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Struisbaai Fishing & Solunar Times
90 /100 ★★★★★ prime
Inside the major bite window; 1.6h off the turn — strongest push; falling fast (-2.4 hPa/6h) — front coming.
Why the bite reads prime right now
🌙Solunar+14
inside the major bite window
🌊Tide flow+12
1.6h off the turn — strongest push
🔻Pressure+10
falling fast (-2.4 hPa/6h) — front coming
〰️Swell+8
1.6m — working the gullies nicely
🌘Moon phase+4
building toward springs
🌅Light-4
bright midday sun — fish sitting deep
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 | 1.6h off the turn — strongest push | +12 |
| Tide direction | pushing in | +2 |
| Tide range | 1.6m — big spring movement | +2 |
| Wind | 14 km/h onshore, light | -1 |
| Swell | 1.6m — working the gullies nicely | +8 |
| Pressure | falling fast (-2.4 hPa/6h) — front coming | +10 |
| Light | bright midday sun — fish sitting deep | -4 |
| Water temp | 16.8°C — in the productive band | +3 |
| Total | 90 | |
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 1.6m swell is working the gullies. A falling glass ahead of a change is a classic trigger. Today’s pick: Garrick on live bait or spinning spoons. Best window today around 14:25.
📉 Barometric trigger
Falling fast — a front is coming, prime feeding trigger.
Last 6h -2.4 hPa · next 6h +0.2 hPa · live from Open-Meteo.
Tide: rising, 1.6h from the turn (next high 16:52)
Moon: Waxing Crescent (5% lit)
Major bite: 13:25–15:25 · 01:50–03:50
Minor bite: 07:27–08:57 · 19:53–21:23
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 |
| 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 |
| White musselcracker (brusher, cracker) | 60 cm | 2/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 Struisbaai now (October)
In season: Grunter, Garrick
Grunter
Garrick
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 Struisbaai
| Species | J | F | M | A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grunter | ||||||||||||
| Black Musselcracker | ||||||||||||
| White Musselcracker | ||||||||||||
| Geelbek | ||||||||||||
| Kob | ||||||||||||
| Garrick | ||||||||||||
| Galjoen | × | |||||||||||
| Shad | × | × |
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.
☀️ Sun & skin — out on the water all day
Sunrise 05:58 · Sunset 18:53 · Peak UV 7
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 — Struisbaai
Beach
Reef
Harbour / jetty
Casting spotRock ledge
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 Struisbaai — Fishing Local Knowledge
Struisbaai is a genuine angling mecca, offering harbour-wall, surf and rock fishing plus ready access to the vast Agulhas Bank for boat anglers.
Shore anglers target kob (kabeljou), galjoen (protected and seasonal, so check current regulations), shad (elf), spotted grunter, garrick (leervis), musselcracker and smaller sharks, while the harbour wall is a productive, family-friendly spot fished best at high tide and after dark. Offshore, the Agulhas Bank yields year-round yellowtail plus seasonal geelbek (Cape salmon) and kob. Sardine, chokka, white mussel and prawn are the mainstay baits. This stretch and neighbouring Cape Agulhas and Suiderstrand rank among the finest fishing coasts in the country.