Mossel Bay rock and surf angler checking fishing conditions before a charter launch

Fishing conditions

Mossel Bay fishing conditions today

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 Mossel Bay.

Now 82 Great
Wind 7 km/h W W
Tide Falling 0.22m Falling
Public forecastSelected Wed 08 JulUpdated Wed 08 Jul 21:06Weather data liveMarine data live

Selected day

Wed 08 Jul

Best visible window 21:00 with score 55. Scroll to compare the hourly changes.

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Past week and forecast

Fishing answers

Best fishing times, tide and fish activity

Built around the searches anglers actually make: fishing conditions today, fishing forecast, fishing weather, fishing tides, and fish activity.

Today and tomorrow

Is today good for fishing?

Great today, score 82

A plain-language answer before you read the charts. Use it with your own spot knowledge and safety checks.

Best fishing time today

21:00, score 55

The quickest answer for anglers checking whether today is worth planning around.

Fishing conditions tomorrow

09:00, score 74

Useful for early plans. Check again closer to launch because wind and sea state can change.

Tides for fishing today

Low 03:00 -0.82m, high 21:00 0.22m, falling

Use high tide, low tide, and moving water together with local banks, bait, and safe access.

Fishing forecast and weather

7 km/h W wind, 1022 hPa pressure, 0.0 mm rain, 1.5m / 8s sea

Wind, gusts, pressure, rain, and swell are the main comfort checks before you cast or launch.

Fish activity today

Great activity around 21:00, score 55

Combines the score, tide movement, moon phase, light, wind, swell, and pressure into a simple bite outlook.

82 Fishing score

Today

Great

Overcast

A cleaner window on the public forecast. Still confirm with the skipper before committing to a launch.

Score

82

Great

Window

Now

Today

Tide

Falling 0.22m

Falling

Sea

1.5m / 8s

Watch swell

Wind

7 km/h W

Good wind

Barometer

1022 hPa

Settled

Score movement

How the day changes

The day improves gently from 22:00 to 23:00 (+2). Best visible window: now (82).

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Tide

Water level from shore

Neap tide
High 21:00 · 0.22m Low 03:00 · -0.82m Near high water
Smaller tidal push 1.04m range

Falling 0.22m

Near high water from shore, about 100% between today's low and high water.

Sea state

Swell and wave height

Moderate
Watch swell

1.5m / 8s

Open-water trips and rock and surf spots can feel more exposed.

Wind

Direction and strength

W
Good wind

7 km/h W

Light wind with gusts around 14 km/h.

Barometer

Surface pressure

Settled

1022 hPa

Pressure helps you spot changing weather patterns before a trip.

Rain

Chance during window

Low

0.0 mm

Use this with wind and pressure rather than by itself.

Water

Temperature and current

Cool

16 C

Current 0.4 km/h N from the marine model.

Moon

Phase and light

Last quarter

Last quarter · 45% lit

Moon phase can affect night light, bait movement, and how anglers plan dawn or evening sessions.

Light

Sunrise and sunset

Moderate UV

07:37 - 17:36

Low light around sunrise and sunset often shapes feeding windows and launch comfort.

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

Mossel Bay fishing planning notes

Check Mossel Bay 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

Mossel Bay fishing forecast, tides and weather

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.

Search-focused

Mossel Bay fishing conditions today

Great today, score 82

Start here when you want the quickest answer before checking the hourly movement.

Mossel Bay fishing report today

Great activity around 21:00, score 55, best window 21:00, score 55, tide falling

The live report is modelled for now. Local angler and skipper observations will be added as the reporting layer opens.

Mossel Bay fishing tides today

Low 03:00 -0.82m, high 21:00 0.22m, falling

Use tide height and tide direction together with your spot, banks, bait movement, and safe access.

High tide and low tide in Mossel Bay

Low 03:00 -0.82m, high 21:00 0.22m

Useful for anglers planning rock and surf, harbour edges, banks, gullies, and protected water.

Weather for fishing in Mossel Bay

7 km/h W wind, 1022 hPa pressure, 0.0 mm rain, 1.5m / 8s sea

Wind, swell, barometric pressure, and rain are the main comfort checks before you cast or launch.

Fish activity today in Mossel Bay

Great activity around 21:00, score 55

A bite outlook from score, tide, moon, light, wind, swell, rain, and pressure signals.

Local fishing report

Mossel Bay fishing report layer

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

Fishing condition outlook

A lightweight planning score across wind direction, gusts, pressure, swell, rain chance, and tide movement.

1 window

Wed 21:00

Rain chance is elevated.

55

Wind

7 km/h W

Pressure

1022 hPa

Swell

1.7 m

Rain

94%

Tide

Falling

Daily planning

Fishing tide calendar and daily signal

Wednesday

01 Jul

86

Best time

06:00

Best score

86

Sunrise

07:38

Sunset

17:32

Moon

Full moon · 99% lit

UV

Low UV

Low tide

10:00 -1.11m

High tide

16:00 0.43m

Thursday

02 Jul

73

Best time

18:00

Best score

73

Sunrise

07:38

Sunset

17:33

Moon

Waning gibbous · 96% lit

UV

Moderate UV

Low tide

10:00 -1.07m

High tide

17:00 0.49m

Friday

03 Jul

75

Best time

21:00

Best score

75

Sunrise

07:38

Sunset

17:33

Moon

Waning gibbous · 91% lit

UV

Low UV

Low tide

11:00 -1.03m

High tide

17:00 0.51m

Saturday

04 Jul

83

Best time

21:00

Best score

83

Sunrise

07:37

Sunset

17:34

Moon

Waning gibbous · 84% lit

UV

Moderate UV

Low tide

12:00 -1.02m

High tide

18:00 0.42m

Sunday

05 Jul

93

Best time

21:00

Best score

93

Sunrise

07:37

Sunset

17:34

Moon

Waning gibbous · 75% lit

UV

Moderate UV

Low tide

12:00 -1.00m

High tide

19:00 0.38m

Monday

06 Jul

93

Best time

00:00

Best score

93

Sunrise

07:37

Sunset

17:35

Moon

Last quarter · 66% lit

UV

Moderate UV

Low tide

13:00 -0.94m

High tide

19:00 0.29m

Tuesday

07 Jul

92

Best time

15:00

Best score

92

Sunrise

07:37

Sunset

17:35

Moon

Last quarter · 55% lit

UV

Moderate UV

Low tide

02:00 -0.86m

High tide

20:00 0.25m

Wednesday

08 Jul

55

Best time

21:00

Best score

55

Sunrise

07:37

Sunset

17:36

Moon

Last quarter · 45% lit

UV

Moderate UV

Low tide

03:00 -0.82m

High tide

21:00 0.22m

Thursday

09 Jul

74

Best time

09:00

Best score

74

Sunrise

07:37

Sunset

17:36

Moon

Last quarter · 34% lit

UV

Moderate UV

Low tide

04:00 -0.86m

High tide

22:00 0.19m

Friday

10 Jul

69

Best time

21:00

Best score

69

Sunrise

07:36

Sunset

17:37

Moon

Waning crescent · 25% lit

UV

Low UV

Low tide

05:00 -0.87m

High tide

23:00 0.17m

Saturday

11 Jul

71

Best time

12:00

Best score

71

Sunrise

07:36

Sunset

17:37

Moon

Waning crescent · 16% lit

UV

Moderate UV

Low tide

06:00 -0.98m

High tide

00:00 0.21m

Sunday

12 Jul

81

Best time

12:00

Best score

81

Sunrise

07:36

Sunset

17:38

Moon

Waning crescent · 9% lit

UV

Moderate UV

Low tide

07:00 -1.14m

High tide

01:00 0.28m

Monday

13 Jul

86

Best time

18:00

Best score

86

Sunrise

07:35

Sunset

17:39

Moon

Waning crescent · 4% lit

UV

Moderate UV

Low tide

08:00 -1.21m

High tide

14:00 0.42m

Tuesday

14 Jul

95

Best time

21:00

Best score

95

Sunrise

07:35

Sunset

17:39

Moon

New moon · 1% lit

UV

Moderate UV

Low tide

09:00 -1.27m

High tide

15:00 0.57m

South Africa fishing forecast

Mossel Bay fishing conditions today, tide table and weather

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

What the forecast can and cannot tell you

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

Common planning questions for Mossel Bay

Are fishing conditions good in Mossel Bay today?

Mossel Bay is showing great fishing conditions for Wed 08 Jul. The selected window is now, score 82 (Great), with wind 7 km/h W, pressure 1022 hPa, tide Falling 0.22m, swell 1.5m / 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.

What is the best time to fish in Mossel Bay today?

The best visible window is 21:00, score 55. Check again closer to your session because wind, tide, swell, and rain can shift through the day.

What is the fishing forecast for Mossel Bay today?

The forecast signal is Great activity around 21:00, score 55. Current fishing weather is 7 km/h W wind, 1022 hPa pressure, 0.0 mm rain, 1.5m / 8s sea. Use the hourly score movement for the exact window you plan to fish.

What are the Mossel Bay fishing tides today?

Low 03:00 -0.82m, high 21:00 0.22m, falling

What time is high tide and low tide in Mossel Bay today?

Low 03:00 -0.82m, high 21:00 0.22m

What does fish activity today mean?

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.

Where can I find a Mossel Bay fishing report today?

Great activity around 21:00, score 55, best window 21:00, score 55, tide falling. Fish On Charter is adding moderated local reports so anglers can compare modelled conditions with water colour, bait movement, catches, and launch notes.

Can I check Mossel Bay fishing conditions tomorrow?

Yes. Use the day selector to check tomorrow. The current best visible window for tomorrow is 09:00, score 74, and it should be checked again closer to launch or casting time.

Can this forecast decide if a paddleski, kayak, or charter should launch?

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.

What should rock and surf anglers check first?

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.