Southern calamari
Excellent
Spring and autumn are the seasons: the weed beds on the rising tide, slow sinking jigs.
Albany Fishing Report
Updated Fri, 25 Sept 2026 from live weather and tide data
King George Sound, Oyster Harbour and the Southern Ocean beaches: Albany fishes two sheltered waters and a wild coast from the same town.
3/5
Fair. Fish the windows.A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day.
Next tide
Low 4:10 pm model
Air / High
13 °C / 14 °C
Wind
SE 23 km/h
Sources: modelled tide curve, Open-Meteo, solunar calculated for these coordinates.
Today's Fishing Report
Albany rewards patience today, with cool water and short feeding windows. Today brings cloud cover, wind SE around 23 km/h, rising pressure near 1030 hPa and a high of 14 °C. Tides: high 9:18 am and 9:54 pm, low 3:18 am and 4:10 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 14 °C with likely rain: fish ahead of the front. The solunar majors shift about 50 minutes later.
Before you go
Western Australia requires a fishing licence for most fishing, from A$40.00. Western Australia fishing licence: cost, rules and where to buy →
Chasing snapper here? Check the size and bag limits with DPIRD WA before you keep anything; the Snapper page has the seasons and the tactics.
Fishing times for Albany today
Hour-by-hour bite forecast for today from sunrise (05:54), sunset (18:06), 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
LOW3:18 am-0.08 m
HIGH9:18 am0.29 m
LOW4:10 pm-0.29 m
HIGH9:54 pm0.05 m
Sat
LOW3:54 am-0.36 m
HIGH10:00 am0.04 m
LOW4:04 pm-0.40 m
HIGH10:18 pm0.04 m
Right now
Latest readings
Air temp13 °C
High / Low14 °C / 12 °C
WindSE 23 km/h, gusts 44 km/h
Pressure1030.1 hPa, rising
Sky / Rain89% cloud, 92%
Sunrise / Sunset05:54 / 18:06
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 Albany
The best day on Albany 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, 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
- 05:54 to 18:06
- Moon
- Full Moon, 99% lit
- Sky and wind
- Showers, 26 km/h
- Rain chance
- 92%
Scores are a planning aid built from forecast data, not a promise.
Species guide
The species that matter on Albany: 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
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 Albany 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 19 °C, wind to 16 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 18 °C, wind to 10 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 18 °C, wind to 14 km/h.
Before you go
Licence
Western Australian recreational fishing licences, from A$40.00, the same for residents and visitors. Details and where to buy →
Regulations
Size and bag limits, closed seasons and marine park zones are set by DPIRD WA and change: confirm the current rules on the agency page linked from the Western Australia licence page before you keep anything.
Access
Line fishing from the shore is not among Western Australia’s licensed activities; fishing from a boat needs the boat licence and the abalone and rock lobster fisheries have their own; our Western Australia page has the fees.
About this water
Albany is a coastal town in Western Australia, Australia, covered from the Western Australia reports and listed in all Australia waters.
Fishing Albany: the full guide
Albany and its sounds
Albany sits on King George Sound on the south coast of Western Australia, with Princess Royal Harbour and Oyster Harbour tucked inside it, the Kalgan and King rivers running into the latter, and the granite headlands and surf beaches of the Southern Ocean on either side of the sound. It is the oldest town in the state and one of its best-known fishing towns: the harbours and the sound for whiting, squid and herring, the beaches for salmon, the rocks for the land-based angler and the deep water outside for the boats.
Species by season
King George whiting fish the sand and weed of the harbours and the sound from spring to autumn, squid work the seagrass and the jetty lights in spring and autumn, and herring, skippy and garfish are the jetty and beach fish through the year. Australian salmon are the fish the south coast is known for, running the beaches from Cheynes and Nanarup to the Torndirrup coast in autumn and winter in big schools; bream fish the Kalgan and King rivers all year; pink snapper come into the sound in the warmer months; and the deep water outside gives the demersal species under the DPIRD rules.
Reading this report here
The Southern Ocean sends swell at this coast most days and the wind row decides where to fish: the harbours are sheltered from almost everything, the sound from most, and the beaches and the rocks only fish when the swell lays down. Pressure and sky build the score and the planner shows the day; the tide panel is a modelled curve for these coordinates, labelled as a model, with small tides here, so it is the direction that helps and the Bureau of Meteorology that has the times. The granite headlands are dangerous in swell.
Licences and access
Line fishing from the shore is not among Western Australia’s licensed activities; fishing from a boat needs the boat licence and the abalone and rock lobster fisheries have their own; our Western Australia page has the fees. The town jetties, the harbour foreshores, the beaches and the headlands are public, with ramps at Emu Point, the town and Oyster Harbour.
Common questions
When do the salmon run in Albany?
Australian salmon run the south coast beaches in autumn and winter; the species card rates the month and today’s conditions.
Do I need a licence to fish in Albany?
Not for line fishing from the shore; the boat licence and the species licences apply where they apply.
Is fishing good at Albany 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.