Is today good for fishing?
Rough today, score 38
A plain-language answer before you read the charts. Use it with your own spot knowledge and safety checks.

Fishing conditions
Check the fishing forecast, best fishing times, tides, wind, swell, barometric pressure, rain, moon phase, water temperature, and fish activity before rock and surf, pier, paddleski, kayak, guide, or charter plans around East London.
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Best visible window 23:00 with score 38. Scroll to compare the hourly changes.
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Fishing answers
Built around the searches anglers actually make: fishing conditions today, fishing forecast, fishing weather, fishing tides, and fish activity.
Is today good for fishing?
Rough today, score 38
A plain-language answer before you read the charts. Use it with your own spot knowledge and safety checks.
Best fishing time today
23:00, score 38
The quickest answer for anglers checking whether today is worth planning around.
Fishing conditions tomorrow
18:00, score 64
Useful for early plans. Check again closer to launch because wind and sea state can change.
Tides for fishing today
Low 02:00 -0.68m, high 21:00 0.23m, steady
Use high tide, low tide, and moving water together with local banks, bait, and safe access.
Fishing forecast and weather
19 km/h W wind, 1021 hPa pressure, 0.0 mm rain, 2.2m / 8s sea
Wind, gusts, pressure, rain, and swell are the main comfort checks before you cast or launch.
Fish activity today
Rough activity around 23:00, score 38
Combines the score, tide movement, moon phase, light, wind, swell, and pressure into a simple bite outlook.
Today
Mostly clear
Conditions look uncomfortable or exposed. Treat this as a planning warning and verify locally.
Score
38
Rough
Window
Now
Today
Tide
Steady 0.10m
Steady
Sea
2.2m / 8s
Rough swell
Wind
19 km/h W
Rough wind
Barometer
1021 hPa
Settled
Score movement
Best visible window is around now with a score of 38.
Tide
Steady 0.10m
Near high water from shore, about 86% between today's low and high water.
Sea state
2.2m / 8s
Swell may make exposed launches and shorebreak uncomfortable.
Wind
19 km/h W
Wind and gusts around 41 km/h may make exposed water uncomfortable.
Barometer
1021 hPa
Pressure helps you spot changing weather patterns before a trip.
Rain
0.0 mm
Use this with wind and pressure rather than by itself.
Water
18 C
Current 0.4 km/h NW from the marine model.
Moon
Last quarter · 45% lit
Moon phase can affect night light, bait movement, and how anglers plan dawn or evening sessions.
Light
07:11 - 17:15
Low light around sunrise and sunset often shapes feeding windows and launch comfort.
Day timeline
Tap a time to update the page with that window.
Planning note
Use these visuals for early decisions. Skippers, harbour notices, and official safety guidance remain the source of truth on launch day.
Local context
Check East London fishing conditions for rock and surf anglers plus harbour, backline, mid deep, and deep sea charter planning on Fish On Charter.
Shore anglers
Use the score with swell, tide movement, water colour, banks, bait activity, and the wind on the beach you actually plan to fish.
Paddleski and kayak
Treat the score as a planning signal only. Launch and return safety depend on wind, swell, shorebreak, current, buddy cover, and your own ability.
Guides and charters
Guides, skippers, clubs, and official safety guidance remain the final call when weather or sea state changes.
Popular searches answered
Quick answers for the searches anglers use most: fishing conditions near me, fishing report today, high tide, low tide, fish activity, and weather for fishing.
East London fishing conditions today
Start here when you want the quickest answer before checking the hourly movement.
East London fishing report today
The live report is modelled for now. Local angler and skipper observations will be added as the reporting layer opens.
East London fishing tides today
Use tide height and tide direction together with your spot, banks, bait movement, and safe access.
High tide and low tide in East London
Useful for anglers planning rock and surf, harbour edges, banks, gullies, and protected water.
Weather for fishing in East London
Wind, swell, barometric pressure, and rain are the main comfort checks before you cast or launch.
Fish activity today in East London
A bite outlook from score, tide, moon, light, wind, swell, rain, and pressure signals.
Local fishing report
The forecast gives the modelled signal. The next layer is local observations from anglers, skippers, clubs, and verified operators: water colour, bait movement, recent catches, shorebreak comfort, launch notes, and species activity. We will show those reports here once moderated local reports are available.
Water colour and bait
Local reports can explain whether the water looks clean, dirty, warm, cold, alive with bait, or quiet.
Recent fish activity
Moderated notes can show whether anglers are seeing shad, kob, grunter, garrick, reef species, or offshore movement.
Launch and shore comfort
Skipper and angler notes can add context for shorebreak, harbour comfort, wind build-up, parking, and local access.
Next windows
A lightweight planning score across wind direction, gusts, pressure, swell, rain chance, and tide movement.
Wed 23:00
Swell is the main factor to watch.
Wind
20 km/h W
Pressure
1021 hPa
Swell
2.3 m
Rain
0%
Tide
Falling
Daily planning
Wednesday
01 Jul
Best time
00:00
Best score
78
Sunrise
07:12
Sunset
17:12
Moon
Full moon · 99% lit
UV
Moderate UV
Low tide
10:00 -0.86m
High tide
16:00 0.46m
Thursday
02 Jul
Best time
00:00
Best score
34
Sunrise
07:12
Sunset
17:13
Moon
Waning gibbous · 96% lit
UV
Moderate UV
Low tide
11:00 -0.86m
High tide
17:00 0.51m
Friday
03 Jul
Best time
15:00
Best score
47
Sunrise
07:12
Sunset
17:13
Moon
Waning gibbous · 91% lit
UV
Moderate UV
Low tide
11:00 -0.76m
High tide
17:00 0.53m
Saturday
04 Jul
Best time
21:00
Best score
71
Sunrise
07:12
Sunset
17:13
Moon
Waning gibbous · 84% lit
UV
Moderate UV
Low tide
12:00 -0.86m
High tide
18:00 0.39m
Sunday
05 Jul
Best time
21:00
Best score
85
Sunrise
07:12
Sunset
17:14
Moon
Waning gibbous · 75% lit
UV
Moderate UV
Low tide
12:00 -0.84m
High tide
19:00 0.36m
Monday
06 Jul
Best time
09:00
Best score
86
Sunrise
07:11
Sunset
17:14
Moon
Last quarter · 66% lit
UV
Moderate UV
Low tide
13:00 -0.82m
High tide
19:00 0.27m
Tuesday
07 Jul
Best time
09:00
Best score
88
Sunrise
07:11
Sunset
17:15
Moon
Last quarter · 55% lit
UV
Moderate UV
Low tide
14:00 -0.76m
High tide
20:00 0.19m
Wednesday
08 Jul
Best time
23:00
Best score
38
Sunrise
07:11
Sunset
17:15
Moon
Last quarter · 45% lit
UV
Moderate UV
Low tide
02:00 -0.68m
High tide
21:00 0.23m
Thursday
09 Jul
Best time
18:00
Best score
64
Sunrise
07:11
Sunset
17:16
Moon
Last quarter · 34% lit
UV
Moderate UV
Low tide
04:00 -0.58m
High tide
23:00 0.27m
Friday
10 Jul
Best time
21:00
Best score
60
Sunrise
07:11
Sunset
17:17
Moon
Waning crescent · 25% lit
UV
Moderate UV
Low tide
05:00 -0.57m
High tide
00:00 0.19m
Saturday
11 Jul
Best time
03:00
Best score
61
Sunrise
07:10
Sunset
17:17
Moon
Waning crescent · 16% lit
UV
Moderate UV
Low tide
07:00 -0.74m
High tide
00:00 0.23m
Sunday
12 Jul
Best time
21:00
Best score
59
Sunrise
07:10
Sunset
17:18
Moon
Waning crescent · 9% lit
UV
Moderate UV
Low tide
20:00 -0.91m
High tide
01:00 0.25m
Monday
13 Jul
Best time
03:00
Best score
72
Sunrise
07:10
Sunset
17:18
Moon
Waning crescent · 4% lit
UV
Moderate UV
Low tide
08:00 -1.00m
High tide
15:00 0.34m
Tuesday
14 Jul
Best time
15:00
Best score
83
Sunrise
07:09
Sunset
17:19
Moon
New moon · 1% lit
UV
Moderate UV
Low tide
09:00 -1.07m
High tide
15:00 0.47m
South Africa fishing forecast
Use this public fishing tide calendar to compare fishing conditions today and tomorrow, tide times, wind direction, barometric pressure, swell, rain, moon phase, and fish activity signals before casting rock and surf, fishing from a pier, planning paddleski or kayak water, choosing harbour, backline, mid deep, or deep sea fishing water, booking a guided session, or deciding whether the day suits your comfort level.
Fishing tide calendar
Check high tide, low tide, tide movement, and the selected day's best fishing time before choosing when to fish.
Fish activity today
Compare the fishing score, moon phase, light, tide movement, wind, and swell to spot the most useful bite outlook.
Weather for fishing
Wind direction, barometric pressure, gusts, swell, rain, and water temperature help you decide whether conditions suit your comfort level.
Useful before you book
Harbour comfort
Wind and tide often matter more than open-water swell for sheltered harbour trips.
Sea exposure
Backline, mid deep, and deep sea fishing trips feel swell and wind much sooner than protected water.
Paddleski caution
Launch and return safety depend on shorebreak, wind build-up, current, your fitness, and local buddy or club guidance.
Launch decision
A clean score is not permission to launch. Your skipper and official guidance decide.
Fishing conditions FAQ
East London is showing rough fishing conditions for Wed 08 Jul. The selected window is now, score 38 (Rough), with wind 19 km/h W, pressure 1021 hPa, tide Steady 0.10m, swell 2.2m / 8s, rain 0.0 mm and moon phase Last quarter · 45% lit. Use this as a planning signal and confirm local safety guidance before fishing or launching.
The best visible window is 23:00, score 38. Check again closer to your session because wind, tide, swell, and rain can shift through the day.
The forecast signal is Rough activity around 23:00, score 38. Current fishing weather is 19 km/h W wind, 1021 hPa pressure, 0.0 mm rain, 2.2m / 8s sea. Use the hourly score movement for the exact window you plan to fish.
Low 02:00 -0.68m, high 21:00 0.23m, steady
Low 02:00 -0.68m, high 21:00 0.23m
Fish activity is a planning signal built from tide movement, wind, swell, pressure, rain, moon phase, daylight, and the hourly fishing score. It is not a catch guarantee.
Rough activity around 23:00, score 38, best window 23:00, score 38, tide steady. Fish On Charter is adding moderated local reports so anglers can compare modelled conditions with water colour, bait movement, catches, and launch notes.
Yes. Use the day selector to check tomorrow. The current best visible window for tomorrow is 18:00, score 64, and it should be checked again closer to launch or casting time.
No. Use the score as a planning signal only. Launch and return decisions still depend on local sea state, shorebreak, wind changes, official guidance, skipper calls, club guidance, and your own ability.
Start with swell, wind direction, tide movement, light, and the best visible fishing window. Then confirm local water colour, banks, bait movement, access, and safety before committing to a spot.
Weather and marine forecasts by Open-Meteo using national weather-provider models.
Marine sea-level and current data is modelled and is not suitable for navigation or official launch decisions.