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◈Robe / Beachport · Australia
2.6
wave 2.9 m head-on
visibility~2m

Nottoday

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

Sources: Open-Meteo · Copernicus · Sentinel-2 — high confidence · data 06:55

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.

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Robe / Beachport — solo, off the rocks
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don't go · wave 2.9 m (occasionally up to ~5.8 m)
wave 2.9 m head-onwind 21, gusts 35 km/hsurge pounding the rocksvisibility ~2 m
today, best window 18:00–21:00
fish · Visibility 2 m · Water 16.2°C
confidence low · verdict for the selected day
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Next 3 days — not divable: wave up to 2.9 m

↑ high tide 12:00 · slack water ~11:15–12:45 bite times: 11:00–13:00 · 18:14–19:14

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Sunday · today2026-10-25
06:13–19:36 · full moon
▲ 00:00▼ 06:00▲ 12:00▼ 17:00 · 0.6 m
Hours (06→20)
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Day's trends
Tide0.49 m
Wave2.88 m
Wind21 km/h
Water16 °C
fish activity: moon overhead 00:00 · high · moonset 05:14 · moderate · moon underfoot 12:00 · high · moonrise 18:44 · moderate
Conditions window15:00–18:00
don't go fish
Hs 2.88 m · roughperiod 10.1 s head-onwind 24→39surge 70.4viz 2 m
2.88 mrough · up to ~5.76 · 241° head-on
10.1 sswell building
24→39gusts 39 km/h
70.4pounding the rocks
0.28m/s
2 mrecent swell
16.3°C5 mm + hood
▼17:00tide turn near
Atmosphere51 kmlandmarks visible
lowoff the lunar peaks
  • wave 2.9 m (occasionally up to ~5.8 m)
  • steep wind-wave — choppy surface, careful on entry
  • low water — slack
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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.

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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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Beachport JettyRobe / Beachport
dangerous
⛔ Closed under Fisheries Management (General) Regulations 2017 (SA), reg 14 + Schedule 10 Part 2 item 5 — boundaries as described in the act, not drawn on the map
Legal notice: No hand spear or spear gun may be carried within 100 m of any jetty, landing or wharf in South Australia; this mark is 31 m from Beachport Jetty. · Scope: waters and adjacent foreshore within 100 m of any part of Beachport Jetty · Fisheries Management (General) Regulations 2017 (SA), reg 14 + Schedule 10 Part 2 item 5 (as of 2026-09-26)
exposed head-on to the swell today
window
—
Seabed depth of the selected area
no data (coarse grid)

A working jetty at Robe — deck shade, piles and the made bottom under them, 2–18 m. GEBCO 2020 reads about 226 m at 400 m from shore and 303 m at 900 m; the band above is the inshore water you actually dive and has to be confirmed wet. Closed to spearfishing (see the legal notice).

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What's in season,
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Rules as of now — 25.10.2026 15:07 (Australia/Adelaide)

In season now
  • King George whiting
    Sillaginodes punctatus · 2–20 m · ⚠️ closed season/limit
    min 32 cm · bag 10 a day · The GSV and Kangaroo Island limits were cut on 1 May 2026.
  • snook
    Sphyraena novaehollandiae · 1–15 m · legal
    min 45 cm · bag 20 a day
  • southern sand flathead
    Platycephalus bassensis · 1–20 m · ⚠️ closed season/limit
    min 30 cm · bag 10 a day
  • yellowtail kingfish
    Seriola lalandi · 3–35 m · ⚠️ closed season/limit
    min 60 cm · bag 1 a day · Boat limit 3 in both gulf zones.
  • samsonfish
    Seriola hippos · 5–40 m · ⚠️ closed season/limit
    min 88 cm · bag 1 a day
  • silver trevally
    Pseudocaranx georgianus · 3–30 m · legal
    min 24 cm · bag 20 a day
  • sea sweep
Vivonne Bay
  • Adelaide (Glenelg)
  • Yorke Peninsula (Edithburgh)
  • Wool Bay
  • Middle Beach
  • Foul Bay
  • Port Julia
  • Thompson Beach
  • Marion Bay
  • Parham
  • Pine Point
  • Port Rickaby
  • Corny Point
  • Ardrossan
  • Price
  • Port Victoria
  • Port Wakefield
  • Clinton
  • Balgowan
  • Moonta
  • Whalers Bay
  • Wallaroo
  • Tickera

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    Boatswains PointRobe / Beachport
    dangerous
    exposed head-on to the swell today
    window
    —
    Seabed depth of the selected area
    no data (coarse grid)

    Boat-ramp corner at Robe: the made bottom and its rubble edge, walked in from the ramp, 2–6 m. Upper South East Marine Park starts roughly 67 m from the mark — general-use water there is fishable, sanctuary and habitat zones are not.

    Google Maps
    Cape DombeyRobe / Beachport
    dangerous
    Warning: No hand spear or spear gun may be carried within 100 m of any jetty, landing or wharf in South Australia; a structure ~99 m from this mark may be one — check before you carry a spear here.
    Legal notice: No hand spear or spear gun may be carried within 100 m of any jetty, landing or wharf in South Australia; a structure ~99 m from this mark may be one — check before you carry a spear here. · Fisheries Management (General) Regulations 2017 (SA), reg 14 + Schedule 10 Part 2 item 5 (as of 2026-09-26)
    452 m from the boundary of Upper South East Sanctuary Zone — Cape Dombey (no-take zone)
    exposed head-on to the swell today
    window
    —
    Seabed depth of the selected area
    no data (coarse grid)

    Reef around the Cape Dombey obelisk; 3–8 m, crayfish, snapper, sweep. Enter off the rocks on light swell.

    Google Maps
    Cape Jaffa JettyRobe / Beachport
    dangerous
    ⛔ Closed under Fisheries Management (General) Regulations 2017 (SA), reg 14 + Schedule 10 Part 2 item 5 — boundaries as described in the act, not drawn on the map
    Legal notice: No hand spear or spear gun may be carried within 100 m of any jetty, landing or wharf in South Australia; this mark is 17 m from Cape Jaffa Jetty. · Scope: waters and adjacent foreshore within 100 m of any part of Cape Jaffa Jetty · Fisheries Management (General) Regulations 2017 (SA), reg 14 + Schedule 10 Part 2 item 5 (as of 2026-09-26)
    exposed head-on to the swell today
    window
    —
    Seabed depth of the selected area
    no data (coarse grid)

    Piles and the rubble apron of a pier, 2–6 m, with the shade line as the structure that matters. Bathymetry stops at 1 m at 900 m (GEBCO 2020); the strip you actually swim is unmeasured. Closed to spearfishing (see the legal notice).

    Google Maps
    Cape LannesRobe / Beachport
    dangerous
    exposed head-on to the swell today
    window
    —
    Seabed depth of the selected area
    no data (coarse grid)

    At the northern edge of Little Dip Conservation Park, two sets of reef reach up to 400 m off the cape around a 200 m beach with a reef-controlled rip. Access is by 4WD; the mark sits on high-profile reef with macroalgae.

    Google Maps
    Kingston SE JettyRobe / Beachport
    dangerous
    ⛔ Closed under Fisheries Management (General) Regulations 2017 (SA), reg 14 + Schedule 10 Part 2 item 5 — boundaries as described in the act, not drawn on the map
    Legal notice: No hand spear or spear gun may be carried within 100 m of any jetty, landing or wharf in South Australia; this mark is 76 m from Kingston SE Jetty. · Scope: waters and adjacent foreshore within 100 m of any part of Kingston SE Jetty · Fisheries Management (General) Regulations 2017 (SA), reg 14 + Schedule 10 Part 2 item 5 (as of 2026-09-26)
    exposed head-on to the swell today
    window
    —
    Seabed depth of the selected area
    no data (coarse grid)

    Under a Robe jetty: piles, a shade line, rubble along the apron, 2–18 m. Nothing shelters this shore from the south, so a flat spell is what makes the mark divable. Closed to spearfishing (see the legal notice).

    Google Maps
    Long Beach reef / Doorway RockRobe / Beachport
    dangerous
    exposed head-on to the swell today
    window
    —
    Seabed depth of the selected area
    no data (coarse grid)

    Reef ledges off Robe's Long Beach; 2–6 m, crayfish, snapper. Sheltered corners, easy entry.

    Google Maps
    Nora CreinaRobe / Beachport
    dangerous
    exposed head-on to the swell today
    window
    —
    Seabed depth of the selected area
    no data (coarse grid)

    Reef bay S of Robe; 3–10 m, crayfish, snapper, sweep. Clear water, exposed on SW swell.

    Google Maps
    Salmon HoleRobe / Beachport
    dangerous
    exposed head-on to the swell today
    window
    —
    Seabed depth of the selected area
    no data (coarse grid)

    At Beachport a curving beachrock reef shelters a calm lagoon, with car parks at both ends; in swell the water drains out across the reef. A spearfishing guide describes kelp and ledges, often rough, and names southern rock lobster.

    Google Maps
    Stinky BayRobe / Beachport
    dangerous
    exposed head-on to the swell today
    window
    —
    Seabed depth of the selected area
    no data (coarse grid)

    The 2 km curve between Lurline Point and the southern Nora Creina headland, reached by a 500 m track from the resort. A dive-site list gives ledges and overhangs and names southern rock lobster; the mark sits on low reef with macroalgae.

    Google Maps

    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.

    Scorpis aequipinnis · 1–20 m · legal
    min 24 cm · bag 20 a day
  • blue morwong (queen snapper)
    Nemadactylus valenciennesi · 8–40 m · ⚠️ closed season/limit
    min 38 cm · bag 5 a day
  • harlequin fish
    Othos dentex · 5–35 m · ⚠️ closed season/limit
    no minimum size · bag 2 a day
  • Australian herring (tommy ruff)
    Arripis georgianus · 0–12 m · legal
    no minimum size · bag 40 a day
  • bight redfish
    Centroberyx gerrardi · 15–50 m · ⚠️ closed season/limit
    min 30 cm · bag 10 a day
  • snapper
    Chrysophrys auratus · 5–40 m · ⚠️ closed season/limit
    min 38 cm · bag 5 a day · ⚠️ You are in the South East zone — the one South Australian zone where snapper is NOT closed (the closure to 30 June 2027 covers the West Coast, Spencer Gulf and GSV / Kangaroo Island).
  • western blue groper
    Achoerodus gouldii · 3–35 m · ⚠️ closed season/limit
    60–100 cm · bag 1 a day · ⚠️ The permanent western blue groper closure covers Spencer Gulf, Gulf St Vincent, Investigator Strait and Backstairs Passage. Outside the gulfs — a 60–100 cm slot, bag 1, boat limit 3.
  • southern rock lobster (crayfish)
    Jasus edwardsii · 2–20 m · ⚠️ closed season/limit
    min 9.85 cm (carapace) · bag 4 a day · closed 31 May – 1 Oct · 🚫 no spear · ✋ by hand or hand-held snare
  • southern calamari
    Sepioteuthis australis · 1–12 m · legal
    no minimum size · bag 15 a day
  • giant Australian cuttlefish
    Sepia apama · 1–12 m · legal
    no minimum size · bag 15 a day · The Point Lowly aggregation near Whyalla is look-only: Upper Spencer Gulf north of the Arno Bay–Wallaroo line and the False Bay exclusion zone are closed to all cuttlefish at all times.
  • silver drummer
    Kyphosus sydneyanus · 0–8 m · legal
    min size: no data
    • 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.
    • •SA: there is no in South Australia, hand fish spears and spearguns need no registration, and they may be used in most South Australian waters (PIRSA).
    • ✓SA gear: carrying or using ANY fish spear, speargun included, while on scuba or hookah is prohibited. Taking or attempting to take rock lobster with a speargun or any pointed instrument is an offence. A may be carried for protection only: it must not be used for fishing or attached to a spear (PIRSA; Fisheries Management (General) Regulations 2017, reg. 15).
    • ✓SA places: a hand fish spear or spear gun may not even be carried in the River Murray and the state's other fresh water streams (or on land within 100 m of them), in West Lakes, within 100 m of any jetty, landing or wharf, within 200 m of the Hindmarsh and Inman river outlets, in Boat Harbor at Second Valley, and along the Adelaide coast within 600 m of high water from Outer Harbor to Kingston Park and from Hallett Cove (Balboa Drive) to Witton Bluff (Fisheries Management (General) Regulations 2017, reg. 14 and Schedule 10).
    • ✓SA sizes and bags are set BY ZONE, and Spencer Gulf is more generous than Gulf St Vincent and Kangaroo Island: King George whiting 32 cm (10 / 5), snook 45 cm (20 / 10), silver trevally 24 cm (20 / 10), blue morwong 38 cm (5 / 3), kingfish 60 cm (1). Snapper is shut until 30 June 2027 everywhere but the South East zone; western blue groper is closed at all times in the gulfs (PIRSA; Fisheries Management Act 2007).
    • •SA weather: the BOM marine wind warning summary for the state — bom.gov.au/marine/lite/warning/IDS20201.shtml. Rules change: check PIRSA before every trip.
    • ⛔ 🚫 South Australia: snapper is shut in the West Coast, Spencer Gulf and Gulf St Vincent / Kangaroo Island zones until 30 June 2027 (open in the South East zone only). Western blue groper is closed at all times in Spencer Gulf, Gulf St Vincent, Investigator Strait and Backstairs Passage. Southern calamari carries a bag of 0 in both gulf tables, and Murray cod is catch-and-release only.
    • ⛔ 🚫 South Australia: the take of any abalone is prohibited from the River Murray mouth to the Victorian border (abalone viral ganglioneuritis and depleted stocks) — that is the whole South East coast, Robe included.
    • ⛔ 🚫 Fully protected in South Australia: basking shark, green sawfish, greeneye spurdog, grey nurse shark, oceanic whitetip, Dipturus and Dentiraja skates, southern dogfish, all Urolophus stingarees, seahorses and seadragons, plus whales, dolphins and seals.
    • ⛔ 🚫 Spears are banned in ALL South Australian aquatic reserves, in the River Murray and the state's other fresh waters, in the West Lakes system, in Second Valley Bay and in the Port Noarlunga ; along the Adelaide metropolitan coast — 600 m from the high-water mark, 100 m from jetties and 200 m from the Hindmarsh and Inman river mouths (PIRSA).

    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.

    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.
    Local guide · Robe / Beachport

    Spearfishing in Robe / Beachport: spots, seasons and rules

    Updated 2026-09-05 · By Oleksandr, spearfisher

    Spearfishing around Robe is an exposure problem first. The coast faces west-south-west and takes Southern Ocean groundswell head-on, so a flat spell is what makes any of these marks divable: anything from roughly 190 to 310 degrees puts swell on the shore, with 250 degrees the direction to stay home for. When it does go flat, the limestone gives 3-8 m of reef at Cape Dombey and 2-6 m of sheltered ledge at Long Beach reef / Doorway Rock, with Nora Creina holding clear water further south. South Australia needs no licence, but sanctuary zones and the gear rules bite before the fish do.

    TL;DR

    • Robe and Beachport take Southern Ocean groundswell head-on. Anything from about 190 to 310 degrees closes this shore, 250 the worst of it.
    • South Australia asks for no fishing licence and registers no spearguns, but a spear may not be carried on SCUBA or hookah.
    • The Upper South East Sanctuary Zone — Cape Dombey is listed at this city, and an SA sanctuary zone is no-take for all fishing.
    • Snapper is shut in the West Coast, Spencer Gulf and Gulf St Vincent / Kangaroo Island zones until 30 June 2027, and open in the South East zone only.

    Where can you shore dive around Robe and Beachport?

    This is a limestone and jetty coast, so the marks split into open reef and made structure. Check the SA marine park zoning for each pin, and treat every depth here as something to confirm in the water.

    SpotTypeDepthLevelAccessNotes
    Cape DombeyReef around the obelisk headland3-8 mLight swell onlyEnter off the rocksSnapper and sweep are listed. The Upper South East Sanctuary Zone — Cape Dombey is recorded at this city, so read the zoning map first.
    Long Beach reef / Doorway RockReef ledges off Robe's Long Beach2-6 mSheltered corners, the easiest entry hereShore entryThe fallback when Cape Dombey is working. Snapper is listed.
    Nora CreinaReef bay south of Robe3-10 mClear water, exposed on a south-westerly swellShore entryThe clearest of the open-coast options, and the first to close when the swell turns on.
    Beachport JettyWorking jetty, piles and the made bottom under them2-18 mStructure dive, depth to be confirmed wetShore entry beside the jettyPIRSA publishes a 100 m spearfishing exclusion around jetties, landings and wharves. Confirm with the agency whether it binds this jetty.

    Do you need a licence to spearfish in South Australia?

    No. PIRSA states you do not need a licence for recreational fishing in South Australia, and hand fish spears and spearguns do not need to be registered; a permit applies when fishing in certain reservoirs. The gear rules matter more than the paperwork. Carrying or using any fish spear, speargun included, while on SCUBA or hookah is prohibited, and powerheads may be carried for protection only, never used for fishing or attached to a spear.

    Which water around Robe is closed to spearfishing?

    Sanctuary zones are the hard line: an SA marine park sanctuary zone prohibits all fishing, spearfishing included, under the Marine Parks Act 2007, and the Upper South East Sanctuary Zone — Cape Dombey is the one recorded at this city. Boatswains Point sits beside the Upper South East Marine Park, where general-use water is fishable and sanctuary and habitat zones are not. Spears are also banned in every SA aquatic reserve and in all fresh water, and an unloaded spear may be carried across a closed area only in transit.

    Does the jetty rule apply on the Limestone Coast?

    Ask PIRSA before you commit, because several marks here are jetties. PIRSA publishes a 100 m spearfishing exclusion around jetties, landings and wharves, including the adjacent foreshore, on the closure page written for the Adelaide metropolitan coastline. Whether it binds Beachport Jetty, Cape Jaffa Jetty and Kingston SE Jetty is not settled here, so ask rather than assume.

    When does this coast go flat enough to dive?

    On a light spell with no groundswell. The shore faces about 250 degrees, the bad sector runs from roughly 190 to 310 degrees, and nothing shelters it from the south. The tidal range is small, so swell decides the day. No camera is listed here, so the call comes from the marine forecast and the beach. The water runs cold: 13 degrees is the caution mark, 11 degrees the stop.

    What is open and what is closed for a spearo in SA?

    Snapper is closed in the West Coast, Spencer Gulf and Gulf St Vincent / Kangaroo Island zones until 30 June 2027 and may be taken in the South East zone only. Western blue groper is closed at all times in Spencer Gulf, Gulf St Vincent, Investigator Strait and Backstairs Passage, with a 60-100 cm slot and a bag of 1 outside those waters. Confirm your fishing zone with PIRSA, because the bag tables are written per zone.

    FAQ

    Do you need a licence to spearfish at Robe?

    No. South Australia requires no recreational fishing licence, and spearguns need no registration.

    Can you spear crayfish in South Australia?

    No. Taking or attempting to take rock lobster with a speargun or any pointed instrument is an offence, and rock lobster seasons apply.

    Can you spearfish at Cape Dombey?

    The Upper South East Sanctuary Zone — Cape Dombey is recorded at this city and sanctuary zones are no-take. Read the SA zoning map for your pin.

    Is snapper open at Robe?

    Snapper may be taken in the South East zone only while the gulf and West Coast zones stay shut to 30 June 2027. Confirm your zone with PIRSA.

    Can you spearfish on scuba in South Australia?

    No. Carrying or using a fish spear or speargun while on SCUBA or hookah is prohibited.

    What swell direction shuts Robe down?

    Anything from about 190 to 310 degrees, with 250 degrees the worst. This shore has no shelter from the Southern Ocean.

    Sources

    • PIRSA, fish spear and speargun rules
    • PIRSA, recreational fishing rules
    • PIRSA, snapper species profile and closure
    • PIRSA, fishing limits quick lookup

    Nearby towns

    • Adelaide (Glenelg) spearfishing guide
    • Apollo Bay spearfishing guide
    • Geelong spearfishing guide
    • Mornington Peninsula: forecast and spots
    • Spearfishing in Melbourne (Port Phillip Bay)
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