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Jeffreys Bay Fishing & Solunar Times
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35 /100 ★☆☆☆☆ poor
1.3m — working the gullies nicely; rising fast (+2.4 hPa/6h) — post-front; slack water — barely moving.
Why the bite reads poor right now
〰️Swell+8
1.3m — working the gullies nicely
🔻Pressure-8
rising fast (+2.4 hPa/6h) — post-front
🌊Tide flow-7
slack water — barely moving
🌙Solunar+3
minor window approaching
🌡️Water temp+3
20.3°C — in the productive band
🌘Moon phase-2
neap tides — smallest movement
Bars are the live points each factor added to (green) or took off (red) today’s score. Full breakdown below.
Show how this score is worked out
| Baseline | an average day on an average tide | +40 |
| Solunar | minor window approaching | +3 |
| Moon phase | neap tides — smallest movement | -2 |
| Tide flow | slack water — barely moving | -7 |
| Tide direction | pulling out | +1 |
| Tide range | 0.7m — small neap movement | -2 |
| Wind | 1 km/h onshore, light | -1 |
| Swell | 1.3m — working the gullies nicely | +8 |
| Pressure | rising fast (+2.4 hPa/6h) — post-front | -8 |
| Water temp | 20.3°C — in the productive band | +3 |
| Total | 35 | |
Every factor above is live data for this spot. Solunar and the weightings are an informed guide, not a guarantee — the sea gets a vote.
📖 Today’s story
Tough day, but fish get caught by those who show up. The water’s near slack now — wait for the low at 06:16 to get it moving. A 1.3m swell is working the gullies. The barometer’s climbing hard after a front, which can shut them down. Today’s pick: Garrick on live bait or spinning spoons. Best window today around 07:29.
📉 Barometric trigger
Rising hard after a front — can shut them down.
Last 6h +2.4 hPa · next 6h +0.3 hPa · live from Open-Meteo.
Tide: falling, 0.2h from the turn (next low 06:16)
Moon: Last Quarter (35% lit)
Major bite: 06:29–08:29 · 18:54–20:54
Minor bite: 00:31–02:01 · 12:57–14:27
Strongest near dawn/dusk or a tide change. Nearest tides →
🐟 Best fishing times today
🎣 Reading today’s bite…
■ prime ■ good ■ fair ■ quiet ■ dawn/dusk H/L = tide · tap an hour for detail
🌊 Today's tide
⚖️ What you may legally keep here
CLOSED SEASON RIGHT NOW — Shad / Elf (01 Oct - 30 Nov). You may not catch or be in possession of these.
| Species | Min size | Bag limit | Closed season |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black musselcracker / poenskop | 50 cm | 1/day | none |
| Blacktail (dassie) | 20 cm | 5/day | none |
| Garrick / Leervis | 70 cm | 2/day | none |
| Kob / Kabeljou (dusky kob) — shore & estuary, east of Cape Agulhas | 60 cm | 1/day | none |
| Mullets / harders | — | 50/day | none |
| Shad / Elf | 30 cm | 4/day | CLOSED NOW · 01 Oct - 30 Nov |
| Spotted grunter (tiger) | 40 cm | 5/day | none |
| White musselcracker (brusher, cracker) | 60 cm | 2/day | none |
| White steenbras (pignose grunter) | 60 cm | 1/day | none |
| Yellowtail (Cape yellowtail) | — | 10/day | none |
A recreational fishing permit is required (available at the Post Office). Over and above the per-species limits above, Reg. 22(7)(f) prohibits keeping more than ten fish in total per day irrespective of species (except species with no bag limit, or a bag limit above ten). Sizes are measured snout to tail tip.
Source: Marine Living Resources Act 18 of 1998 — Regulations (GN R1111), Annexure 7 (Regulation 22). Limits shown only for species named in this spot's notes; where a common name covers more than one species (stumpnose, musselcracker) every applicable limit is listed. Regulations change — verify with DFFE before keeping any fish.
🐟 What’s biting at Jeffreys Bay now (November)
In season: Garrick, Grunter, Blacktail, Mullet Harders
Garrick
Grunter
Blacktail
Mullet Harders
Shad
release only
Today’s pick: Garrick — Garrick are running — work spoons or live bait along the backline. Try live bait or spinning spoons.
🎣 Target now — tap a species
Protected now (release only): Shad
📅 When each fish runs at Jeffreys Bay
| Species | J | F | M | A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kob | ||||||||||||
| Shad | × | × | ||||||||||
| Garrick | ||||||||||||
| Grunter | ||||||||||||
| Blacktail | ||||||||||||
| White Steenbras | ||||||||||||
| Musselcracker | ||||||||||||
| Mullet Harders |
peak run off-season closed (protected) • ring = this month. General SA run seasons.
Run seasons are a general SA guide; the sea gets a vote. Always check current bag & size limits.
🎣 Where to fish Jeffreys Bay
The marks our local knowledge describes for this spot — what the structure is, what holds there and how it is fished.
🏞️ Kabeljous — river mouth
Holds: Kob
💡 Top tip
“Beyond the surf, J-Bay and its surrounds offer sandy beaches, rocky ledges and the Kabeljous river mouth just to the north, giving anglers a full spread of surf, rock and estuary fishing.”
🪨 Rocky ledges
Holds: Kob
🏞️ Kabeljous — estuary
Holds: Shad, Kob, Garrick, Grunter, Blacktail, White Steenbras, Musselcracker, Mullet Harders
Bait / lure: mussel, shad
💡 Top tip
“Kabeljous beach is a renowned garrick (leervis) mark, and the wider area produces kob (kabeljou), shad, white steenbras, blacktail and musselcracker, with grunter, mullet and small kob in the Kabeljous estuary.”
🏖️ Kabeljous — beach
Holds: Shad, Kob, Garrick, Grunter, Blacktail, White Steenbras, Musselcracker, Mullet Harders
Bait / lure: mussel, shad
Across the whole spot
Tide: pushing tide
Best light: dusk
Baits that work here: artificial, chokka, mussel, prawn, sardine, shad, spoon, spoons
Marks are drawn from our own local knowledge for this spot — each one shows the sentence it came from. They are descriptions, not survey positions: we do not publish a cast coordinate we cannot stand behind. Rock and ledge angling is dangerous in big swell — check the conditions above and never fish a ledge alone.
☀️ Sun & skin — out on the water all day
Sunrise 05:15 · Sunset 18:52 · Peak UV 8
Surfers & anglers get the highest UV dose of anyone. Recommended: SPF 50+, reapply every 2 hours and after every session.
Shop SPF 50+ sunscreen →Surf/wave: Open-Meteo Marine. Sun/UV/pressure: Open-Meteo. Tides: Stormglass model. Solunar is an approximate guide. Generated Wed, 04 Nov 2026 00:13 SAST.
Aerial map — Jeffreys Bay
Rock ledges
Beach gutters
Rock ledgeCasting spot
Hand-styled from NGI 0.25 m national aerial. Markers show productive marks & casting spots — indicative local knowledge, not live conditions or navigation advice; tides, banks, rips & hazards change, so use your own eyes on the day.
About Jeffreys Bay — Fishing Local Knowledge
Beyond the surf, J-Bay and its surrounds offer sandy beaches, rocky ledges and the Kabeljous river mouth just to the north, giving anglers a full spread of surf, rock and estuary fishing.
Kabeljous beach is a renowned garrick (leervis) mark, and the wider area produces kob (kabeljou), shad, white steenbras, blacktail and musselcracker, with grunter, mullet and small kob in the Kabeljous estuary. Light-tackle spinning with artificial shads and spoons is deadly for garrick and kob in the surf, while bait anglers use sardine, chokka and prawn on the incoming tide and into the evening. Shad and yellowtail show more in the warmer months; check the current regulations, closed seasons and bag limits before keeping fish.