Yellowtail kingfish
Good
Prime. Cast stickbaits and poppers at surface activity, jig the deeper reefs, and keep a live bait out under a balloon.
Gerringong Fishing Report
Updated Mon, 9 Nov 2026 from live weather and tide data
The south coast town above the sea: Werri Beach and its lagoon, the boat harbour rocks and Seven Mile Beach, with tailor, salmon, kingfish and mulloway.
2/5
Slow. Work for them.Conditions favor short windows and patient fishing.
Next tide
Low 2:48 pm model
Air / High
13 °C / 17 °C
Wind
SW 11 km/h
Sources: modelled tide curve, Open-Meteo, solunar calculated for these coordinates.
Today's Fishing Report
Gerringong sits in the warm band: moving baits, moving tides and fish on the edges. Today brings clear skies, wind SW around 11 km/h, rising pressure near 1020 hPa and a high of 17 °C. Tides: high 8:14 am and 8:44 pm, low 1:48 am and 2:48 pm: the moving water either side of each change is when this place feeds. Water sits around 20 °C for the season (estimated). With the new moon, the solunar majors run 11:55 PM-1:55 AM and 11:31 AM-1:31 PM: the windows to build the day around.
Tailor
Fair
Rock ledges and beach gutters on the rising tide; metals cast and retrieved fast, or a whole pilchard drifted through the wash.
Mulloway
Fair
Fish the deep holes and the rock walls through a tide change after dark; live mullet, yellowtail or a large soft plastic worked slowly.
Australian salmon
Slow
Look for birds and surface splashes along the beaches and in the bays; cast metals, plastics or ganged pilchards into the school.
Tie on: Soft plastic on a 1/4 oz jighead · Small hardbody, shallow diver · Squid jig, size 3.0 · Fresh pipi or worm on a small hook. Prime windows: 11:55 PM-1:55 AM, 11:31 AM-1:31 PM, 4:49 AM-5:49 AM. Warmer at 21 °C. 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 Gerringong today
Hour-by-hour bite forecast for today from sunrise (05:48), sunset (19:33), 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 11:55 PM-1:55 AM and 11:31 AM-1:31 PM; minor 4:49 AM-5:49 AM. New Moon, 0% 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.
Mon
LOW1:48 am-0.33 m
HIGH8:14 am0.87 m
LOW2:48 pm-0.43 m
HIGH8:44 pm0.45 m
Tue
LOW2:17 am-0.36 m
HIGH8:52 am0.82 m
LOW3:26 pm-0.48 m
HIGH9:20 pm0.35 m
Right now
Latest readings
Air temp13 °C
High / Low17 °C / 10 °C
WindSW 11 km/h, gusts 32 km/h
Pressure1019.8 hPa, rising
Sky / Rain12% cloud, 94%
Sunrise / Sunset05:48 / 19:33
MoonNew Moon, 0%
Water temp (seasonal)~20 °C est.
Why the tide matters here: tides and fishing in Australia.
7-day fishing forecast: which day to fish Gerringong
The best day on Gerringong this week looks like Friday 13 Nov, at 5 out of 5, against 2 today.
Best day this week: Friday, 13 Nov — excellent at 5/5, falling pressure, usually the best window of a week.
Today, 9 Nov — Tough
Conditions favor short windows and patient fishing.
- Solunar majors
- 11:55 PM-1:55 AM and 11:31 AM-1:31 PM
- Minor period
- 4:49 AM-5:49 AM
- Sun
- 05:48 to 19:33
- Moon
- New Moon, 0% lit
- Sky and wind
- Showers, 23 km/h
- Rain chance
- 94%
Forecast-based scores, less reliable further out.
Species guide
The species that matter on Gerringong: 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; the run reaches K'gari (Fraser Island) in late winter, where the east beach from Waddy Point to Indian Head is closed to all fin fish from 1 August to 29 September
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. Rock ledges and beach gutters on the rising tide; metals cast and retrieved fast, or a whole pilchard drifted through the wash.
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. Fish the deep holes and the rock walls through a tide change after dark; live mullet, yellowtail or a large soft plastic worked slowly.
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. Prime. Cast stickbaits and poppers at surface activity, jig the deeper reefs, and keep a live bait out under a balloon.
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. Look for birds and surface splashes along the beaches and in the bays; cast metals, plastics or ganged pilchards into the school.
When to come: the Gerringong 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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Yellowtail kingfish
Australian salmon
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Water temperature through the year
Typical surface temperature for this water type in degrees Celsius; today is around 20 °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 dataSun, Nov 8
3/5 Fair. Fish the windows. A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day. Yellowtail kingfish led the card at good. High of 16 °C, wind to 32 km/h.
Sat, Nov 7
4/5 Good. Solid day ahead. Stable-to-falling pressure and workable wind line things up. Yellowtail kingfish led the card at excellent. High of 27 °C, wind to 24 km/h.
Fri, Nov 6
5/5 Excellent. Go now. Everything lines up: pressure, wind and light are in your favor. Yellowtail kingfish led the card at excellent. High of 21 °C, wind to 18 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 Gerringong; prices for longer periods are on this site’s New South Wales licence page.
About this water
Gerringong is a coastal town in New South Wales, Australia, covered from the New South Wales reports and listed in all Australia waters.
Fishing Gerringong: the full guide
Gerringong and Werri
Gerringong is the town on the hills above the sea south of Kiama, with Werri Beach and its lagoon below the town, the rock platforms and small boat harbour at the southern headland, and Seven Mile Beach running south from Gerroa toward Shoalhaven Heads, with the Crooked River entering the sea at Gerroa. The report is scored for the town’s coordinates, with a modelled tide curve for the same point. Kiama has its own page.
Species and seasons
Tailor and Australian salmon run Werri and Seven Mile beaches and the rocks in the cooler months; mulloway hunt the gutters of Seven Mile Beach at night; and yellowtail kingfish come to the headlands in the warmer months. Bream feed around the rocks and in the Crooked River all year, drummer and luderick hold on the platforms in winter, and whiting come onto the beach sand in summer.
Where to fish it
Werri Beach and the lagoon mouth are for tailor and whiting, the harbour platforms for drummer and bream, and Seven Mile Beach for mulloway and tailor in its long gutters. The Crooked River at Gerroa is a small estuary for bream and flathead. Check the swell before going onto the rocks, and remember that the lifejacket law applies on this stretch of coast. On the beaches, look for the darker, deeper gutters at low tide and come back to fish them as the tide rises into evening.
Reading this report here
The coast faces east, so a southerly or big easterly swell closes the platforms and beaches while a westerly flattens the sea, and the wind row gives warning of both. The tide panel is a modelled curve for Gerringong, labelled as a model, and the Bureau of Meteorology has the official times.
Licence, access and rules
The NSW Recreational Fishing Fee, from A$7 for three days, is required at Gerringong; prices for longer periods are on this site’s New South Wales licence page. Kiama is one of the declared areas under the Rock Fishing Safety Act 2016, so a lifejacket is compulsory on the high-risk rock spots on the government’s map, and DPIRD’s bag and size limits apply.
Common questions
Do I need a lifejacket on the Gerringong rocks?
On declared high-risk spots, yes: the Kiama area is declared under the NSW rock fishing lifejacket law, and the map in the sources shows the locations.
Do I need a licence at Gerringong?
Yes. Gerringong falls under the NSW Recreational Fishing Fee, from A$7 for three days.
Is fishing good at Gerringong right now?
Check the daily report at the top of this page: it is regenerated every morning from live data. Today's read: Slow. Work for them. Conditions favor short windows and patient fishing.
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
- Pages checked
- The written guide on this page
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