What fish can you catch at Yarra Bay Artificial Reef?

Yellowtail Scad, Bream. Species listed are those the source records for this spot — seasons and what is actually biting change through the year, so check the current forecast before you go.

Can you fish Yarra Bay Artificial Reef from the shore?

No — Yarra Bay Artificial Reef is a boat-access spot. You need a vessel to fish it.

Do I need to check the fishing rules for Yarra Bay Artificial Reef?

Yes. Bag limits, size limits and closures change and are set by the New South Wales fisheries authority — always check the current rules before you keep a fish. Fishare's New South Wales regulations page tracks them.

NSW · REEF · BOTANY BAY

Yarra Bay Artificial Reef.

Yarra Bay Artificial Reef is structure holding reef fish in Botany Bay, with boat access. Anglers target Yellowtail Scad, Bream. Sourced from the official listing, 8 July 2026.

Spot type

Reef

Access

Boat

Species

Region

Botany Bay

Conditions today

Bite

0/100

Swell

2.8m

Wind

8m/s

Water

17.9°C

Yarra Bay Artificial Reef is rated WAIT · 0/100 for fishing today, and the best day in the next week is Sun, 20 Sept at 65/100.

Scored from tide, wind, swell, pressure and light for this location. Generated 2026-09-16 and refreshed daily — open the app for the current hour.

Tide today

Predicted from harmonic constituents at Botany Bay, 1.6 km away. The marked points are the predicted extremes; the curve between them is interpolated.

Fishing better nearby

Blues Point Reserve is scoring 28 higher, 15 km N from here. Clifton Gardens Wharf is +28, 16 km N.

Blues Point Reserve 15 km N +28 Clifton Gardens Wharf 16 km N +28

Scored the same way as Yarra Bay Artificial Reef and adjusted for each spot's own exposure, so a sheltered estuary can beat an open platform on the same weather. Distances are straight-line.

Fishing Yarra Bay Artificial Reef

Yarra Bay's reef-ball network is an in-bay artificial reef on Botany Bay's northern shoreline. It is more protected than the offshore Botany Heads reefs and is especially useful as a bait and light-tackle bream mark.

What's there

Yellowtail ScadBream

Best conditions: DPIRD's Botany Bay guide calls out low-light periods such as dusk and dawn for bream on the reef balls. It also identifies the reef balls as a place to source bait species such as yellowtail.

Where it is

-33.98, 151.22 ± 2 km

Approximate area, not an exact mark. Fishare publishes fishing spots to a ~2 km range — the spot is somewhere inside this circle.

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Check the rules first

NSW regs SSOT; check DPIRD/FishSmart for Botany Bay rules plus Botany Bay and Georges River dietary advice before keeping fish.

Bag limits, size limits and closures are set by the New South Wales fisheries authority and change through the year. Fishare tracks the current rules on the NSW fishing regulations page — check it before you keep a fish.

Common questions

What fish can you catch at Yarra Bay Artificial Reef?: Yellowtail Scad, Bream. Species listed are those the source records for this spot — seasons and what is actually biting change through the year, so check the current forecast before you go.
Can you fish Yarra Bay Artificial Reef from the shore?: No — Yarra Bay Artificial Reef is a boat-access spot. You need a vessel to fish it.
When is the best time to fish Yarra Bay Artificial Reef?: DPIRD's Botany Bay guide calls out low-light periods such as dusk and dawn for bream on the reef balls. It also identifies the reef balls as a place to source bait species such as yellowtail.
Do I need to check the fishing rules for Yarra Bay Artificial Reef?: Yes. Bag limits, size limits and closures change and are set by the New South Wales fisheries authority — always check the current rules before you keep a fish. Fishare's New South Wales regulations page tracks them.

Source & verification

Details for Yarra Bay Artificial Reef come from the official source, retrieved 8 July 2026.

Source detail: Official DPIRD Go Fishing Botany Bay PDF provides GPS coordinate, reef context and low-light/bait species guidance; decimal coordinate converted from [coordinate withheld].

Conditions change. Access closes, sand moves and structure shifts — check locally before you travel a long way.

Plan the session

Fishing Yarra Bay Artificial Reef? Check the tide window, the launch options and whether the fish are actually biting before you go.

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