Tailor
Excellent
The main run. Fish the gutters and headlands into the evening; ganged pilchards, metals, and a wire-free trace only if you accept the bite-offs.
Mandurah Fishing Report
Updated Fri, 25 Sept 2026 from live weather and tide data
The Peel-Harvey estuary, its canals and the Dawesville Cut: bream, crabs, tailor and mulloway an hour south of Perth.
3/5
Fair. Fish the windows.A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day.
Next tide
Low 2:50 pm model
Air / High
14 °C / 19 °C
Wind
SE 23 km/h
Sources: modelled tide curve, Open-Meteo, solunar calculated for these coordinates.
Today's Fishing Report
Mandurah rewards patience today, with cool water and short feeding windows. Today brings a mixed sky, wind SE around 23 km/h, steady pressure near 1027 hPa and a high of 19 °C. Tides: high 7:45 am and 8:18 pm, low 1:30 am and 2:50 pm: the moving water either side of each change is when this place feeds. Water sits around 18 °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.
Bream
Fair
Slow the retrieve right down: blades and lightly weighted plastics along the deeper rock walls and drop-offs, or unweighted bait drifted into the snags.
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.
Mulloway
Fair
The estuary fish move to the deeper reaches. Long, quiet sessions on the bottom with fresh bait across the top of the tide.
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. Cooler at 17 °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 bream here? Check the size and bag limits with DPIRD WA before you keep anything; the Bream page has the seasons and the tactics.
Fishing times for Mandurah today
Hour-by-hour bite forecast for today from sunrise (06:03), sunset (18:15), 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
LOW1:30 am0.01 m
HIGH7:45 am0.21 m
LOW2:50 pm-0.14 m
HIGH8:18 pm0.02 m
Sat
LOW2:18 am-0.18 m
HIGH9:00 am0.07 m
LOW2:30 pm-0.15 m
HIGH9:30 pm0.15 m
Right now
Latest readings
Air temp14 °C
High / Low19 °C / 12 °C
WindSE 23 km/h, gusts 44 km/h
Pressure1026.5 hPa, steady
Sky / Rain37% cloud, 59%
Sunrise / Sunset06:03 / 18:15
MoonFull Moon, 99%
Water temp (seasonal)~18 °C est.
Why the tide matters here: tides and fishing in Australia.
7-day fishing forecast: which day to fish Mandurah
The best day on Mandurah this week looks like Thursday 1 Oct, at 5 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 — excellent at 5/5, 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
- 06:03 to 18:15
- Moon
- Full Moon, 99% lit
- Sky and wind
- Showers, 27 km/h
- Rain chance
- 59%
Scores are a planning aid built from forecast data, not a promise.
Species guide
The species that matter on Mandurah: seasons written for the southern year, and how to fish each one. Today's ratings live in the report above.
Bream
Year-round; summer and autumn in the estuaries, winter at the mouths
Yellowfin bream on the east coast, black bream in the southern estuaries. Structure fish: rock walls, jetty piles, oyster racks, snags and pontoons. Slow the retrieve right down: blades and lightly weighted plastics along the deeper rock walls and drop-offs, or unweighted bait drifted into the snags.
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.
Mulloway
Best: summer and autumn, especially after rain
Jewfish. The big silver prize of the estuaries, breakwalls and surf beaches: nocturnal, tide-driven and unforgiving of noise. The estuary fish move to the deeper reaches. Long, quiet sessions on the bottom with fresh bait across the top of the tide.
Tailor
Autumn and winter on the east coast; August to September on Fraser Island
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. The main run. Fish the gutters and headlands into the evening; ganged pilchards, metals, and a wire-free trace only if you accept the bite-offs.
When to come: the Mandurah 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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Water temperature through the year
Typical surface temperature for this water type in degrees Celsius; today is around 18 °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. Tailor led the card at excellent. High of 18 °C, wind to 14 km/h.
Wed, Sep 23
3/5 Fair. Fish the windows. A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day. Tailor led the card at excellent. High of 18 °C, wind to 16 km/h.
Tue, Sep 22
4/5 Good. Solid day ahead. Stable-to-falling pressure and workable wind line things up. Tailor led the card at excellent. High of 18 °C, wind to 16 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, but fishing from a boat needs the boat licence and the crab rules are strict on gear and size; our Western Australia licence page has the fees.
About this water
Mandurah is a coastal town in Western Australia, Australia, covered from the Western Australia reports and listed in all Australia waters.
Fishing Mandurah: the full guide
Mandurah and its estuary
Mandurah is built on the Peel-Harvey estuary, a broad, shallow inlet fed by the Serpentine, Murray and Harvey rivers and joined to the ocean by the old Mandurah channel and the Dawesville Cut. It is the crab capital of Western Australia and a fishery of walls, bridges, canals and flats: the old traffic bridge, the estuary walls, the Cut and its rock groynes, the canal developments and the long shorelines of the Peel Inlet and Harvey Estuary. Outside are the beaches from Falcon to Preston and the reef grounds off the Cut. A Mandurah fishing report is a report on the estuary and the Cut before anything else, and that is what this page is scored for.
Species and seasons
Blue swimmer crabs are the summer and autumn fishery of the inlet, by scoop net and drop net, with the size and bag rules DPIRD publishes and a closed season to check. Bream are year-round on the walls, the bridges and the canals, tailor push into the estuary and the Cut in the warmer months, and herring and whiting fish the channel and the beaches. Mulloway are the night fish of the Cut and the estuary walls, especially after rain, and the beaches give tailor, herring, salmon in the cooler months and the occasional mulloway. Squid work the weed off the groynes, and the offshore reef fishes for dhufish and pink snapper under the West Coast demersal rules.
Reading this report for Mandurah
The sea breeze runs this coast in summer, so the wind row tells you whether the afternoon is worth it; mornings and evenings are the estuary’s times. Pressure and sky build the score, the planner shows the calmest day, and the tide panel is a modelled curve for these coordinates, labelled as a model; the Cut runs hard on the tide and the estuary follows slowly, so read the curve for the direction and take the times from the Bureau of Meteorology.
Licences and access
Line fishing from the shore is not among Western Australia’s licensed activities, but fishing from a boat needs the boat licence and the crab rules are strict on gear and size; our Western Australia licence page has the fees. The estuary walls, the bridges, the Cut groynes and the beaches are public, and the ramps at Mandurah, Dawesville and the canals serve the inlet and the sea.
Common questions
Do I need a licence to fish in Mandurah?
Not for line fishing from the shore, which is not on DPIRD’s list of licensed activities; fishing from a boat needs the boat licence. See our Western Australia page.
When are the crabs in Mandurah?
Blue swimmer crabs are a summer and autumn fishery in the Peel-Harvey estuary; DPIRD sets the size, bag and closed season, linked in the sources.
Is fishing good at Mandurah 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.