Updated Mon, 9 Nov 2026 from live weather and tide data
The far west coast’s big bay: the jetty, the flats and the channels, with whiting, snapper, salmon and the sharks of the Great Australian Bight beaches.
Sources: modelled tide curve, Open-Meteo, solunar calculated for these coordinates.
Streaky Bay has cool water and fish holding a little deeper and slower. Today brings clear skies, wind WSW around 21 km/h, steady pressure near 1012 hPa and a high of 30 °C. Tides: high 12:15 pm, low 6:34 am and 5:58 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 11:42 PM-1:42 AM and 12:09 PM-2:09 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.
Spring and autumn are the seasons: the weed beds on the rising tide, slow sinking jigs.
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: 11:42 PM-1:42 AM, 12:09 PM-2:09 PM, 5:31 AM-6:31 AM. Cooler at 20 °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 (06:27), sunset (20:06), the moon and today's score, with the modelled tide changes in the panel below. Tap a bar to see why.
Solunar majors 11:42 PM-1:42 AM and 12:09 PM-2:09 PM; minor 5:31 AM-6:31 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 Streaky Bay, 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 Streaky Bay: 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.
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.
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 30 °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 24 °C, wind to 26 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 24 °C, wind to 26 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 Streaky Bay; the size, bag and boat limits and the snapper closure apply, published by PIRSA and linked from this page.
Streaky Bay is a coastal town in South Australia, Australia, covered from the South Australia reports and listed in all Australia waters.
Streaky Bay is the town on the broad bay of the same name on the west coast of the Eyre Peninsula, with the town jetty, the shallow flats and channels of the bay, Blanche Port beside the town, the Point Labatt and Cape Bauer cliffs on the ocean side, and the Great Australian Bight beaches and reefs beyond. It is a bay town on a wild coast, and the report on this page is scored for the town’s coordinates. Ceduna has its own page.
King George whiting fish the bay’s flats and the weed from spring to autumn and are the town’s fish; snapper are closed to all fishing in this zone until 30 June 2027, catch and release included; Australian salmon run the ocean beaches in the cooler months; garfish and tommy ruff fish the jetty; squid work the jetty weed; flathead lie on the flats; and the ocean beaches give mulloway at night and the sharks the far west coast is fished for. Yellowtail kingfish run the bay in summer.
The town jetty is the walk-on mark for whiting, garfish and squid, fished at night under the lights and on the rising tide, and the flats of Blanche Port beside the town are the whiting water for wading and small boats; the ocean beaches at Back Beach and Sceale Bay are the salmon and mulloway sand, four-wheel drive from the road ends. Boats launch from the town foreshore.
The bay is sheltered from the south-westerly that closes the ocean coast, so the wind row decides which: the beaches on a northerly, the bay on a south-westerly. The tide panel is a modelled curve for the coordinates of Streaky Bay, labelled as a model, and the flats fill and drain on it. Pressure and sky build the score at Streaky Bay; the planner shows the day.
South Australia needs no fishing licence at Streaky Bay; the size, bag and boat limits and the snapper closure apply, published by PIRSA and linked from this page. The jetty, the foreshore and the flats are public, with ramps in the town; the ocean beaches are four-wheel drive country.
King George whiting on the flats from spring to autumn, garfish and squid at the jetty, salmon on the ocean beaches in the cooler months, mulloway at night on the beaches.
No. PIRSA requires no licence at Streaky Bay; its size, bag and boat limits apply, and snapper stay closed.
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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