Struisbaai rock and surf angler checking fishing conditions before a charter launch

Fishing conditions

Struisbaai 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 Struisbaai.

Now 67 Good
Wind 12 km/h S S
Tide Steady -0.13m Steady
Public forecastSelected Wed 08 JulUpdated Wed 08 Jul 23:18Weather data liveMarine data live

Selected day

Wed 08 Jul

Best visible window 23:00 with score 67. Scroll to compare the hourly changes.

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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?

Good today, score 67

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 67

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

Fishing conditions tomorrow

00:00, score 66

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

Tides for fishing today

Low 02:00 -0.83m, high 21:00 0.11m, steady

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

Fishing forecast and weather

12 km/h S wind, 1025 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

Good activity around 23:00, score 67

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

67 Fishing score

Today

Good

Mostly clear

Looks usable for many trips, with normal skipper checks for wind, swell, and harbour instructions.

Score

67

Good

Window

Now

Today

Tide

Steady -0.13m

Steady

Sea

2.2m / 8s

Rough swell

Wind

12 km/h S

Good wind

Barometer

1025 hPa

High

Score movement

How the day changes

Best visible window is around now with a score of 67.

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Tide

Water level from shore

Neap tide
High 21:00 · 0.11m Low 02:00 · -0.83m Higher water
Smaller tidal push 0.94m range

Steady -0.13m

Higher water from shore, about 74% between today's low and high water.

Sea state

Swell and wave height

Exposed
Rough swell

2.2m / 8s

Swell may make exposed launches and shorebreak uncomfortable.

Wind

Direction and strength

S
Good wind

12 km/h S

Light wind with gusts around 22 km/h.

Barometer

Surface pressure

High

1025 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 0.6 km/h W 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

Low UV

07:46 - 17:42

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

Struisbaai fishing planning notes

Check Struisbaai 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

Struisbaai 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

Struisbaai fishing conditions today

Good today, score 67

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

Struisbaai fishing report today

Good activity around 23:00, score 67, best window 23:00, score 67, tide steady

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

Struisbaai fishing tides today

Low 02:00 -0.83m, high 21:00 0.11m, steady

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

High tide and low tide in Struisbaai

Low 02:00 -0.83m, high 21:00 0.11m

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

Weather for fishing in Struisbaai

12 km/h S wind, 1025 hPa pressure, 0.0 mm rain, 2.2m / 8s sea

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

Fish activity today in Struisbaai

Good activity around 23:00, score 67

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

Local fishing report

Struisbaai 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 23:00

Swell is the main factor to watch.

67

Wind

12 km/h S

Pressure

1025 hPa

Swell

2.5 m

Rain

0%

Tide

Falling

Daily planning

Fishing tide calendar and daily signal

Wednesday

01 Jul

78

Best time

09:00

Best score

78

Sunrise

07:47

Sunset

17:39

Moon

Full moon · 99% lit

UV

Low UV

Low tide

10:00 -1.06m

High tide

16:00 0.36m

Thursday

02 Jul

54

Best time

21:00

Best score

54

Sunrise

07:47

Sunset

17:39

Moon

Waning gibbous · 96% lit

UV

Moderate UV

Low tide

10:00 -1.08m

High tide

16:00 0.38m

Friday

03 Jul

74

Best time

21:00

Best score

74

Sunrise

07:47

Sunset

17:40

Moon

Waning gibbous · 91% lit

UV

Low UV

Low tide

11:00 -0.95m

High tide

17:00 0.46m

Saturday

04 Jul

79

Best time

12:00

Best score

79

Sunrise

07:47

Sunset

17:40

Moon

Waning gibbous · 84% lit

UV

Moderate UV

Low tide

11:00 -0.99m

High tide

18:00 0.36m

Sunday

05 Jul

84

Best time

12:00

Best score

84

Sunrise

07:47

Sunset

17:41

Moon

Waning gibbous · 75% lit

UV

Moderate UV

Low tide

12:00 -0.91m

High tide

18:00 0.33m

Monday

06 Jul

81

Best time

00:00

Best score

81

Sunrise

07:47

Sunset

17:41

Moon

Last quarter · 66% lit

UV

Moderate UV

Low tide

12:00 -0.85m

High tide

19:00 0.25m

Tuesday

07 Jul

78

Best time

09:00

Best score

78

Sunrise

07:47

Sunset

17:42

Moon

Last quarter · 55% lit

UV

Moderate UV

Low tide

01:00 -0.84m

High tide

20:00 0.18m

Wednesday

08 Jul

67

Best time

23:00

Best score

67

Sunrise

07:46

Sunset

17:42

Moon

Last quarter · 45% lit

UV

Low UV

Low tide

02:00 -0.83m

High tide

21:00 0.11m

Thursday

09 Jul

66

Best time

00:00

Best score

66

Sunrise

07:46

Sunset

17:43

Moon

Last quarter · 34% lit

UV

Low UV

Low tide

04:00 -0.87m

High tide

22:00 0.14m

Friday

10 Jul

60

Best time

00:00

Best score

60

Sunrise

07:46

Sunset

17:43

Moon

Waning crescent · 25% lit

UV

Low UV

Low tide

05:00 -0.89m

High tide

23:00 0.13m

Saturday

11 Jul

52

Best time

09:00

Best score

52

Sunrise

07:46

Sunset

17:44

Moon

Waning crescent · 16% lit

UV

Moderate UV

Low tide

06:00 -1.01m

High tide

00:00 0.13m

Sunday

12 Jul

47

Best time

21:00

Best score

47

Sunrise

07:45

Sunset

17:45

Moon

Waning crescent · 9% lit

UV

Low UV

Low tide

07:00 -1.15m

High tide

00:00 0.19m

Monday

13 Jul

87

Best time

21:00

Best score

87

Sunrise

07:45

Sunset

17:45

Moon

Waning crescent · 4% lit

UV

Moderate UV

Low tide

08:00 -1.18m

High tide

14:00 0.39m

Tuesday

14 Jul

89

Best time

03:00

Best score

89

Sunrise

07:45

Sunset

17:46

Moon

New moon · 1% lit

UV

Moderate UV

Low tide

09:00 -1.25m

High tide

15:00 0.50m

South Africa fishing forecast

Struisbaai 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 Struisbaai

Are fishing conditions good in Struisbaai today?

Struisbaai is showing good fishing conditions for Wed 08 Jul. The selected window is now, score 67 (Good), with wind 12 km/h S, pressure 1025 hPa, tide Steady -0.13m, 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.

What is the best time to fish in Struisbaai today?

The best visible window is 23:00, score 67. Check again closer to your session because wind, tide, swell, and rain can shift through the day.

What is the fishing forecast for Struisbaai today?

The forecast signal is Good activity around 23:00, score 67. Current fishing weather is 12 km/h S wind, 1025 hPa pressure, 0.0 mm rain, 2.2m / 8s sea. Use the hourly score movement for the exact window you plan to fish.

What are the Struisbaai fishing tides today?

Low 02:00 -0.83m, high 21:00 0.11m, steady

What time is high tide and low tide in Struisbaai today?

Low 02:00 -0.83m, high 21:00 0.11m

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 Struisbaai fishing report today?

Good activity around 23:00, score 67, best window 23:00, score 67, 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.

Can I check Struisbaai fishing conditions tomorrow?

Yes. Use the day selector to check tomorrow. The current best visible window for tomorrow is 00:00, score 66, 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.