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Wilderness Fishing & Solunar Times
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Moon: New Moon (0% lit)
Major bite: 11:58–13:58 · 00:23–02:23
Minor bite: 06:00–07:30 · 18:26–19:56
Strongest near dawn/dusk or a tide change. Nearest tides →
☀️ Sun & skin — out on the water all day
Sunrise 07:10 · Sunset 17:58 · 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: Open-Meteo. Solunar is an approximate guide. Generated Thu, 13 Aug 2026 23:50 SAST.
About Wilderness — Fishing Local Knowledge
Anglers have the long open beach for surf fishing plus the Touw and Kaaimans river mouths and the nearby Swartvlei estuary for sheltered, structure-based angling.
The surf produces kob, white steenbras, shad, blacktail and garrick, while the estuaries hold spotted grunter, Cape stumpnose and small kob. Fish the surf gullies and backline holes with sardine, chokka and prawn, working the incoming tide and the low-light hours for kob and garrick. Estuary anglers do well on prawn for grunter around the tide changes. Some of these waters fall within protected areas with permit and bag-limit rules, so check current regulations before fishing or keeping fish.