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Michaelmas Cay fishing forecast & tide times

Michaelmas Cay is a reef on the Queensland reef coast at 16.603° S, 145.976° E. Wind, sea and tide times below, and the live map one tap away.

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Conditions at Michaelmas Cay

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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 Michaelmas Cay

Official high and low tide predictions for Michaelmas Cay, taken from the Bureau of Meteorology gauge 16 nm away at Cairns - Beacon C1 — 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 Michaelmas Cay

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.

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