Best time to fish in Twin Waters

Today, Thursday, October 29, 2026 · local time (GMT+10) · Queensland, Australia Today, Thu, Oct 29 · GMT+10

Today's rating Average day 5 out of 10

Best time today 2:20–4:20 am Also 9:10–10:10 pm and 3:40–5:40 pm

High tides: 10:09 am and 10:11 pm
Major periods: 12:46–2:46 am and 1:18–3:18 pm
Solunar activity: Medium
Sun: 5:00 am–6:03 pm

Today, Thursday, October 29, the best time to fish in Twin Waters is 2:20 am to 4:20 am, with the 3:23 am low tide, a major period and some swell. It's an average day (5/10). The best day this week is Friday, October 30, at 6/10.

Your day in Twin Waters at a glance

Night Day Tide Major Minor Best windows 1 2:20–4:20 am2 9:10–10:10 pm3 3:40–5:40 pm

The strip runs from midnight to midnight, local time. Night in gray, daylight in yellow; the blue curve is the tide; below, the solunar periods and the best windows.

Fishing forecast for the next 7 days

Day	Rating	Best times	High tides	Moon
Today	5average day	2:20–4:20 am9:10–10:10 pm	▲ 10:09 am ▲ 10:11 pm	Waning gibbous
Fri 30	6average day	5:30–6:30 pm3:10–3:50 am	▲ 11:04 am ▲ 11:09 pm	Waning gibbous
Sat 31	6average day	4:00–5:30 am11:20 pm–12:00 am	▲ 12:05 pm	Waning gibbous
Sun 1	6average day	5:30–6:20 pm5:10–5:50 am	▲ 12:23 am ▲ 1:16 pm	Waning gibbous
Mon 2	6average day	4:50–5:30 am5:30–6:30 pm	▲ 2:00 am ▲ 2:30 pm	Last quarter
Tue 3	4fair day	5:30–8:10 pm7:00–10:00 am	▲ 3:25 am ▲ 3:36 pm	Waning crescent
Wed 4	5average day	4:30–5:30 am3:30–6:30 pm	▲ 4:27 am ▲ 4:30 pm	Waning crescent

Each day's rating comes from the tide, the solunar periods, the light and, when we have the forecast, the weather.

What can you catch in Twin Waters?

Sport fishing species with the most records within about 62 mi of Twin Waters: striped mullet, bluefish, Australasian snapper, orange-spotted grouper and giant trevally.

Striped mullet Mugil cephalus · fish · 134 records Photo: Roberto Pillon · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Bluefish Pomatomus saltatrix · fish · 32 records Photo: SEFSC Pascagoula Laboratory; Collection of Brandi Noble, NOAA/NMFS/SEFSC. · public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Australasian snapper Pagrus auratus · fish · 31 records Photo: Gary Brooks · CC BY 4.0 · GBIF
Orange-spotted grouper Epinephelus coioides · fish · 16 records Photo: Estuary_cod_2.jpg : Rob and Stephanie Levy derivative work: Amada44 · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Giant trevally Caranx ignobilis · fish · 13 records Photo: Dr. Dwayne Meadows, NOAA/NMFS/OPR · public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Greater amberjack Seriola dumerili · fish · 13 records Photo: NOAA Photo Library · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Yellowtail amberjack Seriola lalandi · fish · 12 records Photo: Nholtzha · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Blacktip shark Carcharhinus limbatus · shark · 9 records Photo: Albert Kok at Dutch Wikipedia Later versions were uploaded by Siebrand at nl.wikipedia . · public domain · Wikimedia Commons

There are too few sightings here to tell in which months each species is seen most.

These are sightings and catches recorded since 1970 (reports from divers and anglers, scientific surveys and museum collections), not a promise that you will catch them. The months come from sightings only, adjusted for how many there are each month; hatched months have too few to tell.

Source: GBIF.org, which also gathers OBIS data. Only records licensed CC0 or CC BY 4.0, from 1,130 datasets (retrieved October 24, 2026). Where the data comes from

Photos: each species' image on Wikidata (Wikimedia Commons) or, if there isn't one, one from GBIF; only licences that allow this use, each with its author and licence.

Piers, ramps and tackle shops nearby

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How we work out the best time

We score every moment of the day, every 10 minutes, with simple rules anglers have used for decades:

Tide: 2 to 3.5 points in the hour before and the hour after each high and low tide. Spring tides (high coefficient) score more, because the water moves faster.
Solunar: 2.5 points in the major periods (moon overhead or underfoot) and 1.5 in the minor ones (moonrise and moonset).
Light: 2 points at dawn and dusk, from first light to the end of the morning golden hour and from the evening golden hour to the end of twilight.
Weather: falling pressure adds 1 point and rising pressure takes 1 away; wind takes points away from force 4 (about 12 mph), up to 5 points in a gale; waves of 1.6 ft to 4.9 ft add half a point (they stir up the water) and from 8.2 ft they take points away (up to 4).
Best windows: the stretches of 40 minutes to 3 hours with the most points, at least an hour apart.
Day's rating out of 10: the best window (up to 5), the moon (up to 2, near new or full moon), the tide coefficient (up to 2) and whether a solunar period lines up with sunrise or sunset (1). Without a tide, we score out of 8 and scale it to 10. Good weather adds up to 1 point and bad weather pulls it down.

Today: best window 2.3 of 5, moon 1 of 2, coefficient 1.5 of 2 and lineup 0 of 1; the weather adds 0.5.

It's a guide, not a guarantee: fish don't read tide tables. Always check the sea conditions and local fishing rules before you go.

Learn more

Fishing rules in Twin Waters

Licenses, size limits, bag limits and closed seasons are set by the authorities and change often. We don't copy them here: check the official website before you go.

Queensland Department of Primary Industries · Regional rules

Questions about fishing in Twin Waters

What's the best time to fish in Twin Waters today?

2:20 am to 4:20 am, with the 3:23 am low tide, a major period and some swell. Also 9:10 pm to 10:10 pm and 3:40 pm to 5:40 pm. Today's rating: 5/10 (average day).

What about tomorrow? When's the best time to fish in Twin Waters?

Tomorrow, Friday, October 30: 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm, with a rating of 6/10.

Which day this week is best for fishing in Twin Waters?

Friday, October 30, at 6/10. Its best window is 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm.

What can you catch in Twin Waters?

Sport fishing species with the most records within about 62 mi of Twin Waters: striped mullet, bluefish, Australasian snapper, orange-spotted grouper and giant trevally. These are sightings and catches recorded in GBIF and OBIS, not a promise that you will catch them.

When are the solunar periods in Twin Waters today?

Major: 12:46–2:46 am and 1:18–3:18 pm. Minor: 6:29–7:29 am and 9:09–10:09 pm. Solunar activity today: medium.

Does the tide affect fishing in Twin Waters?

Yes. Today high tide is at 10:09 am and 10:11 pm and low tide at 3:23 am and 4:40 pm, with a tide coefficient of 85 (average tides). The hours around each tide change tend to fish best, because moving water carries food.

How is the rating worked out?

From the tide, the solunar periods, the light at dawn and dusk, the moon phase and, when we have the forecast, the pressure, the wind and the waves. Each factor gives a fixed number of points and the rating sums them up out of 10.

Does it take the weather into account?

Yes. During today's best window: steady pressure (30.09 inHg), light offshore wind (8 mph) and some swell (1.8 ft waves) to stir the water. Strong wind and big waves lower the rating; falling pressure raises it a little.

What are the fishing rules in Twin Waters?

Recreational fishing rules in Twin Waters (licenses, size limits, bag limits and closed seasons) are set by the authorities: Queensland Department of Primary Industries. They change often: check the official website before you go.

More about Twin Waters today

Our own calculation: tide from Mooloolaba (TICON-4), sun and moon with astronomy-engine and, when available, weather and sea from Open-Meteo (ECMWF, NOAA GFS and Copernicus Marine, CC BY 4.0). Slackwater database (https://github.com/openwatersio/slackwater-database). Source: Hart-Davis, M., Dettmering, D., Seitz, F. (2025), TICON-4: TIdal CONstants based on GESLA-4 sea-level records, SEANOE, https://doi.org/10.17882/109129. Licensed CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Modified: see https://github.com/openwatersio/slackwater-database#modifications-to-source-data

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