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.
Moruya Fishing Report
Updated Sat, 26 Sept 2026 from live weather and tide data
The Moruya River, its breakwalls and the beaches of the Eurobodalla: bream and flathead in the river, salmon and tailor at the mouth, a marine park to read first.
3/5
Fair. Fish the windows.A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day.
Next tide
Low 12:58 am model
Air / High
16 °C / 21 °C
Wind
NW 14 km/h
Sources: modelled tide curve, Open-Meteo, solunar calculated for these coordinates.
Today's Fishing Report
Moruya rewards patience today, with cool water and short feeding windows. Today brings a mixed sky, wind NW around 13 km/h, rising pressure near 1023 hPa and a high of 21 °C. Tides: high 7:10 am and 7:14 pm, low 12:58 am and 1:09 pm: the moving water either side of each change is when this place feeds. Water sits around 18 °C for the season (estimated). With the full moon, the solunar majors run 11:16 PM-1:16 AM and 11:16 AM-1:16 PM: the windows to build the day around.
Bream
Fair
Slow the retrieve right down: blades and lightly weighted plastics along the deeper rock walls and drop-offs, or unweighted bait drifted into the snags.
Flathead
Fair
Fish the deeper channels and the last of the run-out; slower hops with a heavier jighead, and a bait on the bottom as back-up.
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.
Tie on: Blade or vibe, slow hops · Lightly weighted plastic · Whole pilchard or squid on the bottom · Suspending hardbody. Prime windows: 11:16 PM-1:16 AM, 11:16 AM-1:16 PM, 5:46 AM-6:46 AM. Cooler at 13 °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 bream here? Check the size and bag limits with DPIRD NSW before you keep anything; the Bream page has the seasons and the tactics.
Fishing times for Moruya today
Hour-by-hour bite forecast for today from sunrise (05:43), 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 11:16 PM-1:16 AM and 11:16 AM-1:16 PM; minor 5:46 AM-6:46 AM. Full Moon, 100% 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.
Sat
LOW12:58 am-0.64 m
HIGH7:10 am0.54 m
LOW1:09 pm-0.52 m
HIGH7:14 pm0.61 m
Sun
LOW1:30 am-0.65 m
HIGH7:45 am0.58 m
LOW1:51 pm-0.63 m
HIGH7:56 pm0.55 m
Right now
Latest readings
Air temp16 °C
High / Low21 °C / 13 °C
WindNW 14 km/h, gusts 25 km/h
Pressure1023.2 hPa, rising
Sky / Rain57% cloud, 96%
Sunrise / Sunset05:43 / 17:58
MoonFull Moon, 100%
Water temp (seasonal)~18 °C est.
Why the tide matters here: tides and fishing in Australia.
7-day fishing forecast: which day to fish Moruya
The best day on Moruya this week looks like Thursday 1 Oct, at 5 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: Thursday, 1 Oct — excellent at 5/5, falling pressure, usually the best window of a week.
Today, 26 Sept — Fair
A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day.
- Solunar majors
- 11:16 PM-1:16 AM and 11:16 AM-1:16 PM
- Minor period
- 5:46 AM-6:46 AM
- Sun
- 05:43 to 17:58
- Moon
- Full Moon, 100% lit
- Sky and wind
- Showers, 24 km/h
- Rain chance
- 96%
Scores are a planning aid built from forecast data, not a promise.
Species guide
The species that matter on Moruya: seasons written for the southern year, and how to fish each one. Today's ratings live in the report above.
Bream
Year-round; summer and autumn in the estuaries, winter at the mouths
Yellowfin bream on the east coast, black bream in the southern estuaries. Structure fish: rock walls, jetty piles, oyster racks, snags and pontoons. Slow the retrieve right down: blades and lightly weighted plastics along the deeper rock walls and drop-offs, or unweighted bait drifted into the snags.
Flathead
Best: November to April
Dusky flathead in the eastern estuaries, sand flathead in the southern bays. An ambush predator lying on sand and mud edges waiting for whatever the tide brings. Fish the deeper channels and the last of the run-out; slower hops with a heavier jighead, and a bait on the bottom as back-up.
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.
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.
When to come: the Moruya 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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Water temperature through the year
Typical surface temperature for this water type in degrees Celsius; today is around 18 °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 dataFri, Sep 25
3/5 Fair. Fish the windows. A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day. Tailor led the card at excellent. High of 27 °C, wind to 13 km/h.
Thu, 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 17 °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
You need the NSW Recreational Fishing Fee receipt on you, whether it is the three-day one at A$7 or the year at A$35; the New South Wales licence page lists every duration and the exemptions.
About this water
Moruya is a coastal town in New South Wales, Australia, covered from the New South Wales reports and listed in all Australia waters.
Fishing Moruya: the full guide
Moruya and its river
Moruya is a town on the Moruya River a few kilometres from the coast on the far south coast of New South Wales, and the river is the fishery: tidal to the town and beyond, with rock walls, oyster leases, sand flats and deep holes, opening to the sea between two breakwalls at Moruya Heads. The beaches run north to Broulee and south to Tuross, with rock platforms at the heads and the headlands, and the area sits inside the Batemans Marine Park. Batemans Bay and Narooma, each with their own page, are a short drive either way.
Species by season
Bream are the river’s fish, on the leases, the walls and the snags all year with a winter run to the mouth; flathead lie on the flats and the drop-offs from spring to autumn; whiting fish the flats and the beaches in summer; luderick the walls in winter; and mulloway are the night fish of the walls and the river holes. Tailor and salmon run the beaches and the walls in the cooler months, and the headlands and the reefs give snapper in winter and kingfish in summer for those who fish the rocks or cross the bar.
Reading this report here
The wind row decides between the river and the coast: a southerly or a swell closes the beaches and the walls and puts the fishing in the river, a westerly flattens the coast. Pressure and sky build the score and the planner shows the day; the tide panel is a modelled curve for these coordinates, labelled as a model, and the river runs on the tide to the town, so use the curve for direction and the Bureau of Meteorology prediction for exact times.
Licence, access and rules
You need the NSW Recreational Fishing Fee receipt on you, whether it is the three-day one at A$7 or the year at A$35; the New South Wales licence page lists every duration and the exemptions. The breakwalls, the river foreshores, the beaches and the headlands are public, with ramps at the heads and in the town; the DPIRD limits and the Batemans Marine Park zoning are on the pages in the sources.
Common questions
Are there no-fishing zones around Moruya?
Yes. The coast is inside the Batemans Marine Park, with sanctuary zones; the zoning map is linked from the sources.
Do I need a fishing licence in Moruya?
Yes. The NSW Recreational Fishing Fee applies, from A$7 for three days.
Is fishing good at Moruya 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.