Mandurah spearfishing forecast — wind, swell, visibility, tides & live cameras

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◈Mandurah · Australia
2.6
wave 1.7 m head-on
visibility~2m

Nottoday

Today — sit it out — wave, wind and surge pounding.

Sources: Open-Meteo · Copernicus · Sentinel-2 — high confidence · data 11:34

Sources & confidence

Sources
Open-Meteo · Copernicus · Sentinel-2
Method
spearo sea-state engine: consensus of up to 6 models + satellite clarity (ZSD) + buoy-bias checks
Freshness
Re-read every hour, per coast

Compiled by the spearo sea-state engine · How it works →

The verdict comes from seven water factors and hard safety gates — not ten tabs. Go or stay.

How we score the water

Our own model

Our own forecast engine — not a third-party widget. It weighs these water factors into one go-or-stay verdict for this coast; the 0–10 dial is that verdict, read out as a number.

01
Swell & wave memory
Height, period and direction of the swell, plus the wake of recent storms — an old storm still stirs the water, and the engine remembers.
02
Wind & gusts
Speed and gusts, hour by hour — wind speed and an onshore push chop the surface and cut visibility.
03
Tide phase
Timing and range of the tide, calibrated per coast — big spring tides pull the verdict toward caution.
04
Water temperature
Sea-surface temperature — sharply cold water vetoes a green verdict.
05
Currents & outflow
Direction and drift of the current — it pushes you, and it drags turbid coastal water across where you dive.
06
Rain runoff & air clarity
Rain muddies the water inshore through land runoff, while fog and haze cut visibility at the surface.
07
Coast shape & exposure
How the coast faces the swell — a sheltered cove keeps the water clean; an exposed, head-on point takes a penalty.

Safety gates

  • Thunderstorm forecast — an instant red, no exceptions.
  • An official warning (MeteoAlarm / IPMA) — yellow, or red for the higher ranks.
  • Missing input data — a would-be green is capped to yellow rather than overstated.
  • Strong disagreement between forecast models — a green day is pulled back to yellow.
  • Night hours — where night spearfishing is banned by law the window is forced red; where it is legal (Australia outside NSW, New Zealand, South Africa) it is capped at yellow, never green.

It all folds into a single 0–10 score and one verdict: go or stay.

A forecast, not a guarantee — the sea has the last word.

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Seabed relief — promising ground

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Surface

Wind, wave and the swell windows — when to go and the best hours.

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updated 11:34
Open coast (Falcon & Melros) — solo, off the rocks
DON'T GO
don't go · wave 1.7 m (occasionally up to ~3.4 m)
wave 1.7 m head-onwind 19, gusts 36 km/hsurge pounding the rocksvisibility ~2 m
today, best window 15:00–18:00
fish · Visibility 2 m · Water 18°C
confidence medium · verdict for the selected day
Before entering, check the camera and the surge
Whole week — tap a day. is driving swell right now.
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Solo risk: carry a float · tell someone your plan and exit time · doubt = don't go. A model-based planner; the call is made on site.
Selected day

Windows, hours
and the day's trends.

The day is picked above, in the hero. Here are that day's windows, the hour-by-hour map and the trends. Tap a window to break down the conditions.

Sunday · today2026-10-25
05:25–18:36 · full moon
▼ 03:00▲ 10:00▲ 12:00▼ 13:00▲ 20:00 · 0.5 m
Hours (06→20)
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Day's trends
Tide0.01 m
Wave1.56 m
Wind11 km/h
Water18 °C
fish activity: moon overhead 00:00 · high · moonset 04:27 · moderate · moon underfoot 11:00 · high · moonrise 17:49 · moderate
Conditions window12:00–15:00
don't go fish
Hs 1.72 m · roughperiod 9.6 s head-onwind 17→31surge 19.9viz 2 m
1.72 mrough · up to ~3.44 · 237° head-on
9.6 sswell moderate
17→31gusts 31 km/h
19.9pounding the rocks
0.17m/s
2 mrecent swell
18°C5 mm + hood
▲20:00tide turn near
Atmosphere14 kmlandmarks visible
lowoff the lunar peaks
  • wave 1.7 m (occasionally up to ~3.4 m)
  • swell period 10 s
  • first hours of the flood — fish moving in
confidence mediumday
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you can see ~2 m ahead fish

Cockburn Sound buoy: wave 0.7 m · 2 h ago(model: 1.8 m)

transparency nearby ~10 m · satellite, 2 days agosatellite estimate · may differ right at the shore

↑ high tide 11:30 · slack water ~10:45–12:15 bite times: 10:00–12:00 · 17:19–18:19

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The water column

Visibility and what drives it — post-storm clearing, river plume, temperature and the thermocline.

What it is

A marine instrument,
go / no-go for solo hunting.

spearo.app folds wind, wave, swell period, visibility, tides, water temperature and risk into a single verdict — go to the spot or not. It computes 7 days ahead from open marine models (Open-Meteo, IPMA), with no sign-up and no accounts. Built for solo spearfishing off the rocks, where any mistake costs dearly.

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The seabed

Relief and bottom type, tides, and the depths of each spot.

On the rock

The forecast is the plan.
The call is on the rock.

The models set the window. Whether you go in is read only at the water: count the sets, watch the surge on the entry. If in doubt, you don't get in.

Entry points

Where to get in
off the rocks.

Scouted entries, coloured by today. The colour is the sea state at the spot, not a guarantee: the wash and a slippery entry you judge on site.

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Blue Bay / Doctors reefTown shore (Mandurah)
borderline
exposed head-on to the swell today
window
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Seabed depth of the selected area
≈1.1–4.1 m (bathymetry WA DoT, 5 m)

Limestone reef off Mandurah's ocean beaches; 3–8 m, crayfish, dhufish, skippy. Enter off the beach on light swell.

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🔒 Robert PointTown shore (Mandurah)
borderline
Ultra · subscribers
exposed head-on to the swell today
window
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Seabed depth of the selected area
≈1.8–7.5 m (bathymetry WA DoT, 5 m)

The full spot briefing is part of the subscription: entry, bottom, hazards, tide window.

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Falcon — Pyramids BeachOpen coast (Falcon & Melros)
dangerous
exposed head-on to the swell today
window
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Seabed depth of the selected area
≈0.7–5.6 m (bathymetry WA DoT, 5 m)

Reef ledges off Pyramids/Falcon; 3–8 m, dhufish, crayfish, whiting. Sheltered on E wind.

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🔒 Melros BeachOpen coast (Falcon & Melros)
dangerous
Pro · subscribers
exposed head-on to the swell today
window
—
Seabed depth of the selected area
≈1.3–3.1 m (bathymetry WA DoT, 5 m)

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SOLO is the biggest risk: underwater you can black out from lack of oxygen silently and fatally, with no one around. Solo is never truly «safe». Below are the best weather windows; carry a buoy, tell someone your plan and exit time, and any doubt — don't go.

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Surfacing

Cameras, map and reference — to hand as you come up.

Live cameras, map & reference
Cameras · live

Look at the water
right now.

Check the cam BEFORE you leave. Foam, brown/green murk, or waves washing the entry rocks = No-go. At night/in fog the cam is useless — treat it as «unknown», NOT «green».

more: Mandurah Ocean Marina — coast cam (WA Dept of Transport) ↗
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Reference

What's in season,
what the law says.

Rules as of now — 25.10.2026 12:37 (Australia/Perth)

In season now
  • Western Australian salmon
    Arripis truttaceus · 0–15 m · legal
    min 30 cm · bag 4 a day · Counts inside the 16-fish nearshore mixed bag.
  • tailor
    Pomatomus saltatrix · 0–15 m · legal
    min 30 cm · bag 8 a day · Only 2 fish over 50 cm.
  • silver trevally (skippy)
    Pseudocaranx spp. · 3–30 m · legal
    min 25 cm · bag 8 a day
  • samsonfish
    Seriola hippos · 5–40 m · legal
    min 60 cm · bag 3 a day (shared group bag) · Inside the statewide 3-fish large-pelagic mixed bag.
  • yellowtail kingfish
    Seriola lalandi · 3–35 m · legal
    min 60 cm · bag 3 a day (shared group bag) · Inside the statewide 3-fish large-pelagic mixed bag.
  • King George whiting
    Sillaginodes punctatus · 2–20 m · legal
    min 28 cm · bag 12 a day
  • Australian herring (tommy ruff)
    Arripis georgianus · 0–12 m · legal
    no minimum size · bag 20 a day
  • snook
    Sphyraena novaehollandiae · 1–15 m · legal
    min 30 cm · bag 8 a day
  • western king wrasse
    Coris auricularis · 3–30 m · legal
    no minimum size · bag 8 a day
  • baldchin groper
    Choerodon rubescens · 8–40 m · ⚠️ closed season/limit
    no minimum size · bag 2 a day · ⚠️ Demersal fish in the West Coast bioregion may not be taken from a BOAT (boat-based spearing included) until spring 2027; shore-entry spearfishing stays open and the South Coast bioregion (Albany, Esperance) is outside the closure (DPIRD, 2026 guide). · closed 1 Oct – 31 Dec · at the Abrolhos Islands — for everyone, shore fishers included.
  • pink snapper
    Chrysophrys auratus · 5–40 m · ⚠️ closed season/limit
    min 50 cm · bag 2 a day · closed 1 Aug – 31 Jan · in Cockburn Sound and Warnbro Sound — all methods. · ⚠️ Demersal fish in the West Coast bioregion may not be taken from a BOAT (boat-based spearing included) until spring 2027; shore-entry spearfishing stays open and the South Coast bioregion (Albany, Esperance) is outside the closure (DPIRD, 2026 guide).
  • breaksea cod
    Epinephelides armatus · 5–40 m · ⚠️ closed season/limit
    no minimum size · bag 2 a day · ⚠️ Demersal fish in the West Coast bioregion may not be taken from a BOAT (boat-based spearing included) until spring 2027; shore-entry spearfishing stays open and the South Coast bioregion (Albany, Esperance) is outside the closure (DPIRD, 2026 guide).
  • western blue groper
    Achoerodus gouldii · 3–35 m · ⚠️ closed season/limit
    min 50 cm · bag 1 a day · ⚠️ Demersal fish in the West Coast bioregion may not be taken from a BOAT (boat-based spearing included) until spring 2027; shore-entry spearfishing stays open and the South Coast bioregion (Albany, Esperance) is outside the closure (DPIRD, 2026 guide). · In Victoria the species is fully protected, and in the South Australian gulfs it is closed at all times.
  • western rock lobster
    Panulirus cygnus · 1–20 m · ⚠️ closed season/limit
    min 7.6 cm (carapace) · bag 8 a day · 🚫 no spear · ✋ by hand or hand-held snare · tool: blunt crook
  • southern rock lobster (crayfish)
    Jasus edwardsii · 2–20 m · ⚠️ closed season/limit
    min 9.85 cm (carapace) · bag 8 a day · 🚫 no spear · ✋ by hand or hand-held snare · tool: blunt crook
  • harlequin fish
    Othos dentex · 5–30 m · legal
    no minimum size · bag 2 a day
off season: West Australian dhufish ()
Law
  • •Spearfishing in Australia is governed by STATE law, not federal: the licence, the gear, the closed areas, the sizes and the all differ between NSW, QLD, VIC, SA, WA and TAS. Below is your state's pack; cross into the next state and the rules change at the border.
  • ✓Federally listed threatened, migratory and marine species — white and whale sharks, sawfish, marine turtles and marine mammals among them — are protected in Commonwealth waters: killing, injuring or taking one there is an offence (Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999). In a state's own waters the same animals are protected by that state's list (see the protected-species panel). Never shoot, disturb or take them.
  • ✓Marine park zoning applies ON TOP of the state's fishing rules: / Sanctuary / Preservation zones are full no-take, and on the Great Barrier Reef the marine park zoning sits on top of the Queensland rules. Check the boundaries on the managing agency's zone map before you enter the water (Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Zoning Plan 2003; NSW Marine Estate Management (Management Rules) Regulation).
  • ✓Rock lobster may not be speared in NSW, Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania or Western Australia — it is taken by hand (WA also allows a hand snare or blunt crook). The Queensland and Northern Territory pages read on 26 Sep 2026 publish no such rule, so there it is not stated either way. Abalone may not be speared in Victoria or Tasmania. Spearfishing in inland fresh waters is banned in NSW, Queensland, Victoria, South Australia and Western Australia. Sources: NSW Fisheries Management (General) Regulation; Fisheries Regulations 2019 (Vic); Fisheries Management (General) Regulations 2017 (SA); the state fisheries guides.
  • ✓WA: no licence is needed for shore-based fishing, but from a powered boat a Recreational Fishing from Boat Licence is required — AUD 40 a year; separate rock lobster and abalone licences at AUD 50. Half fee for under-16s, Seniors Card holders and listed pensioners; a licence runs 12 months from issue (Fish Resources Management Act 1994).
  • ✓WA gear and places (per DPIRD, 2026 guide): spearfishing is allowed in ocean waters except some , around dive wrecks, and from a boat during the West Coast demersal closure. All inland waters are closed; a hand spear in an is only for estuarine cobbler. In Ningaloo and Shark Bay Marine Parks spearfishing on compressed air is prohibited. A
Safety protocol
  • Sets: watch the wave trains ≥15 min before entering; Hmax ≈ 2×Hs, the wash can run 50 m past the foam line. A lull >10 min with period >12 s = a big set «overdue», do NOT enter; enter right after a full set passes and re-check at minute 30.
  • Exit FIRST: find your exit AND a backup before entering. On a rocky/boulder shore a 0.5 m rise in swell can make the exit impossible — getting pinned/unable to climb out is the main killer.
  • Headland rip: prominent points often have a permanent topographic rip regardless of the model — locate it, enter/exit on the windward side, never swim against it.
  • Cold: wetsuit per the SST chip; the first shiver = a metabolic surge and a drop in breath-hold → get out at the first steady shiver. Cap the session at 45–60 min below 15 °C.
  • Solo discipline: buoy up; tell someone the spot and exit time; conservative breath-hold (never push it in cold/murky/surfy water); visibility <3 m — don't enter.
  • Afternoon wind: on many coasts the wind builds from midday — plan to be out of the water by midday; the chop builds — get out.
  • UV 11:00–15:00 (UVI ≥6): sunscreen and cover up on the surface interval.
  • Solo is a fundamental risk (hypoxic blackout with no buddy). Any doubt = No-go.

FAQ — spearfishing in Mandurah

Where can I spearfish in Mandurah?

Mandurah has rock entry points such as Blue Bay / Doctors reef, Falcon — Pyramids Beach and Melros Beach. An estuary city with limestone reef off its ocean beaches: Blue Bay and Doctors run 3–8 m for crayfish, dhufish and skippy on a light swell, and the Pyramids ledges at Falcon sit sheltered under an easterly, with Melros further south. Below you'll find each spot (access, shelter and hazards) and today's forecast.

When is the best season in Mandurah?

Autumn (Mar–May) — warm Leeuwin, less swell; summer afternoon sea breeze.

How cold is the water in Mandurah?

Summer 20–23 °C — 3 mm suit; winter 18–19 °C — 5 mm. Warm Leeuwin.

Is Mandurah good for a beginner?

Easy–moderate: clear Leeuwin water; afternoon sea breeze.

Do I need a licence in Mandurah?

Mandurah is in WA. No licence from the shore in Western Australia — but fishing from a boat needs the RFBL, and the WA dhufish sits under a demersal closure to spring 2027. Spearfishing on scuba is banned everywhere, rock lobster may never be speared, and marine-park sanctuary/green zones are no-take. See the guide for the state-by-state detail.

Full guide: spearfishing in Australia →

WA Mid-West (Geraldton–Kalbarri)

  • Jurien Bay
  • Green Head
  • Leeman
  • Port Denison
  • Geraldton (Abrolhos)
  • Horrocks
  • Gregory
  • Kalbarri
  • Nanga
  • Useless Loop
  • Denham
  • Carnarvon

WA South Coast (Great Southern)

  • Peaceful Bay
  • Kronkup
  • Albany
  • Bremer Bay
  • Hopetoun
  • Esperance

WA North (Ningaloo–Kimberley)

  • Coral Bay
  • Exmouth (Ningaloo)
  • Onslow
  • Karratha
  • Dampier
  • Wickham
  • Port Hedland
  • Bidyadanga

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is not on the list of permitted gear, and explosives or noxious substances may not be carried on a boat (Fish Resources Management Act 1994; DPIRD recreational fishing guide 2026).
  • ✓WA, the key shore-versus-boat difference: the demersal closure in the West Coast bioregion (Kalbarri/Zuytdorp – Augusta/Black Point) runs to spring 2027 and bites on BOAT-based fishing, boat spearing included; shore-entry spearfishing stays open. The exception is the dhufish, which may not be speared from land at all. The South Coast bioregion (Albany, Esperance) is outside the closure (Fish Resources Management Act 1994).
  • ✓WA sizes and seasons: pink snapper 50 cm (Lancelin – Black Point) or 41 cm (Lancelin – Zuytdorp), bag 2; western blue groper 50 cm (1); coral trout 45 cm (1); spangled emperor 40 cm; WA salmon 30 cm (4) and tailor 30 cm (8) inside the 16-fish nearshore bag. Closures: Cockburn and Warnbro Sounds 1 Aug – 31 Jan, the Abrolhos baldchin groper closure 1 Oct – 31 Dec, and three separate Shark Bay pink snapper windows (Fish Resources Management Act 1994).
  • •WA weather: the BOM marine wind warning summary for the state — bom.gov.au/marine/lite/warning/IDW20100.shtml. Rules change: check DPIRD before every trip.
    • ⛔ 🚫 Western Australia also protects all rays and skates in the Hamelin Bay Protection Area, the black and smooth stingrays (Bathytoshia) in the South Coast and West Coast bioregions, coral and live rock, and seven native freshwater fishes (fresh water is closed to spearfishing anyway).
    • ⛔ 🚫 Fully protected in Western Australia: grey nurse shark, white shark, speartooth shark, whale shark, all sawfish, potato rockcod, Queensland groper, humphead Maori wrasse, common and leafy seadragons, coral and live rock; black and smooth stingrays in the South Coast and West Coast bioregions.
    • ⛔ 🚫 Every inland water in Western Australia is closed to spearfishing; some and the dive wrecks are closed to it, and in Ningaloo and Shark Bay Marine Parks spearfishing on compressed air is prohibited (DPIRD). Rock lobster may not be speared (hand, hand snare or blunt crook only).

    Rules change and vary BY STATE. Before heading out, check with your state's fisheries (NSW DPI, Fisheries QLD, VFA, DPIRD WA, PIRSA, NRE Tas, NT Fisheries) and the marine-park zoning map.

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