Southern calamari
Excellent
Spring and autumn are the seasons: the weed beds on the rising tide, slow sinking jigs.
Ceduna Fishing Report
Updated Fri, 25 Sept 2026 from live weather and tide data
The last town before the Nullarbor: the Ceduna and Thevenard jetties, Murat Bay and Denial Bay, with whiting, snapper, salmon and the mulloway of the beaches.
3/5
Fair. Fish the windows.A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day.
Next tide
Low 5:26 pm model
Air / High
18 °C / 25 °C
Wind
SSE 14 km/h
Sources: modelled tide curve, Open-Meteo, solunar calculated for these coordinates.
Today's Fishing Report
Ceduna is in its cool-water rhythm: slower presentations and the warmest hours of the day. Today brings cloud cover, wind SSE around 14 km/h, rising pressure near 1023 hPa and a high of 25 °C. Tides: high 10:57 am and 11:03 pm, low 5:02 am and 5:26 pm: the moving water either side of each change is when this place feeds. Water sits around 13 °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.
Australian salmon
Good
The main season. Beach gutters, rock platforms and bay edges on the rising tide; metals, surf poppers and bait all work.
Snapper
Fair
Fish are thinner inshore. Work the deeper structure and the channel edges with baits on the bottom, and pick the tide change.
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.
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 24 °C. The solunar majors shift about 50 minutes later.
Before you go
South Australia has no general fishing licence, but rules and permits apply. South Australia fishing licence: cost, rules and where to buy →
Chasing snapper here? Check the size and bag limits with PIRSA before you keep anything; the Snapper page has the seasons and the tactics.
Fishing times for Ceduna today
Hour-by-hour bite forecast for today from sunrise (06:21), sunset (18:33), 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
LOW5:02 am-0.64 m
HIGH10:57 am0.74 m
LOW5:26 pm-0.67 m
HIGH11:03 pm0.57 m
Sat
LOW5:30 am-0.78 m
HIGH11:17 am0.61 m
LOW5:52 pm-0.86 m
HIGH11:33 pm0.45 m
Right now
Latest readings
Air temp18 °C
High / Low25 °C / 15 °C
WindSSE 14 km/h, gusts 26 km/h
Pressure1023.3 hPa, rising
Sky / Rain88% cloud, 33%
Sunrise / Sunset06:21 / 18:33
MoonFull Moon, 99%
Water temp (seasonal)~13 °C est.
Why the tide matters here: tides and fishing in Australia.
7-day fishing forecast: which day to fish Ceduna
The best day on Ceduna this week looks like Saturday 26 Sept, 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: Saturday, 26 Sept — good at 4/5, falling pressure, usually the best window of a week.
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
- 06:21 to 18:33
- Moon
- Full Moon, 99% lit
- Sky and wind
- Showers, 14 km/h
- Rain chance
- 33%
Scores are a planning aid built from forecast data, not a promise.
Species guide
The species that matter on Ceduna: seasons written for the southern year, and how to fish each one. Today's ratings live in the report above.
Snapper
Best: October to January in the southern bays
Closed now Reopens 1 July 2027. Closed in the West Coast, Spencer Gulf and Gulf St Vincent/Kangaroo Island zones until 30 June 2027; open only in the South-East zone. No catch and release in the closed zones. Rule as read from PIRSA on 2026-09-23.
The southern headline fish. Runs into Port Phillip, Western Port, the gulfs and the WA sounds in spring to spawn; holds on reef and rubble the rest of the year. Fish are thinner inshore. Work the deeper structure and the channel edges with baits on the bottom, and pick the tide change.
King George whiting
Best: December to May in SA; spring and summer in Port Phillip
The table fish of the south. Feeds over sand patches between weed and reef in 2 to 10 metres, mostly by day, mostly on the moving tide. Deeper sand patches and the middle of the day; slower bites, bigger fish.
Southern calamari
Spring and autumn peaks in the southern bays
Southern calamari over weed and sand in 2 to 10 metres of the bays and gulfs; a jig fishery at dawn, dusk and under the jetty lights. Spring and autumn are the seasons: the weed beds on the rising tide, slow sinking jigs.
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. The main season. Beach gutters, rock platforms and bay edges on the rising tide; metals, surf poppers and bait all work.
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.
When to come: the Ceduna 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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King George whiting
Southern calamari
Australian salmon
Flathead
SlowPeak
Water temperature through the year
Typical surface temperature for this water type in degrees Celsius; today is around 13 °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. Southern calamari led the card at excellent. High of 30 °C, wind to 23 km/h.
Wed, Sep 23
3/5 Fair. Fish the windows. A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day. Southern calamari led the card at excellent. High of 29 °C, wind to 18 km/h.
Tue, Sep 22
4/5 Good. Solid day ahead. Stable-to-falling pressure and workable wind line things up. Southern calamari led the card at excellent. High of 22 °C, wind to 16 km/h.
Before you go
Licence
South Australia has no general recreational fishing licence; the limits and closures do. Details and where to buy →
Regulations
Size and bag limits, closed seasons and marine park zones are set by PIRSA and change: confirm the current rules on the agency page linked from the South Australia licence page before you keep anything.
Access
South Australia needs no fishing licence at Ceduna; the size, bag and boat limits and the snapper closure apply, published by PIRSA and linked from this page.
About this water
Ceduna is a coastal town in South Australia, Australia, covered from the South Australia reports and listed in all Australia waters.
Fishing Ceduna: the full guide
Ceduna and Murat Bay
Ceduna is the town on Murat Bay at the head of the Great Australian Bight, the last town before the Nullarbor crossing, with the town jetty and the Thevenard port jetty, the shallow bays of Murat and Denial, the oyster leases, the Nuyts Archipelago offshore and the beaches of the Bight running west to the Head of Bight. It is a bay town at the edge of the desert, and the report on this page is scored for the town’s coordinates. Streaky Bay has its own page.
Species and seasons
King George whiting fish the bays’ flats and weed from spring to autumn and are the town’s fish; snapper come to the bays and the archipelago in summer under the state closure to 2027; Australian salmon run the Bight beaches in the cooler months; garfish and tommy ruff fish the jetties; mulloway are the night fish of the Bight beaches and the reason people drive west; squid work the jetty weed; and the archipelago gives kingfish and the sharks of the west coast for the boats. The tuna run the Bight in summer for the charters.
Where to fish it
The Ceduna jetty on the foreshore and the Thevenard jetty at the port are the walk-on marks for whiting, garfish and squid, fished at night under the lights, and the flats of Murat Bay and Denial Bay toward the oyster leases are the whiting water for wading and small boats; the Bight beaches west of the town at Cactus and the Head of Bight are the salmon and mulloway sand. The ramps are at the town and Thevenard.
Reading this report here
The bays are sheltered from the south-westerly that closes the Bight beaches, so the wind row decides which; a northerly off the desert is hot and flattens everything. The tide panel is a modelled curve for the coordinates of Ceduna, labelled as a model, and the flats fill and drain on it. Pressure and sky build the score at Ceduna; the planner shows the day.
Licence, access and rules
South Australia needs no fishing licence at Ceduna; the size, bag and boat limits and the snapper closure apply, published by PIRSA and linked from this page. The jetties, the foreshore and the beaches are public, with ramps at the town and Thevenard; the Nuyts Archipelago marine park zones and the Aboriginal lands of the far west have their own rules.
Common questions
What can I catch at Ceduna?
King George whiting on the bay flats from spring to autumn, garfish at the jetties, salmon on the Bight beaches in the cooler months, mulloway at night, kingfish in the archipelago for the boats.
Do I need a licence at Ceduna?
No. South Australia has no general recreational fishing licence; the PIRSA limits and the snapper closure still apply.
Is fishing good at Ceduna 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
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