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Langebaan Fishing & Solunar Times
93 /100 ★★★★★ prime
Inside the major bite window; 1.2h off the turn — strongest push; falling fast (-3.0 hPa/6h) — front coming.
Why the bite reads prime right now
🌙Solunar+14
inside the major bite window
🌊Tide flow+12
1.2h off the turn — strongest push
🔻Pressure+10
falling fast (-3.0 hPa/6h) — front coming
〰️Swell+8
1.7m — working the gullies nicely
🌘Moon phase+4
building toward springs
💨Wind+4
18 km/h cross-shore
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 | inside the major bite window | +14 |
| Moon phase | building toward springs | +4 |
| Tide flow | 1.2h off the turn — strongest push | +12 |
| Tide direction | pushing in | +2 |
| Wind | 18 km/h cross-shore | +4 |
| Swell | 1.7m — working the gullies nicely | +8 |
| Pressure | falling fast (-3.0 hPa/6h) — front coming | +10 |
| Light | bright midday sun — fish sitting deep | -4 |
| Water temp | 16.6°C — in the productive band | +3 |
| Total | 93 | |
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
It’s on. A strong pushing tide is moving food around. A 1.7m swell is working the gullies. A falling glass ahead of a change is a classic trigger. Today’s pick: Grunter on prawn / mud-prawn. Best window today around 14:33.
📉 Barometric trigger
Falling fast — a front is coming, prime feeding trigger, dropping further next 6h.
Last 6h -3 hPa · next 6h -1.2 hPa · live from Open-Meteo.
Tide: rising, 1.2h from the turn (next high 16:27)
Moon: Waxing Crescent (5% lit)
Major bite: 13:33–15:33 · 01:58–03:58
Minor bite: 07:35–09:05 · 20:01–21:31
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
| Species | Min size | Bag limit | Closed season |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cape stumpnose | 20 cm | 5/day | none |
| Geelbek (Cape salmon) | 60 cm | 2/day | none |
| Mullets / harders | — | 50/day | none |
| Spotted grunter (tiger) | 40 cm | 5/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 Langebaan now (October)
In season: Grunter, Cape Stumpnose, Mullet Harders
Grunter
Cape Stumpnose
Mullet Harders
Today’s pick: Grunter — Grunter are in season. Try prawn / mud-prawn.
🎣 Target now — tap a species
📅 When each fish runs at Langebaan
| Species | J | F | M | A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grunter | ||||||||||||
| Geelbek | ||||||||||||
| White Steenbras | ||||||||||||
| Cape Stumpnose | ||||||||||||
| 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 Langebaan
The marks our local knowledge describes for this spot — what the structure is, what holds there and how it is fished.
🌊 Channel
Holds: Grunter, Geelbek, White Steenbras, Cape Stumpnose, Stumpnose, Mullet Harders, Yellowtail
💡 Top tip
“It is best known for white steenbras (an overexploited, tightly regulated species), Cape stumpnose, spotted grunter, harders and sand sharks, with linefish such as geelbek and yellowtail moving through the deeper channels nearer the mouth.”
Across the whole spot
Tide: pushing tide
Baits that work here: bloodworm, prawn
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 06:08 · Sunset 19:00 · 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 Tue, 13 Oct 2026 15:13 SAST.
Aerial map — Langebaan
Lagoon flats
Main beach
Lagoon channel
Casting spotDeep hole / gully
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.
🎣 Cast Coach: the dashed arc suggests a cast from the beat toward the nearest deep water / structure — adjust for the tide on the day.
About Langebaan — Fishing Local Knowledge
Langebaan Lagoon is a tidal saltwater lagoon and Ramsar wetland, fished from the shoreline, banks and shallow flats rather than from open surf.
It is best known for white steenbras (an overexploited, tightly regulated species), Cape stumpnose, spotted grunter, harders and sand sharks, with linefish such as geelbek and yellowtail moving through the deeper channels nearer the mouth. Light tackle with prawn, sand prawn or bloodworm fished on the incoming tide over the flats is the traditional approach. Because much of the lagoon is a Marine Protected Area with no-take and restricted zones, bag limits and closed seasons are strictly enforced, so always check current regulations and permitted zones before fishing.