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Cardwell fishing forecast & tide times

Cardwell is a harbour on the Queensland reef coast at 18.268° S, 146.027° E. Wind, sea and tide times below, and the live map one tap away.

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Conditions at Cardwell

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Wind is BLEND‑NQ, ReefNav’s own blend of six global models, bias‑corrected against nearby weather stations.

Tide times near Cardwell

Official high and low tide predictions for Cardwell, taken from the Bureau of Meteorology gauge at Cardwell — the nearest to this spot. Heights are metres above LOWEST ASTRONOMICAL TIDE.

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Tide predictions © Commonwealth of Australia, Bureau of Meteorology; published by The State of Queensland (Department of Transport and Main Roads).

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Marine Park zoning at Cardwell

Most of this coast sits inside the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park, and the zone you are in decides whether you can fish, and how. Green (Marine National Park) zones are no‑take. Yellow (Conservation Park) zones allow limited line fishing. Dark blue (Habitat Protection) zones allow fishing but no trawling or netting.

See the zoning around Cardwell on the reef chart →