at Bermagui 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.