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Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth) Fishing & Solunar Times
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88 /100 ★★★★★ prime
1.4h off the turn — strongest push; dawn/dusk edge — prime feeding light; 1.7m — working the gullies nicely.
Why the bite reads prime right now
🌊Tide flow+12
1.4h off the turn — strongest push
🌅Light+10
dawn/dusk edge — prime feeding light
〰️Swell+8
1.7m — working the gullies nicely
🔻Pressure+6
falling (-1.9 hPa/6h)
🌘Moon phase+4
building toward springs
💨Wind+4
5 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 | between bite windows | 0 |
| Moon phase | building toward springs | +4 |
| Tide flow | 1.4h off the turn — strongest push | +12 |
| Tide direction | pulling out | +1 |
| Wind | 5 km/h cross-shore | +4 |
| Swell | 1.7m — working the gullies nicely | +8 |
| Pressure | falling (-1.9 hPa/6h) | +6 |
| Light | dawn/dusk edge — prime feeding light | +10 |
| Water temp | 16.7°C — in the productive band | +3 |
| Total | 88 | |
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 dropping tide is moving food around. The dusk light change is right here — the prime feeding window. A 1.7m swell is working the gullies. Today’s pick: Garrick on live bait or spinning spoons. Best window today around 14:09.
📉 Barometric trigger
Falling — a classic bite trigger, dropping further next 6h.
Last 6h -1.9 hPa · next 6h -1.1 hPa · live from Open-Meteo.
Tide: falling, 1.4h from the turn (next low 22:58)
Moon: Waxing Crescent (6% lit)
Major bite: 13:09–15:09 · 01:34–03:34
Minor bite: 07:11–08:41 · 19:37–21:07
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blacktail (dassie) | 20 cm | 5/day | none |
| Bronze bream (bluefish) | 30 cm | 2/day | none |
| Galjoen | 35 cm | 2/day | 15 Oct - last day of February |
| Garrick / Leervis | 70 cm | 2/day | none |
| Geelbek (Cape salmon) | 60 cm | 2/day | none |
| Kob / Kabeljou (dusky kob) — shore & estuary, east of Cape Agulhas | 60 cm | 1/day | none |
| Shad / Elf | 30 cm | 4/day | CLOSED NOW · 01 Oct - 30 Nov |
| Spotted grunter (tiger) | 40 cm | 5/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 Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth) now (October)
In season: Garrick, Grunter, Blacktail
Garrick
Grunter
Blacktail
Shad
release only
Today’s pick: Garrick — Garrick are in season. Try live bait or spinning spoons.
🎣 Target now — tap a species
Protected now (release only): Shad
📅 When each fish runs at Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth)
| Species | J | F | M | A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shad | × | × | ||||||||||
| Kob | ||||||||||||
| Garrick | ||||||||||||
| Galjoen | × | |||||||||||
| Grunter | ||||||||||||
| Blacktail | ||||||||||||
| Bronze Bream |
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 Port Elizabeth
The marks our local knowledge describes for this spot — what the structure is, what holds there and how it is fished.
⛰️ Summerstrand — gullies
💡 Top tip
“Anglers fish the beaches and gullies of Summerstrand and Sardinia Bay, the harbour walls and river mouths, while ski-boats push out to reefs and pinnacles in the bay for deeper species.”
🏖️ Summerstrand — beach
🌊 Backline
Holds: Shad, Kob, Garrick, Galjoen, Grunter, Blacktail, Bronze Bream
Bait / lure: shad
💡 Top tip
“Off the beaches and rocks, expect kob (kabeljou), spotted grunter, shad (elf), bronze bream, blacktail and seasonal galjoen, with garrick (leervis) hunting the backline in the cooler months.”
🪨 Rocks
Holds: Shad, Kob, Garrick, Galjoen, Grunter, Blacktail, Bronze Bream
Bait / lure: shad
Across the whole spot
Best light: dawn, dusk
Season: summer
Baits that work here: chokka, live bait, prawn, sardine, shad
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 05:37 · Sunset 18:30 · Peak UV 5
Surfers & anglers get the highest UV dose of anyone. Recommended: SPF 30+, reapply every 2 hours and after every session.
Shop SPF 30+ sunscreen →Surf/wave: Open-Meteo Marine. Sun/UV/pressure: Open-Meteo. Tides: Stormglass model. Solunar is an approximate guide. Generated Tue, 13 Oct 2026 18:13 SAST.
Aerial map — Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth)
Harbour wall
Kings Beach
Casting 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 Gqeberha (Port Elizabeth) — Fishing Local Knowledge
Algoa Bay is one of the Eastern Cape's most productive fishing grounds, offering surf, rock, pier and boat angling all within reach of the city. Anglers fish the beaches and gullies of Summerstrand and Sardinia Bay, the harbour walls and river mouths, while ski-boats push out to reefs and pinnacles in the bay for deeper species.
Off the beaches and rocks, expect kob (kabeljou), spotted grunter, shad (elf), bronze bream, blacktail and seasonal galjoen, with garrick (leervis) hunting the backline in the cooler months. Grunter fall to prawn and mud-prawn worked on the sand banks, while kob prefer live bait, chokka or fresh sardine fished at dawn, dusk and around the tide change. Offshore boats target geelbek, kob and gamefish. Galjoen is protected with a closed season, so check current bag and size limits and any permit requirements before you fish.