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.
Noosa Fishing Report
Updated Fri, 25 Sept 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.
3/5
Fair. Fish the windows.A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day.
Next tide
High 6:33 pm model
Air / High
19 °C / 22 °C
Wind
ESE 14 km/h
Sources: modelled tide curve, Open-Meteo, solunar calculated for these coordinates.
Today's Fishing Report
Noosa has cool water and fish holding a little deeper and slower. Today brings clear skies, wind ESE around 14 km/h, steady pressure near 1029 hPa and a high of 22 °C. Tides: high 6:22 am and 6:33 pm, low 12:16 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 10:25 AM-12:25 PM and 10:25 PM-12:25 AM: 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: 10:25 AM-12:25 PM, 10:25 PM-12:25 AM, 4:55 AM-5:55 AM. Similar at 22 °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 (05:34), sunset (17:44), 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 10:25 AM-12:25 PM and 10:25 PM-12:25 AM; minor 4:55 AM-5:55 AM. Full Moon, 99% 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.
Fri
HIGH6:22 am0.80 m
LOW12:16 pm-0.41 m
HIGH6:33 pm1.09 m
Sat
LOW12:53 am-0.49 m
HIGH6:55 am0.90 m
LOW12:55 pm-0.46 m
HIGH7:05 pm1.06 m
Right now
Latest readings
Air temp19 °C
High / Low22 °C / 18 °C
WindESE 14 km/h, gusts 28 km/h
Pressure1029.4 hPa, steady
Sky / Rain20% cloud, 87%
Sunrise / Sunset05:34 / 17:44
MoonFull Moon, 99%
Water temp (seasonal)~18 °C est.
Why the tide matters here: tides and fishing in Australia.
7-day fishing forecast: which day to fish Noosa
The best day on Noosa this week looks like Thursday 1 Oct, at 4 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 — good at 4/5, steady pressure, neither help nor hindrance.
Today, 25 Sept — Fair
A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day.
- Solunar majors
- 10:25 AM-12:25 PM and 10:25 PM-12:25 AM
- Minor period
- 4:55 AM-5:55 AM
- Sun
- 05:34 to 17:44
- Moon
- Full Moon, 99% lit
- Sky and wind
- Showers, 23 km/h
- Rain chance
- 87%
Scores are a planning aid built from forecast data, not a promise.
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. 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 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 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 dataThu, 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 23 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 22 °C, wind to 21 km/h.
Tue, Sep 22
3/5 Fair. Fish the windows. A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day. Tailor led the card at excellent. High of 24 °C, wind to 23 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, the closed seasons and the Great Sandy Marine Park zoning 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 and the 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, the closed seasons and the Great Sandy Marine Park zoning apply and are on the Queensland Government pages in the sources. The river banks, the jetties at Noosaville and Tewantin, the beaches and the national park rocks are public, with ramps at Noosaville, Tewantin and the Noosa Marina.
Common questions
Do I need a fishing licence in Noosa?
No. Queensland has no recreational fishing licence; marine park zones, size and bag limits and closed seasons apply.
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: 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.