Updated Mon, 9 Nov 2026 from live weather and tide data
The Yorke Peninsula’s bottom-end jetty: Edithburgh’s squid, whiting and garfish, the tidal pool and the reefs of Troubridge Shoal, with the wrecks coast beyond.
Sources: modelled tide curve, Open-Meteo, solunar calculated for these coordinates.
Edithburgh is in its cool-water rhythm: slower presentations and the warmest hours of the day. Today brings a mixed sky, wind ENE around 24 km/h, steady pressure near 1009 hPa and a high of 25 °C. Tides: high 3:09 am and 3:43 pm, low 9:34 am and 8:55 pm: the moving water either side of each change is when this place feeds. Water sits around 17 °C for the season (estimated). With the new moon, the solunar majors run 11:27 PM-1:27 AM and 11:55 AM-1:55 PM: the windows to build the day around.
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, which runs from the southern Fleurieu Peninsula to the Victorian border and includes the south coast of Kangaroo Island (the island's north coast is in the closed Gulf St Vincent/Kangaroo Island zone). No catch and release in the closed zones.
Southern calamari may not be targeted, taken or possessed in the Spencer Gulf and Gulf St Vincent/Kangaroo Island fishing zones since 1 May 2026; PIRSA has published no reopening date.
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.
The main season. Beach gutters, rock platforms and bay edges on the rising tide; metals, surf poppers and bait all work.
Tie on: Blade or vibe, slow hops · Lightly weighted plastic · Whole pilchard or squid on the bottom · Suspending hardbody. Prime windows: 11:27 PM-1:27 AM, 11:55 AM-1:55 PM, 5:12 AM-6:12 AM. Similar at 24 °C. The solunar majors shift about 50 minutes later.
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.
Hour-by-hour bite forecast for today from sunrise (06:09), sunset (19:56), the moon and today's score, with the modelled tide changes in the panel below. Tap a bar to see why.
Solunar majors 11:27 PM-1:27 AM and 11:55 AM-1:55 PM; minor 5:12 AM-6:12 AM. New Moon, 0% lit.
A modelled tide curve for these coordinates and the forecast for the day.
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.
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Why the tide matters here: tides and fishing in Australia.
Today is the pick of the week on Edithburgh, at 3 out of 5.
Best day this week: today, 9 Nov — fair at 3/5, steady pressure, neither help nor hindrance.
A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day.
Forecast-based scores, less reliable further out.
The species that matter on Edithburgh: seasons written for the southern year, and how to fish each one. Today's ratings live in the report above.
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, which runs from the southern Fleurieu Peninsula to the Victorian border and includes the south coast of Kangaroo Island (the island's north coast is in the closed Gulf St Vincent/Kangaroo Island zone). No catch and release in the closed zones. Rule as read from PIRSA on 2026-09-27.
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.
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.
Closed Southern calamari may not be targeted, taken or possessed in the Spencer Gulf and Gulf St Vincent/Kangaroo Island fishing zones since 1 May 2026; PIRSA has published no reopening date. Rule as read from PIRSA on 2026-09-27.
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.
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.
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.
Activity by species and month for the southern year, and how the water warms and cools. Tap any cell.
1 = slow, 5 = peak. Current month highlighted. January is midsummer here.
Typical surface temperature for this water type in degrees Celsius; today is around 17 °C (estimated, not a reading).
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.
3/5 Fair. Fish the windows. A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day. Snapper led the card at excellent. High of 20 °C, wind to 27 km/h.
3/5 Fair. Fish the windows. A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day. Snapper led the card at excellent. High of 17 °C, wind to 24 km/h.
3/5 Fair. Fish the windows. A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day. Snapper led the card at excellent. High of 23 °C, wind to 27 km/h.
South Australia has no general recreational fishing licence; the limits and closures do. Details and where to buy →
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.
South Australia needs no fishing licence at Edithburgh; the size, bag and boat limits and the snapper closure apply, published by PIRSA and linked from this page.
Edithburgh is a coastal town in South Australia, Australia, covered from the South Australia reports and listed in all Australia waters.
Edithburgh is the town at the south-eastern corner of the Yorke Peninsula on Gulf St Vincent, with the jetty, which divers use as well, the tidal pool, the ramp and the coast running south to Troubridge Point and west along the bottom end to Marion Bay and Innes National Park. It is a jetty town on the gulf’s corner, and the report on this page is scored for the town’s coordinates. Adelaide, across Gulf St Vincent, has its own page.
Squid work the jetty weed and the lights all year and are the jetty’s fish; King George whiting fish the weed and the sand from spring to autumn; garfish and tommy ruff fish the jetty; snapper on Troubridge Shoal and in the gulf are closed to all fishing until 30 June 2027; Australian salmon run the bottom-end beaches in the cooler months; sweep and trevally work the jetty; and the reefs give the odd kingfish in summer for the boats out of the ramp. The bottom-end rocks take the swell: fish them on a calm day, in grippy footwear and a lifejacket.
Edithburgh jetty is the walk-on mark for squid, whiting and garfish, fished at night under the lights and on the rising tide, and the tidal pool and the rocks south of the jetty are the sweep and trevally spots; the bottom-end beaches from Troubridge Point to Marion Bay are the salmon sand, and Innes National Park’s beaches are the exposed water. The ramp is at the town, a short run to Troubridge Shoal.
The town faces east across the gulf and a south-easterly or an easterly chops the jetty, while a westerly off the peninsula flattens it; the wind row tells you which. The tide panel is a modelled curve for the coordinates of Edithburgh, labelled as a model, and the gulf’s dodge tides are the local quirk. Pressure and sky build the score at Edithburgh; the planner shows the day.
South Australia needs no fishing licence at Edithburgh; the size, bag and boat limits and the snapper closure apply, published by PIRSA and linked from this page. The jetty, the pool and the beaches are public, with a ramp at the town; the Innes National Park rules and the marine park zones of the bottom end are in the sources.
Squid over the weed and under the lights all year, King George whiting from spring to autumn, garfish and tommy ruff, sweep and trevally.
No licence is needed at Edithburgh; PIRSA’s limits and the Gulf St Vincent snapper closure apply.
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.
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