Spanish mackerel
Excellent
Prime. Trolled baits and hardbodies over structure on the tide change, or high-speed metals cast at surface schools.
Broome Fishing Report
Updated Fri, 25 Sept 2026 from live weather and tide data
Roebuck Bay, Cable Beach and the creeks of the Dampier Peninsula: the pearling town where the tide moves ten metres and the barramundi follow it.
3/5
Fair. Fish the windows.A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day.
Next tide
Low 3:44 pm model
Air / High
27 °C / 29 °C
Wind
W 14 km/h
Sources: modelled tide curve, Open-Meteo, solunar calculated for these coordinates.
Today's Fishing Report
Broome sits in the warm band: moving baits, moving tides and fish on the edges. Today brings clear skies, wind W around 14 km/h, steady pressure near 1016 hPa and a high of 29 °C. Tides: high 9:32 am and 9:48 pm, low 3:33 am and 3:44 pm: the moving water either side of each change is when this place feeds. Water sits around 26 °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.
Barramundi
Fair
Work the colour changes and the snags on the run-out; larger swimbaits and slow-rolled plastics in the impoundments.
Tie on: Soft plastic on a 1/4 oz jighead · Small hardbody, shallow diver · Squid jig, size 3.0 · Fresh pipi or worm on a small hook. Prime windows: 10:25 AM-12:25 PM, 10:25 PM-12:25 AM, 4:55 AM-5:55 AM. Similar at 28 °C. 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 barramundi here? Check the size and bag limits with DPIRD WA before you keep anything; the Barramundi page has the seasons and the tactics.
Fishing times for Broome today
Hour-by-hour bite forecast for today from sunrise (05:38), sunset (17:47), 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
LOW3:33 am-1.79 m
HIGH9:32 am3.07 m
LOW3:44 pm-2.39 m
HIGH9:48 pm3.51 m
Sat
LOW4:00 am-2.63 m
HIGH10:01 am3.79 m
LOW4:11 pm-2.93 m
HIGH10:12 pm4.19 m
Right now
Latest readings
Air temp27 °C
High / Low29 °C / 25 °C
WindW 14 km/h, gusts 21 km/h
Pressure1016.0 hPa, steady
Sky / Rain9% cloud, 24%
Sunrise / Sunset05:38 / 17:47
MoonFull Moon, 99%
Water temp (seasonal)~26 °C est.
Why the tide matters here: tides and fishing in Australia.
7-day fishing forecast: which day to fish Broome
The best day on Broome 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, 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
- 05:38 to 17:47
- Moon
- Full Moon, 99% lit
- Sky and wind
- Overcast, 19 km/h
- Rain chance
- 24%
Scores are a planning aid built from forecast data, not a promise.
Species guide
The species that matter on Broome: seasons written for the southern year, and how to fish each one. Today's ratings live in the report above.
Barramundi
Run-off (March to May) and build-up (October to November) in the north; check the closed season on the Queensland east coast
The north's fish. Tidal rivers, run-off creeks, rock bars and the stocked impoundments. Warm water, moving water and a barometer on the way down. Work the colour changes and the snags on the run-out; larger swimbaits and slow-rolled plastics in the impoundments.
Spanish mackerel
Winter and spring in the north; summer in NSW
The narrow-barred Spanish mackerel: a speedster of the headlands, reefs and shoals from Queensland around to northern WA, and a summer visitor to NSW. Prime. Trolled baits and hardbodies over structure on the tide change, or high-speed metals cast at surface schools.
When to come: the Broome 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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SlowPeak
Water temperature through the year
Typical surface temperature for this water type in degrees Celsius; today is around 26 °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
4/5 Good. Solid day ahead. Stable-to-falling pressure and workable wind line things up. Spanish mackerel led the card at excellent. High of 28 °C, wind to 19 km/h.
Wed, Sep 23
4/5 Good. Solid day ahead. Stable-to-falling pressure and workable wind line things up. Spanish mackerel led the card at excellent. High of 27 °C, wind to 21 km/h.
Tue, Sep 22
4/5 Good. Solid day ahead. Stable-to-falling pressure and workable wind line things up. Spanish mackerel led the card at excellent. High of 28 °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; our Western Australia page has the fees.
About this water
Broome is a coastal town in Western Australia, Australia, covered from the Western Australia reports and listed in all Australia waters.
Fishing Broome: the full guide
Broome and its bays
Broome sits on the Kimberley coast of Western Australia between Roebuck Bay, the wide, muddy bay with its mangrove creeks and the jetty at the port, and Cable Beach, the long white ocean beach facing the Indian Ocean, with Gantheaume Point and its rocks between them and the creeks and beaches of the Dampier Peninsula running north. It is a tropical town with one of the biggest tidal ranges in the world, and the tide decides everything: when the creeks can be reached, when the jetty fishes, when the flats are dry. The report on this page is scored for the town’s coordinates.
Species and seasons
Barramundi fish the creeks of Roebuck Bay and the peninsula on the run-off and the build-up, in the wet season rhythm of the north; threadfin salmon fish the bay and the beaches on the tide; mangrove jack, golden snapper and grunter fish the creeks and the rocks; queenfish and trevally the beaches, the jetty and Gantheaume Point on the run; and Spanish mackerel and the pelagics the deeper water and the reefs in the dry season. Mud crabs are a pot fishery in the creeks. The Kimberley has no closed season for barramundi but has possession and size limits and closed areas that DPIRD publishes.
Reading this report for Broome
The tide is the whole story: with a range this big, the direction and the size of the tide decide where the water is and where the fish are, and the tide panel on this page is a modelled curve for these coordinates, labelled as a model, useful for the direction; with tides this size the exact minute matters and the Bureau of Meteorology has it. The wind row is the sea breeze and the dry-season easterlies; pressure matters for barramundi in the build-up. Crocodiles are in the creeks and the bay.
Licences and access
Line fishing from the shore is not among Western Australia’s licensed activities; fishing from a boat needs the boat licence; our Western Australia page has the fees. The jetty, Cable Beach, Gantheaume Point and the town beaches are public, with ramps at the port and the town; access to the peninsula’s beaches and creeks crosses Aboriginal land in places and has its own permits, published by the land council and the shire.
Common questions
Do I need a licence to fish in Broome?
Not for line fishing from the shore; fishing from a boat needs the boat licence. See our Western Australia page.
What can I catch from the Broome jetty?
Queenfish, trevally and threadfin on the run, mangrove jack and golden snapper around the pylons, and mackerel and the pelagics in the dry season.
Is fishing good at Broome 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.