Bream
Good
Prime bream weather. Cast small vibes, crankbaits and 2 to 3 inch plastics at every piece of structure on the rising tide.
Yamba Fishing Report
Updated Tue, 10 Nov 2026 from live weather and tide data
The south side of the Clarence mouth: Yamba’s breakwalls, beaches and river channels, with mulloway, bream, flathead and tailor.
2/5
Slow. Work for them.Conditions favor short windows and patient fishing.
Next tide
Low 2:10 am model
Air / High
16 °C / 25 °C
Wind
WSW 8 km/h
Sources: modelled tide curve, Open-Meteo, solunar calculated for these coordinates.
Today's Fishing Report
Yamba sits in the warm band: moving baits, moving tides and fish on the edges. Today brings clear skies, wind WSW around 8 km/h, rising pressure near 1020 hPa and a high of 26 °C. Tides: high 8:48 am and 8:55 pm, low 2:10 am and 3:17 pm: the moving water either side of each change is when this place feeds. Water sits around 22 °C for the season (estimated). With the new moon, the solunar majors run 11:41 PM-1:41 AM and 12:08 PM-2:08 PM: the windows to build the day around.
Flathead
Good
The best of it. Drift the sand and weed edges, bounce plastics or a strip of bait along the bottom, and cover ground until you find the school.
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.
Tailor
Fair
Rock ledges and beach gutters on the rising tide; metals cast and retrieved fast, or a whole pilchard drifted through the wash.
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: 11:41 PM-1:41 AM, 12:08 PM-2:08 PM, 5:27 AM-6:27 AM. Warmer at 30 °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 Yamba today
Hour-by-hour bite forecast for today from sunrise (05:46), sunset (19:15), 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 11:41 PM-1:41 AM and 12:08 PM-2:08 PM; minor 5:27 AM-6:27 AM. New Moon, 1% 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.
Tue
LOW2:10 am-0.36 m
HIGH8:48 am1.11 m
LOW3:17 pm-0.30 m
HIGH8:55 pm0.55 m
Wed
LOW2:42 am-0.38 m
HIGH9:26 am1.02 m
LOW4:00 pm-0.38 m
HIGH9:39 pm0.39 m
Right now
Latest readings
Air temp16 °C
High / Low25 °C / 14 °C
WindWSW 8 km/h, gusts 14 km/h
Pressure1019.7 hPa, rising
Sky / Rain9% cloud, 13%
Sunrise / Sunset05:46 / 19:15
MoonNew Moon, 1%
Water temp (seasonal)~22 °C est.
Why the tide matters here: tides and fishing in Australia.
7-day fishing forecast: which day to fish Yamba
The best day on Yamba 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, 10 Nov — Tough
Conditions favor short windows and patient fishing.
- Solunar majors
- 11:41 PM-1:41 AM and 12:08 PM-2:08 PM
- Minor period
- 5:27 AM-6:27 AM
- Sun
- 05:46 to 19:15
- Moon
- New Moon, 1% lit
- Sky and wind
- Partly cloudy, 26 km/h
- Rain chance
- 13%
Forecast-based scores, less reliable further out.
Species guide
The species that matter on Yamba: 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. Prime bream weather. Cast small vibes, crankbaits and 2 to 3 inch plastics at every piece of structure on the rising tide.
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. The best of it. Drift the sand and weed edges, bounce plastics or a strip of bait along the bottom, and cover ground until you find the school.
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.
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.
When to come: the Yamba 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 22 °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 dataMon, Nov 9
4/5 Good. Solid day ahead. Stable-to-falling pressure and workable wind line things up. Bream led the card at excellent. High of 22 °C, wind to 21 km/h.
Sun, Nov 8
4/5 Good. Solid day ahead. Stable-to-falling pressure and workable wind line things up. Bream led the card at excellent. High of 21 °C, wind to 31 km/h.
Sat, Nov 7
5/5 Excellent. Go now. Everything lines up: pressure, wind and light are in your favor. Bream led the card at excellent. High of 29 °C, wind to 19 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 applies, from A$7 for three days, and our New South Wales licence page has the rest of the prices.
About this water
Yamba is a coastal town in New South Wales, Australia, covered from the New South Wales reports and listed in all Australia waters.
Fishing Yamba: the full guide
Yamba and the mouth
Yamba sits on the southern side of the Clarence River mouth on the New South Wales north coast, a headland town of surf beaches, rock platforms and the long breakwalls that train the river to the sea, with Iluka across the entrance. The lower Clarence brings estuary fish to its doorstep, the beaches face the open Pacific, and the channels behind the town are sheltered water. The tide panel on this page is a modelled curve for Yamba’s coordinates, labelled as a model; the Bureau of Meteorology publishes the official predictions. The Clarence upstream is covered on its own page.
Species and seasons
Mulloway are the fish of the walls after dark, especially around the tide changes and after a fresh has coloured the river. Bream are caught year round on the walls and in the lower river, with fish gathering toward the mouth in winter; flathead lie on sand edges and drop-offs from spring to autumn; and tailor move along the beaches and walls in the cooler months, best at first and last light. Luderick come to the walls in winter, and whiting feed on the beach and estuary sand in summer.
Where to fish it
The breakwalls on the southern side of the entrance are the obvious land-based marks, and the beaches either side of the headland take the tailor on a clean swell. Several spots near Yamba are part of the Clarence River Recreational Fishing Haven: the Middle Wall, a 2-kilometre stretch near the mouth where commercial mullet hauling is still allowed from April to August, and the waters beside the Oyster Channel and Romiaka Channel road bridges. Oyster Channel is also the sheltered option when the bar is rough.
Reading this report here
Swell and wind decide whether the walls and beaches are fishable: a big southerly or easterly swell washes the walls and makes the bar dangerous, while light westerlies flatten the coast. Tidal flow through the entrance is strong, so use the modelled curve for the direction of the run and the Bureau’s predictions for exact times. Rain upstream matters too, because a fresh in the Clarence often pushes fish down to the mouth.
Licence, access and rules
The NSW Recreational Fishing Fee applies, from A$7 for three days, and our New South Wales licence page has the rest of the prices. Clarence Valley is not one of the declared areas under the NSW rock fishing lifejacket law, but the government’s advice is that it is safest to wear one whenever you fish from the rocks. DPIRD’s bag and size limits apply throughout.
Common questions
Where can I fish at Yamba away from commercial nets?
In the Clarence River Recreational Fishing Haven sites near town, including the Middle Wall and the waters by the Oyster Channel and Romiaka Channel bridges; mullet hauling is still allowed on the Middle Wall from April to August.
Do I need a fishing licence in Yamba?
Yes. The NSW Recreational Fishing Fee applies, starting at A$7 for three days.
Is fishing good at Yamba 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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