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Recfishwest
was set up to represent Western Australia's many hundreds of thousands of recreational fishers. Recfishwest does a lot which is
not publicised on their web site - some reports are published in the Western Angler magazine.
Australian Anglers Association (WA Division) Inc. Known affectionately or
otherwise as "the Triple A", this group represents Western Australia's many thousands of club recreational fishers.
Mandurah Offshore Fishing and Sailing Club PO Box 219, Mandurah WA 6210, Telephone (08) 9535 6251. The Mandurah Offshore Fishing and
Sailing Club is located within the new Ocean Marina on the picturesque Peel inlet. The club has a large membership base involved
in competitive fishing, sailing and dragon boat racing. The facilities are first class with a large bar, restaurant area, dry pens
and an extensive floating marina for boats of all sizes. The club welcomes new members both social and active.
Seabreeze.com.au has:-
Wind graphs
showing the wind strengths and directions for Safety Bay, Rottnest, Swanbourne, Ocean Reef, Mandurah, Garden Island and Melville
Water,in the Perth metro area, and Bunbury, Geraldton, Broome, Gnaraloo, Margaret River and Esperance in country areas, updated
every 10 minutes from 4am to 8pm. Also has graphs for the previous day if you want to see what you missed.
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Ocean Outlook has
Swell and wind forecasts for the west and south coasts of Western Australia.
Bureau of Meteorology has many useful pages about the weather all over Australia.
Some of these are:-
Latest synoptic chart,
and predicted charts 12 and 24 hours ahead give an idea of the winds for that day.
Going fishing today or tomorrow - check WA
Weather and Warnings or
Perth local waters forecast and the
latest synoptic chart
Current winds and temperatures for Perth metro sites are updated
every 10 minutes in Perth current observations
Planning a fishing trip for the weekend - check
extended period forecast for Western Australia's
South West Land Division.
Four day forecast chart shows the predicted synoptic charts for four
days - helps to predict what the winds and weather will be for the next few days. Don't forget the seasonal afternoon sea breezes!
Perth weather radar is updated every 10 minutes and shows rain in a
radius of over 100km from Perth. Radars are also at Albany, Geraldton, Carnarvon, Learmonth, Dampier, Esperance, Port Hedland
and Broome.
The Coastal Data Centre has:-
Near real time wave and swell heights from buoys at
Cottesloe,
Rottnest,
Cape Naturaliste and
Jurien Bay
"Coast cam" cameras updating every minute at
Trigg south,
Trigg north,
Scarborough,
Cottesloe and
Swanbourne beaches.
tide predictions for many coastal places in WA.
A tide prediction page which covers more places and future
years in WA is XTide -Tide predictions You can print out a month's
or a year's tide predictions from this site - including sun rise and set times and moon phases.
West Australian Radio and TV Fishing Programs.
"Fishing", 6:10 AM Saturdays on ABC 720kHz and
southern Regional stations. Presented by ABC's Sarah Knight
and John Curtis
"Fishing WA", on Channel 9. Times and dates vary - check the
Fishing WA website or TV program guides.
Please contact us if you know of other WA TV or Radio fishing programs
or things of interest to recreational fishers.
Copyright © 2002 Surf Casting and Angling Club of W.A. (Inc.)
Please contact us if there are any problems with this
site.
This page last updated 24 August 2004.
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