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.

Sunday 1 November

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 5:17 · sunrise 5:40 · solar noon 12:08 · sunset 18:36 · dusk 18:59
Breeze➤➤➤➤➤➤breezyreef➤➤➤➤➤➤breezytip➤➤➤➤➤➤breezytownreef SW breeze ~7:00 · tip S breeze ~7:00 · town S breeze ~7:00 · up to 30 km/h
Tide▽▲▽low 8:49 (0.5 m) · high 15:17 (1.8 m) · low 20:25 (1.1 m) — Exmouth gauge, above LAT
Mandu Mandu Gorge loop5:00–7:00 · sunrise 5:40 · dawn for rock-wallabies — and no shade laterMandu Mandu rock-wallabies5:00–7:00 · sunrise 5:40 · most active in the soft early lightCharles Knife sunrise drive5:00–7:00 · sunrise 5:40 · low light throws the canyons into reliefVlamingh Head sunrise5:00–7:00 · sunrise 5:40Yardie Creek rim walkcooler ends of the dayTurquoise Bay drift snorkel6:00–7:00 · SW sea breeze ~7:00Lakeside reef snorkel6:00–7:00 · SW sea breeze ~7:00Yardie Creek paddle6:00–7:00 · SW sea breeze ~7:00 · the gorge funnels windSandy Bay swim6:00–7:00 · SW sea breeze ~7:00Sandy Bay SUP & flat water6:00–7:00 · SW sea breeze ~7:00 · the wind crowd takes over once the breeze buildsBundegi reef snorkel6:00–7:00 · S sea breeze ~7:00 · a good fallback when the west coast blows outBundegi SUP6:00–7:00 · S sea breeze ~7:00Wobiri SUP6:00–7:00 · S sea breeze ~7:00Tantabiddi lagoon snorkel6:00–7:00 · S sea breeze ~7:00Exmouth scenic flightbook a morning flight — calmest air and best lightOsprey Bay drift snorkelrising to high 15:17 · 1.8 m · breezy from 12:00 todayBundegi kayak trailaround high 15:17 · 1.8 m · S sea breeze ~15:00 · snorkel the moorings with water over the reefOyster Stacks coral snorkelaround high 15:17 · 1.8 m · needs ~1.2 m of water over the coralVlamingh Head sunset17:51–18:56 · sunset 18:36Jurabi dune sunset17:51–18:56 · sunset 18:36Jurabi turtle watchingafter dark — dusk 18:59 · nesting season — follow the turtle codeMilyering dark-sky stargazingdark sky from 19:54 · 54% moon · 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.