Illustrated day on the reef, dawn to night — a smiling rising sun, a snorkeller over a manta ray and turtle at midday, and a crescent moon over the sunset

A day on the reef

Daily guide

What's good around Exmouth, hour by hour — each in-season experience placed in its best window by the real sun, moon, tide and sea breeze for the day. Step through dates to scout a trip.

Solid bars are pinned to the real sun, moon, tide and sea breeze for this date; faded bars are a looser part of the day.

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Sundawn 5:23 · sunrise 5:46 · solar noon 12:08 · sunset 18:32 · dusk 18:55
Breeze➤➤➤➤➤breezyreef➤➤➤➤➤breezytip➤➤➤➤➤breezytownreef S breeze ~7:00 · tip S breeze ~7:00 · town S breeze ~7:00 · up to 41 km/h
Tide▲▽▲high 10:00 (1.9 m) · low 15:49 (0.8 m) · high 22:01 (2.2 m) — Exmouth gauge, above LAT
Mandu Mandu Gorge loop5:06–7:06 · sunrise 5:46 · dawn for rock-wallabies — and no shade laterMandu Mandu rock-wallabies5:06–7:06 · sunrise 5:46 · most active in the soft early lightCharles Knife sunrise drive5:06–7:06 · sunrise 5:46 · low light throws the canyons into reliefVlamingh Head sunrise5:06–7:06 · sunrise 5:46Dunes surf breakmid tide ~6:56 · breezy from 6:00 today · mid tide — the left gets shallow on the dropYardie Creek rim walkcooler ends of the dayWobiri reef breakbreezy from 6:00 today · light easterly mornings, before the sea breezeTurquoise Bay drift snorkelbreezy from 6:00 todayLakeside reef snorkelbreezy from 6:00 todayYardie Creek paddlebreezy from 6:00 today · the gorge funnels windSandy Bay swimbreezy from 6:00 todaySandy Bay SUP & flat waterbreezy from 6:00 today · the wind crowd takes over once the breeze buildsBundegi reef snorkelbreezy from 6:00 today · a good fallback when the west coast blows outBundegi SUPbreezy from 6:00 todayTantabiddi lagoon snorkelbreezy from 6:00 todayExmouth scenic flightbook a morning flight — calmest air and best lightOsprey Bay drift snorkelrising to high 10:00 · 1.9 m · breezy from 7:00 todayOyster Stacks coral snorkelaround high 10:00 · 1.9 m · needs ~1.2 m of water over the coralBundegi kayak trailaround high 10:00 · 1.9 m · breezy from 8:00 today · snorkel the moorings with water over the reefVlamingh Head sunset17:47–18:52 · sunset 18:32Jurabi dune sunset17:47–18:52 · sunset 18:32Milyering dark-sky stargazingpoor tonight — 96% moon up through the evening · let your eyes adjust ~20 min

Sun and moon are computed for Exmouth; times are AWST. Tides are computed from the Exmouth gauge (20.3 km away; TICON-4 constituents, CC BY 4.0, DGFI-TUM) — astronomical tide above LAT, no weather surge. Not for navigation. Wind is an Open-Meteo forecast at 3 points across the cape (reef, tip, town): hours shade darker as the wind builds (hatched = 20+ km/h sea breeze), arrows show where it blows toward, and hovering an hour gives the number.