Bream
Excellent
Prime bream weather. Cast small vibes, crankbaits and 2 to 3 inch plastics at every piece of structure on the rising tide.
Noosa Fishing Report
Updated Mon, 9 Nov 2026 from live weather and tide data
The Noosa River, the headland and the beaches: a river fishery of bream, flathead and jack with the surf and the reef at its mouth.
4/5
Good. Solid day ahead.Stable-to-falling pressure and workable wind line things up.
Next tide
Low 1:34 pm model
Air / High
21 °C / 23 °C
Wind
NE 13 km/h
Sources: modelled tide curve, Open-Meteo, solunar calculated for these coordinates.
Today's Fishing Report
Noosa sits in the warm band: moving baits, moving tides and fish on the edges. Today brings a mixed sky, wind NE around 13 km/h, rising pressure near 1018 hPa and a high of 23 °C. Tides: high 7:11 am and 7:10 pm, low 12:39 am and 1:34 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 10:21 AM-12:21 PM and 10:42 PM-12:42 AM: the windows to build the day around.
Flathead
Excellent
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
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.
Tailor
Good
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: 10:21 AM-12:21 PM, 10:42 PM-12:42 AM, 3:57 AM-4:57 AM. Similar at 24 °C with likely rain: fish ahead of the front. The solunar majors shift about 50 minutes later.
Before you go
Queensland has no general fishing licence, but rules and permits apply. Queensland fishing licence: cost, rules and where to buy →
Chasing bream here? Check the size and bag limits with Queensland DPI before you keep anything; the Bream page has the seasons and the tactics.
Fishing times for Noosa today
Hour-by-hour bite forecast for today from sunrise (04:53), sunset (18:10), 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 10:21 AM-12:21 PM and 10:42 PM-12:42 AM; minor 3:57 AM-4:57 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
LOW12:39 am-0.41 m
HIGH7:11 am1.20 m
LOW1:34 pm-0.20 m
HIGH7:10 pm0.75 m
Tue
LOW1:05 am-0.39 m
HIGH7:51 am1.21 m
LOW2:13 pm-0.17 m
HIGH7:44 pm0.65 m
Right now
Latest readings
Air temp21 °C
High / Low23 °C / 19 °C
WindNE 13 km/h, gusts 31 km/h
Pressure1018.1 hPa, rising
Sky / Rain49% cloud, 48%
Sunrise / Sunset04:53 / 18:10
MoonNew Moon, 0%
Water temp (seasonal)~22 °C est.
Why the tide matters here: tides and fishing in Australia.
7-day fishing forecast: which day to fish Noosa
Today is the pick of the week on Noosa, at 4 out of 5.
Best day this week: today, 9 Nov — good at 4/5, rising pressure behind a front, typically the slowest.
Today, 9 Nov — Good
Stable-to-falling pressure and workable wind line things up.
- Solunar majors
- 10:21 AM-12:21 PM and 10:42 PM-12:42 AM
- Minor period
- 3:57 AM-4:57 AM
- Sun
- 04:53 to 18:10
- Moon
- New Moon, 0% lit
- Sky and wind
- Showers, 23 km/h
- Rain chance
- 48%
Forecast-based scores, less reliable further out.
Species guide
The species that matter on Noosa: 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 Noosa 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 dataSun, Nov 8
3/5 Fair. Fish the windows. A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day. Bream led the card at good. High of 28 °C, wind to 27 km/h.
Sat, Nov 7
4/5 Good. Solid day ahead. Stable-to-falling pressure and workable wind line things up. Bream led the card at excellent. High of 26 °C, wind to 19 km/h.
Fri, Nov 6
3/5 Fair. Fish the windows. A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day. Bream led the card at good. High of 24 °C, wind to 26 km/h.
Before you go
Licence
Queensland has no general recreational fishing licence; permits apply on some waters and the limits and closures do. Details and where to buy →
Regulations
Size and bag limits, closed seasons and marine park zones are set by Queensland DPI and change: confirm the current rules on the agency page linked from the Queensland licence page before you keep anything.
Access
Queensland has no general fishing licence; the size and bag limits and the closed seasons apply and are on the Queensland Government pages in the sources.
About this water
Noosa is a coastal town in Queensland, Australia, covered from the Queensland reports and listed in all Australia waters.
Fishing Noosa: the full guide
Noosa’s three waters
Noosa fishes a river, a headland and a coast. The Noosa River runs from the lakes of the Great Sandy country down through Tewantin and Noosaville to the bar at Noosa Heads, and it is the town’s main fishery, worked from the banks, the jetties and the boats along its length. Noosa National Park’s headland gives rock platforms and the ocean beaches run north to Double Island Point and south to Sunshine Beach. The report on this page is scored for Noosa Heads; the coast to the south is on the Sunshine Coast page.
Species by season
Bream and flathead are the river’s year-round fish, the flathead on the sand edges and the drop-offs in the warmer months and the bream on the rock walls, the jetties and the leases. Whiting fish the river sand and the beaches in summer, mangrove jack push into the snags of the upper river through the warm months, and trevally, tailor and queenfish run the river mouth and the bar on the tide. Mulloway are the night fish of the mouth and the beach gutters, tailor and dart the beach fish of the cooler months, and the headland gives tailor, trevally and the occasional pelagic to the rock anglers. Outside, the reefs off Noosa fish for snapper in winter, closed from 15 July to 15 August on the east coast, and for pelagics in summer.
Reading this report for Noosa
The wind row is the first thing to read on this open coast: a south-easterly builds the surf and closes the bar for small boats while the river stays fishable, and a westerly opens the beaches and the headland. The barometer and the cloud cover complete the score; the planner shows which of the seven days lines up, and the tide panel is a modelled curve for these coordinates, labelled as a model; the river runs on the tide, so use the curve for the run and the Bureau of Meteorology prediction for the minute.
Rules and access
Queensland has no general fishing licence; the size and bag limits and the closed seasons apply and are on the Queensland Government pages in the sources. Noosa itself sits just south of the Great Sandy Marine Park, which Queensland Parks says ends at Double Island Point, so the marine park zoning starts up the beach rather than at the river mouth. The river banks, the council and state jetties at Noosaville and Tewantin, the beaches and the national park rocks are public, and the state facility list has ramps on Gympie Terrace and at Waterside Park in Noosaville and on Lake Street in Tewantin.
Common questions
Do I need a fishing licence in Noosa?
No. Queensland has no recreational fishing licence; size and bag limits and closed seasons apply, and the Great Sandy Marine Park zoning begins north of Double Island Point.
What fish are in the Noosa River?
Bream, flathead and whiting year-round or in season, mangrove jack in summer, trevally, tailor and queenfish at the mouth and mulloway at night.
Is fishing good at Noosa 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.