The effects of Water Temperature
Fish are cold blooded, which means their metabolism is strongly influenced by the temperature of their surrounding environment. Fish want to stay comfortable. Consequently, even a small change or break will cause fish to move from one location to another.
In general, this behavior varies for each species and place, so we can not specify an ideal water temperature, however as a general rule we will try to avoid the temperatures abnormally cold in summer and too warm in winter. Remember, look for the comfort zones and you will find the fish.
At this moment the current water temperature in Hopeful Bay is -. The average water temperature in Hopeful Bay today is -.
We consider the waves in the open sea.
The waves you will find on the shore can be slightly affected by the orientation of the coastline and the seabed of the beaches, although in most cases they are usually equivalent.
Today Monday, 8th of August of 2022, the sun rose in Hopeful Bay at 6:39:55 am and sunset will be at 6:19:52 pm. In the high tide and low tide chart, we can see that the first high tide was at 3:52 am and the next high tide at 3:04 pm. The first low tide was at 8:59 am and the next low tide will be at 10:29 pm.
Today we have 11 hours and 39 minutes of sun. The solar transit was at 12:29:53 pm.
The tidal coefficient today is 61 (average). At noon the tidal coefficient increases to 67. The day ends with a tidal coefficient of 73.
We can compare these levels with the maximum high tide recorded in the tide tables for Hopeful Bay which is of 3.8 m and a minimum height of 0.1 m.
The following graph shows the progression of the tidal coefficient in the month of August of 2022.These values give us a rough idea of the tidal amplitude in Hopeful Bay, forecast in August.
Large coefficients indicate important high and low tides; major currents and movements usually take place on the sea bed. But bear in mind that this tidal amplitude may be greatly affected by the weather and you should also consult the weather forecast in Hopeful Bay, the wind in Hopeful Bay and the surf forecast in Hopeful Bay before you go fishing.
The moon set at 2:32 am at 245° southwest. Then, the moon rose at 117° southeast at 2:18 pm.
When the solunar period coincides with sunrise or sunset, we can expect more activity than initially planned. These peak periods are reflected in green. We additionally point out in the chart the periods of greatest activity during the year with a big blue fish on the period bar + info
Burge Point | Camp Point | Cape Croker | Cape Don | Cape Grey | Cape Hotham | Centre Island | Daly River | Darwin | Entrance Island | Guluwuru Island | Gunyangara | Hopeful Bay | Jensen Bay | Mallison Island | Milner Bay | Newby Shoal | Night Cliff | North Goulburn Island | Nw Crocodile Island | Pearce Point | Rose River | Snake Bay | St. Asaph Bay | Tapa Bay | Turtle Point | Umbakumba
Guluwuru Island (15 km) | Jensen Bay (34 km) | Gunyangara (89 km) | Mallison Island (94 km) | Nw Crocodile Island (158 km) | Cape Grey (175 km) | Entrance Island (252 km) | Milner Bay (267 km) | Umbakumba (271 km) | Rose River (328 km)