Southern calamari
Excellent
Prime. Drift the weed edges casting jigs, or a baited jig under a float from the piers.
Jurien Bay Fishing Report
Updated Mon, 9 Nov 2026 from live weather and tide data
The Turquoise Coast town and its marine park: the jetty, the islands and the reef, with whiting, tailor, herring, dhufish and the crayfish of the coast.
3/5
Fair. Fish the windows.A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day.
Next tide
High 8:10 pm model
Air / High
18 °C / 22 °C
Wind
S 28 km/h
Sources: modelled tide curve, Open-Meteo, solunar calculated for these coordinates.
Today's Fishing Report
Jurien Bay is fishing in its best temperature window, with the bite spread across the day. Today brings clear skies, wind S around 29 km/h, steady pressure near 1017 hPa and a high of 22 °C. Tides: high 8:10 pm, low 5:30 am: the moving water either side of each change is when this place feeds. Water sits around 19 °C for the season (estimated). With the new moon, the solunar majors run 11:22 PM-1:22 AM and 10:58 AM-12:58 PM: the windows to build the day around.
King George whiting
Good
Peak season. Berley lightly, fish the sand holes on the making tide, and stay mobile: whiting are where the bait is, not where they were last week.
West Australian dhufish
Closed today
Boat-based fishing for demersal scalefish in the West Coast bioregion is closed until spring 2027; DPIRD has published no reopening date. Land-based line fishing is allowed, except spearfishing for dhufish.
Tailor
Fair
Rock ledges and beach gutters on the rising tide; metals cast and retrieved fast, or a whole pilchard drifted through the wash.
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: 11:22 PM-1:22 AM, 10:58 AM-12:58 PM, 4:25 AM-5:25 AM. Warmer at 27 °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 west australian dhufish here? Check the size and bag limits with DPIRD WA before you keep anything; the West Australian dhufish page has the seasons and the tactics.
Fishing times for Jurien Bay today
Hour-by-hour bite forecast for today from sunrise (05:18), sunset (18:48), 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 11:22 PM-1:22 AM and 10:58 AM-12:58 PM; minor 4:25 AM-5:25 AM. New Moon, 0% 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.
Mon
LOW5:30 am-0.26 m
HIGH8:10 pm0.35 m
Tue
LOW6:00 am-0.28 m
HIGH8:50 pm0.39 m
Right now
Latest readings
Air temp18 °C
High / Low22 °C / 15 °C
WindS 28 km/h, gusts 58 km/h
Pressure1017.4 hPa, steady
Sky / Rain0% cloud, 0%
Sunrise / Sunset05:18 / 18:48
MoonNew Moon, 0%
Water temp (seasonal)~19 °C est.
Why the tide matters here: tides and fishing in Australia.
7-day fishing forecast: which day to fish Jurien Bay
The best day on Jurien Bay this week looks like Thursday 12 Nov, at 4 out of 5, against 3 today.
Best day this week: Thursday, 12 Nov — good at 4/5, rising pressure behind a front, typically the slowest.
Today, 9 Nov — Fair
A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day.
- Solunar majors
- 11:22 PM-1:22 AM and 10:58 AM-12:58 PM
- Minor period
- 4:25 AM-5:25 AM
- Sun
- 05:18 to 18:48
- Moon
- New Moon, 0% lit
- Sky and wind
- Partly cloudy, 34 km/h
- Rain chance
- 0%
Forecast-based scores, less reliable further out.
Species guide
The species that matter on Jurien Bay: seasons written for the southern year, and how to fish each one. Today's ratings live in the report above.
West Australian dhufish
Year-round demersal fishery with a closed season on the West Coast; check DPIRD
Closed Boat-based fishing for demersal scalefish in the West Coast bioregion is closed until spring 2027; DPIRD has published no reopening date. Land-based line fishing is allowed, except spearfishing for dhufish. Rule as read from DPIRD WA on 2026-09-23.
WA's prize demersal. Lives on limestone reef and lumps in 20 to 100 metres from Kalbarri to Augusta; slow-growing and tightly managed.
Samson fish
Best: summer and autumn off WA
The big amberjack of the west: bruising fights on jigs over the deep reef and around the offshore aggregations in summer. Prime. Knife jigs and big plastics worked over the reef edges and the bait schools.
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. Peak season. Berley lightly, fish the sand holes on the making tide, and stay mobile: whiting are where the bait is, not where they were last week.
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. Prime. Drift the weed edges casting jigs, or a baited jig under a float from the piers.
Tailor
Autumn and winter on the east coast; the run reaches K'gari (Fraser Island) in late winter, where the east beach from Waddy Point to Indian Head is closed to all fin fish from 1 August to 29 September
The surf and rock fish of the east coast, running north in autumn and winter. Fast, toothy and best at dawn, dusk and into the dark. Rock ledges and beach gutters on the rising tide; metals cast and retrieved fast, or a whole pilchard drifted through the wash.
When to come: the Jurien Bay 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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West Australian dhufish
Samson fish
King George whiting
Southern calamari
Tailor
SlowPeak
Water temperature through the year
Typical surface temperature for this water type in degrees Celsius; today is around 19 °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 dataSun, Nov 8
3/5 Fair. Fish the windows. A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day. Southern calamari led the card at excellent. High of 22 °C, wind to 29 km/h.
Sat, Nov 7
3/5 Fair. Fish the windows. A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day. Southern calamari led the card at excellent. High of 23 °C, wind to 26 km/h.
Fri, Nov 6
4/5 Good. Solid day ahead. Stable-to-falling pressure and workable wind line things up. Samson fish led the card at excellent. High of 25 °C, wind to 27 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 at Jurien Bay is not among Western Australia’s licensed activities; fishing from a powered boat needs the Recreational Fishing from Boat Licence and the rock lobster fishery has its own; our Western Australia page has the fees.
About this water
Jurien Bay is a coastal town in Western Australia, Australia, covered from the Western Australia reports and listed in all Australia waters.
Fishing Jurien Bay: the full guide
Jurien Bay and the islands
Jurien Bay is the town on the Turquoise Coast between Perth and Geraldton, with the jetty and the marina, the sheltered bay behind the islands and reefs, the beaches running north and south, the Jurien Bay Marine Park with its sanctuary zones and the crayfish fleet. It is a bay town inside a marine park, and the report on this page is scored for the town’s coordinates. Lancelin has its own page.
Species and seasons
Whiting fish the bay sand and the beaches all year and are the town’s fish; tailor run the beaches in the cooler months; herring and garfish fish the jetty; squid work the jetty weed and the lights; dhufish, pink snapper and baldchin groper live on the reef, but boat-based demersal fishing is closed in the West Coast bioregion until spring 2027; Spanish mackerel run the islands in summer; and the beach gives the odd mulloway at night. The western rock lobster season is the coast’s other fishery, licensed.
Where to fish it
Jurien Bay jetty on the foreshore is the walk-on mark for herring, squid and whiting, fished at night under the lights, and the sheltered sand inside the reef either side of the marina is the whiting water for wading and small boats; the beaches north to Sandy Cape and south to Cervantes are the tailor sand at dawn. The ramp is at the marina, and the islands are a short run for the mackerel and whiting boats while the demersal closure lasts.
Reading this report here
The islands and the reef shelter the bay from the south-westerly that closes the open beaches, so the wind row decides which; the summer sea breeze comes in most afternoons and the mornings are the boat window. The tide panel is a modelled curve for the coordinates of Jurien Bay, labelled as a model, small on this coast. Pressure and sky build the score at Jurien Bay; the planner shows the day.
Licence, access and rules
Line fishing from the shore at Jurien Bay is not among Western Australia’s licensed activities; fishing from a powered boat needs the Recreational Fishing from Boat Licence and the rock lobster fishery has its own; our Western Australia page has the fees. The jetty, the beaches and the marina are public, with a ramp at the marina; the marine park zoning, with its sanctuary zones, the DPIRD limits and the West Coast demersal closure are in the sources.
Common questions
What can I catch at Jurien Bay?
Whiting on the bay sand, tailor on the beaches in the cooler months, herring and squid at the jetty, mackerel off the islands in summer; boat fishing for dhufish and snapper is closed until spring 2027.
Do I need a licence at Jurien Bay?
Not for shore-based line fishing. A powered boat needs the Recreational Fishing from Boat Licence, and potting or diving for rock lobster needs its own licence.
Is fishing good at Jurien Bay 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
- Pages checked
- The written guide on this page
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