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 Fortescue Creek is -. The average water temperature in Fortescue Creek 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 Thursday, 21th of February of 2019, the sun rose in Fortescue Creek at 6:44 am and sunset will be at 5:45 pm. In the high tide and low tide chart, we can see that the first low tide was at 4:37 am and the next low tide will be at 5:11 pm. The first high tide was at 10:41 am and the next high tide will be at 11:08 pm.
Today we have 11 hours of sun. The solar transit was at 12:14 pm.
The tidal coefficient today is 109. With such a high coefficient we will have big tides and the currents will also be very evident. At noon the tidal coefficient drops to 105. The day ends with a tidal coefficient of 100.
We can compare these levels with the maximum high tide recorded in the tide tables for Fortescue Creek which is of 7.9 ft and a minimum height of -1.3 ft.
The following graph shows the progression of the tidal coefficient in the month of February of 2019.These values give us a rough idea of the tidal amplitude in Fortescue Creek, forecast in February.
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 Fortescue Creek and the wind and wave forecast in Fortescue Creek before you go fishing.
The moon set at 8:15 am at 276° west. Eventually, the moon will rise again in the east (88°) at 8:22 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
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Fishing Creek Entrance (1.8 mi.) | Weir Creek Bridge (Dividing Creek) (2.6 mi.) | Hollywood Beach (The Glades) (3 mi.) | Newport Landing (Nantuxent Creek) (4 mi.) | Dividing Creek Entrance (4 mi.) | Money Island (Nantuxent Creek Entrance) (5 mi.) | Cedar Creek Entrance (Nantuxent Cove) (6 mi.) | Back Creek Entrance (Nantuxent Cove) (7 mi.) | Bivalve (7 mi.) | East Point (Maurice River Cove) (9 mi.) | Tindalls Wharf (Cohansey River) (10 mi.) | Mauricetown (10 mi.) | Riggins Ditch (Heislerville) (11 mi.) | Riggins Ditch (0.5 NM Above Entrance) (11 mi.) | Port Elizabeth (Manumuskin River) (11 mi.) | Menantico Creek Entrance (11 mi.) | Ship John Shoal (12 mi.) | Port Mahon (13 mi.) | Millville (13 mi.) | West Creek (Route 47 Bridge) (14 mi.) | Greenwich Pier (Cohansey River) (14 mi.) | West Creek (0.7 NM Above Entrance) (14 mi.) | East Creek (Route 47 Bridge) (15 mi.) | Raccoon Ditch (Newport Meadows, Stow Creek) (17 mi.) | Woodland Beach (17 mi.) | Stathems Neck (Stow Creek) (17 mi.) | Bidwell Creek Entrance (17 mi.) | Frederica (Bowers, Murderkill River Entrance) (17 mi.) | Brandywine Shoal Light (18 mi.) | Dennis Creek (2.5 NM Above Entrance) (18 mi.) | Leipsic (Leipsic River) (18 mi.) | Bidwell Creek (Route 47 Bridge) (19 mi.) | Pine Island (Malapartis Creek) (19 mi.) | Dias Creek (19 mi.) | Sluice Creek (Route 47 Bridge, Dennis Creek) (19 mi.) | North Highlands Beach (19 mi.) | Dennis Creek (Route 47 Bridge) (19 mi.) | Canton (Stow Creek) (20 mi.) | Mad Horse Creek (1 NM above entrance) (20 mi.) | Milford (Mispillion River Entrance) (22 mi.) | Cape May (22 mi.) | Hope Creek, (0.6 NM above entrance) (23 mi.) | Cape May Point (Sunset Beach) (23 mi.) | Tuckahoe (Tuckahoe River) (23 mi.) | Old Turtle Thorofare (23 mi.) | Townsend Sound (24 mi.) | Coopers Creek Bridge (24 mi.) | Stites Sound (24 mi.) | Long Reach (Ingram Thorofare) (24 mi.) | Swain Channel (Taylor Sound) (24 mi.)