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Yarra Bay (Phillip Bay)

Fri 18 Sep 2026 · Australia/Sydney

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📍 Yarra Bay (Phillip Bay)
first quarter · 38%
Weather: Sunny Wind: E 77° · 9 km/h Swell: 1.0 m @ 8 s S Water: 17.8 °C Pressure: 1029.6 hPa ↓ falling
★★★★☆
High Fish Activity
▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 5:30 pm
Solunar 84 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 44 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 100 out of 100 Moving
Wind 100 out of 100 NE 14 km/h
Moon 33 out of 100 first quarter all day
Water temp 79 out of 100 17.8 °C all day
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Activity Forecast
HIGH 70+ MED 50 LOW 30 4a 8a 12p 4p 8p
Day timeline
Major Minor Tide Twilight
First light 5:26 am Last light 6:13 pm
High 12:00 am Low 5:40 am High 12:30 pm Low 7:40 pm

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Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
4:30 pm → 7:00 pm
74
2h 30m
Good
5:00 am → 7:00 am
59
2h
First light
5:26 am
Last light
6:13 pm
Sunrise
5:50 am
Sunset
5:48 pm
Moonrise
9:41 am
Moonset
12:56 am
High tide
12:00 am
Low tide
5:40 am
High tide
12:30 pm
Low tide
7:40 pm
Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☀️
11°
←︎
W
266°
7 km/h
1am
☀️
11°
←︎
W
273°
9 km/h
2am
☀️
10°
←︎
W
277°
9 km/h
3am
☀️
10°
←︎
W
279°
8 km/h
4am
☀️
10°
←︎
W
283°
7 km/h
5am
☀️
9°
←︎
W
289°
7 km/h
6am
☀️
9°
↖︎
NW
294°
8 km/h
7am
☀️
9°
↖︎
NW
298°
8 km/h
8am
☀️
11°
↖︎
NW
301°
7 km/h
9am
☀️
15°
↖︎
NW
306°
6 km/h
10am
☀️
17°
↖︎
NW
324°
4 km/h
11am
☀️
18°
↗︎
NE
43°
4 km/h
12pm
☀️
19°
→︎
E
77°
9 km/h
1pm
☀️
20°
→︎
E
80°
13 km/h
2pm
☀️
20°
→︎
E
76°
15 km/h
3pm
☀️
19°
↗︎
NE
67°
15 km/h
4pm
☀️
19°
↗︎
NE
59°
15 km/h
5pm
☀️
18°
↗︎
NE
55°
14 km/h
6pm
☀️
17°
↗︎
NE
50°
13 km/h
7pm
☀️
17°
↗︎
NE
43°
10 km/h
8pm
☀️
16°
↗︎
NE
30°
5 km/h
9pm
☀️
15°
↑︎
N
347°
3 km/h
10pm
☀️
14°
↖︎
NW
313°
4 km/h
11pm
☀️
14°
↖︎
NW
301°
5 km/h
Hourly Swell
Easing 1.6 → 0.9 m S
12am
1.6 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
1am
1.5 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
2am
1.4 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
3am
1.4 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
4am
1.4 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
5am
1.3 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
6am
1.3 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
7am
1.2 m
@ 7 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
8am
1.2 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
9am
1.1 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
10am
1.0 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
11am
1.0 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
12pm
1.0 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
1pm
1.1 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
chop
2pm
1.1 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
3pm
1.1 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
4pm
1.1 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
5pm
1.0 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
6pm
1.0 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
7pm
1.0 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Moderate
8pm
1.0 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Slight
9pm
1.0 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Slight
10pm
1.0 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Slight
11pm
0.9 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Slight
Water Temp (°C)
→ steady around 17.8°
Tue
15 Sep
18.0°
Wed
16 Sep
17.8°
Thu
17 Sep
17.7°
Fri
18 Sep
17.8°
Sat
19 Sep
18.0°
Sun
20 Sep
18.1°
Mon
21 Sep
18.0°
Tue
22 Sep
18.0°
Wed
23 Sep
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Thu
24 Sep
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Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 9 km/h E (77°).

Wind map data: ECMWF HRES (operational), updated every 6 hours. Not for navigation.