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Bay Moray Firth (Moray) — a popular fishing spot. About 5304 km² in area. Nearby towns: Cullen and Forres. This is a sea water — its bite forecast is a marine one, computed apart from rivers and lakes. See when the bite is best: hourly fish activity for the days ahead, computed from the weather, pressure, and season.
Nearest towns and cities
The shoreline is moderately indented: bays and points alternate with even stretches. The largest water around: all 5 neighbours are smaller.
The longest fetch is 83 mi along the west — east axis: wind along it builds a wave on the open water and pushes silt and food towards the lee bank.
Other nearby places to fish
Other nearby waters
Moray: the months when each species peaks and when it goes quiet. The current month is outlined.
| Fish | January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlantic mackerel | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | active | active | active | peak | peak | active | slow |
| Ballan wrasse | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | active | active | active | peak | peak | active | fair |
| Conger eel | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | active | active | active | peak | peak | active | fair |
| European sea bass | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | active | active | active | peak | peak | active | fair |
| Thornback ray | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | active | active | active | peak | peak | active | fair |
| Atlantic salmon | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | active | active | active | slow | slow |
| European eel | slow | slow | fair | active | active | active | active | active | peak | peak | fair | slow |
| Flounder | slow | slow | fair | active | active | active | active | active | peak | peak | fair | slow |
| Grey mullet | slow | slow | fair | active | active | active | active | active | peak | peak | fair | slow |
| Plaice | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | peak | active | active | active | fair | slow | slow |
| Pollack | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | active | peak | peak | peak | fair | slow |
| Whiting | peak | active | active | fair | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | peak |
| Atlantic cod | peak | peak | active | fair | slow | slow | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak |
| Brown trout | slow | slow | fair | active | peak | peak | peak | active | active | fair | slow | slow |
Wednesday, October 21
Look for structure — reefs, flats, channel edges; work them slowly near the bottom.
Moray Firth — Wednesday, October 21
The bite is strong — fish are active. Pressure is dropping — this usually boosts the bite. Peak 07:00–09:00 and 17:00–19:00.
The computed water temperature is around 10 °C — inside the 4–12 °C comfort range for Atlantic cod, so baseline activity is high.
Atlantic cod works the twilight: the peaks are pinned to sunrise and sunset — their times are in the sun-and-moon card above.
Pressure is dropping 3 hPa over the day — fish are usually more active ahead of a weather change.
One more input — the moon's feeding windows: within their hours the score sits higher than across the rest of the day. The window times are in the “Solunar feeding periods” card below.
October is an active season for Atlantic cod here.
These are the same values the bite curve above was computed from. How the forecast works
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -0.9 m | -1.0 m | -1.0 m | -1.0 m | -0.9 m | -0.4 m | -0.0 m | 0.2 m | 0.4 m | 0.7 m | 0.6 m | 0.1 m | -0.5 m | -0.7 m | -0.6 m | -0.6 m | -0.6 m | -0.3 m | 0.2 m | 0.5 m | 0.6 m | 0.8 m | 0.7 m | 0.2 m |
Open-Meteo tide model, grid point 5.2 mi away
Open-Meteo Marine model, grid cell 5.2 mi from the waterbody. Values are daily means.
Drizzle · feels like +9°
The day is 5 min shorter than yesterday.
Sunshine hours count direct sun only — cloud cover cuts it, so it is shorter than daylight.
Geomagnetic fieldunsettled, Kp 4
Kp index — NOAA data. Not part of the bite score: catches show no link between geomagnetic storms and the bite.
The windows are set by the moon's transit and rise, and the forecast above already accounts for them: within these hours the bite score sits higher than across the rest of the day, while the day's overall level still comes from the catch-calibrated model.
What are solunar periods?Look for structure — reefs, flats, channel edges; work them slowly near the bottom.
Moray Firth — Wednesday, October 21
The bite is strong — fish are active. Pressure is dropping — this usually boosts the bite. Peak 07:00–09:00 and 17:00–19:00.