Fishing and diving report for the Gold Coast and Tweed Heads, January 1, 2014

GOLD Coast and Tweed Heads fishing and diving report with Paul Burt.

Fishing:

Offshore: Great condition light winds forecast. Try for yellow fin nine mile. Spanish mackerel around Fido's reef. Full body mackerel on Mermaid. Cobia on the Gravel patch along with squire.

Seaway: Jew fish around the pipeline. A few luderick south wall near channel. Try for bream adjacent the soils and Wavebreak walls. Sand crabs opposite the pool and Labrador. A few whiting around the council chambers and Cronin Island.

Jumpinpin: Moses perch around the coffee rocks northern end of Caninpa Passage. Flathead around Slipping Sands and northern banks of Crusoe Island. A few whiting behind the Bedrooms. Watch for the birds when walking the sand dunes.

P aradise Point: Big mud crabs mid reaches Coomera and Pimpama Rivers. Try for whiting around the northern banks of Crab Island and throughout western side of straddle near entrance of Browns Inlet. Also mangrove jacks around Sovereign Island Bridge.

Tweed: Tailor off headland from Hastings and Burleigh. Also try for mangrove jacks around Stotts Island the bridge at Barney's Point. A few bream in the marinas. And whiting and dart around Black Rock.

Diving: High tide will be 8.57am. Swell is SE all day less than one metre. Winds are easterly 10 knots. Water temp is around 19 degrees. Visibility around 10 metres. Seeing dolphins and turtle.

Diving:

High tide will be 8.57am. Swell is SE all day less than one metre. Winds are easterly 10 knots. Water temp is around 19 degrees. Visibility around 10 metres. Seeing dolphins and turtle.