Yellowtail kingfish
Excellent
Prime. Cast stickbaits and poppers at surface activity, jig the deeper reefs, and keep a live bait out under a balloon.
Narooma Fishing Report
Updated Mon, 9 Nov 2026 from live weather and tide data
Wagonga Inlet, the breakwalls and Montague Island: a clear inlet, a bar to respect and the kingfish grounds of the far south coast.
4/5
Good. Solid day ahead.Stable-to-falling pressure and workable wind line things up.
Next tide
Low 2:53 pm model
Air / High
12 °C / 17 °C
Wind
SW 8 km/h
Sources: modelled tide curve, Open-Meteo, solunar calculated for these coordinates.
Today's Fishing Report
Narooma is fishing in its best temperature window, with the bite spread across the day. Today brings cloud cover, wind SW around 8 km/h, steady pressure near 1020 hPa and a high of 17 °C. Tides: high 8:16 am and 8:52 pm, low 1:50 am and 2:53 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 11:06 PM-1:06 AM and 11:34 AM-1:34 PM: the windows to build the day around.
Tailor
Good
Rock ledges and beach gutters on the rising tide; metals cast and retrieved fast, or a whole pilchard drifted through the wash.
Mulloway
Good
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
Fair
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: 11:06 PM-1:06 AM, 11:34 AM-1:34 PM, 4:49 AM-5:49 AM. Similar at 19 °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 Narooma today
Hour-by-hour bite forecast for today from sunrise (05:48), sunset (19:39), 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 11:06 PM-1:06 AM and 11:34 AM-1:34 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
LOW1:50 am-0.41 m
HIGH8:16 am0.71 m
LOW2:53 pm-0.56 m
HIGH8:52 pm0.33 m
Tue
LOW2:25 am-0.38 m
HIGH8:53 am0.72 m
LOW3:35 pm-0.53 m
HIGH9:35 pm0.27 m
Right now
Latest readings
Air temp12 °C
High / Low17 °C / 10 °C
WindSW 8 km/h, gusts 15 km/h
Pressure1020.3 hPa, steady
Sky / Rain100% cloud, 48%
Sunrise / Sunset05:48 / 19:39
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 Narooma
The best day on Narooma this week looks like Thursday 12 Nov, at 5 out of 5, against 4 today.
Best day this week: Thursday, 12 Nov — excellent at 5/5, falling pressure, usually the best window of a week.
Today, 9 Nov — Good
Stable-to-falling pressure and workable wind line things up.
- Solunar majors
- 11:06 PM-1:06 AM and 11:34 AM-1:34 PM
- Minor period
- 4:49 AM-5:49 AM
- Sun
- 05:48 to 19:39
- Moon
- New Moon, 0% lit
- Sky and wind
- Showers, 21 km/h
- Rain chance
- 48%
Forecast-based scores, less reliable further out.
Species guide
The species that matter on Narooma: 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 Narooma 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 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 17 °C, wind to 29 km/h.
Sat, Nov 7
3/5 Fair. Fish the windows. A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day. Yellowtail kingfish led the card at good. High of 21 °C, wind to 27 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 20 °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
Wagonga Inlet and the coast are NSW fee water, from A$7 for three days; durations, exemptions and where to buy are on our New South Wales licence page.
About this water
Narooma is a coastal town in New South Wales, Australia, covered from the New South Wales reports and listed in all Australia waters.
Fishing Narooma: the full guide
Narooma and Wagonga
Narooma sits at the entrance of Wagonga Inlet on the far south coast of New South Wales, an inlet of clear water, oyster leases, sand flats and deep holes that opens to the sea between two breakwalls over a bar that needs care. Montague Island lies offshore, with its seals and its kingfish; the beaches and headlands run north to Dalmeny and south to Mystery Bay; and the town’s wharves and walls put the fishing in the middle of it. The inlet, the coast and Montague Island are all inside the Batemans Marine Park.
Species by season
Bream and flathead are the inlet’s fish, the bream on the leases and the walls all year, the flathead on the flats from spring to autumn; whiting fish the flats in summer; luderick the walls in winter; and mulloway the walls and the holes at night. Kingfish are the fish Narooma is known for, at Montague Island and the headlands from late spring through autumn, and the island also gives snapper in winter and the pelagics in summer for the boats that cross the bar. Tailor and salmon run the beaches and the walls in the cooler months, and squid work the inlet weed and the wharf lights.
Reading this report here
The wind row decides between the inlet and the sea: a southerly or a swell closes the bar and the rocks and puts the fishing in Wagonga, a westerly gives the calm mornings the island trips need. 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 inlet and the bar run hard on the tide, so use the curve for direction and the Bureau of Meteorology page for the exact times.
Licence, access and rules
Wagonga Inlet and the coast are NSW fee water, from A$7 for three days; durations, exemptions and where to buy are on our New South Wales licence page. The breakwalls, the wharves, the inlet foreshores and the beaches are public, and the Transport for NSW list has ramps at Mill Bay, The Loop, Apex Park and North Narooma. DPIRD bans hoop and lift nets, prawn nets and crab and lobster traps throughout Wagonga Inlet, and the Batemans Marine Park zoning, which takes in the waters around Montague Island, is on the pages in the sources.
Common questions
When are the kingfish at Montague Island?
From late spring through autumn, with summer the peak; the species card rates the month and today’s conditions, and the island’s waters are inside the Batemans Marine Park, whose zoning is linked in the sources.
Do I need a fishing licence in Narooma?
Yes. Wagonga Inlet, the walls and the island trips all come under the NSW Recreational Fishing Fee, from A$7 for three days.
Is fishing good at Narooma right now?
Check the daily report at the top of this page: it is regenerated every morning from live data. Today's read: Good. Solid day ahead. Stable-to-falling pressure and workable wind line things up.
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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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.