What fish can you catch at Carnarvon Artificial Reef?

Pink Snapper, Tuskfish, Mulloway, Spanish Mackerel, Trevally, Tailor. 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 Carnarvon Artificial Reef from the shore?

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

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

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

WA · REEF · CARNARVON COAST

Carnarvon Artificial Reef.

Carnarvon Artificial Reef is structure holding reef fish in Carnarvon coast, with boat access. Anglers target Pink Snapper, Tuskfish, Mulloway and more. Sourced from the official listing, 8 July 2026.

Spot type

Reef

Access

Boat

Species

Region

Carnarvon coast

Conditions today

Bite

50/100

Swell

1.4m

Wind

7m/s

Water

20.9°C

Carnarvon Artificial Reef is rated HOLD · 50/100 for fishing today, and the best day in the next week is Thu, 17 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 Carnarvon, 6.6 km away. The marked points are the predicted extremes; the curve between them is interpolated.

Fishing better nearby

Carnarvon Boat Harbour is scoring 19 higher, 7.9 km E from here.

Carnarvon Boat Harbour 7.9 km E +19

Scored the same way as Carnarvon 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 Carnarvon Artificial Reef

Carnarvon Artificial Reef is a 2025 reef-module field west-south-west of Pelican Point. It adds a newly installed Gascoyne structure mark with an official coordinate and a strong local recreational-fishing purpose.

What's there

Pink SnapperTuskfishMullowaySpanish MackerelTrevallyTailor

Best conditions: The reef is shallow by WA artificial-reef standards, so long casts, soft plastics, metal jigs and perimeter trolling make sense before anchoring nearby. If anchoring, set in sand upwind of a cluster rather than among the modules.

Where it is

-24.92, 113.58 ± 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

WA regs SSOT; check DPIRD rules, local closures and current Gascoyne demersal requirements before fishing.

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

Common questions

What fish can you catch at Carnarvon Artificial Reef?: Pink Snapper, Tuskfish, Mulloway, Spanish Mackerel, Trevally, Tailor. 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 Carnarvon Artificial Reef from the shore?: No — Carnarvon Artificial Reef is a boat-access spot. You need a vessel to fish it.
When is the best time to fish Carnarvon Artificial Reef?: The reef is shallow by WA artificial-reef standards, so long casts, soft plastics, metal jigs and perimeter trolling make sense before anchoring nearby. If anchoring, set in sand upwind of a cluster rather than among the modules.
Do I need to check the fishing rules for Carnarvon Artificial Reef?: Yes. Bag limits, size limits and closures change and are set by the Western Australia fisheries authority — always check the current rules before you keep a fish. Fishare's Western Australia regulations page tracks them.

Source & verification

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

Source detail: Official WA DPIRD page provides centre-point coordinate [coordinate withheld], depth and deployment date. Species and tactics cross-checked against Recfishwest artificial reefs guide.

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

Plan the session

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

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