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Budds Beach (Nerang River)

Wed 28 Oct 2026 · Australia/Brisbane

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📍 Budds Beach (Nerang River)
waning gibbous · 96%
Weather: Cloudy Wind: SW 222° · 4 km/h Swell: 0.6 m @ 6 s SE Water: 22.8 °C Pressure: 1015.3 hPa ↓ falling Sheltered water: wind direction matters less here
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Medium Fish Activity
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▸ Why this score?
At the day's peak · 6:30 pm
Solunar 0 out of 100 Between windows
Time of day 79 out of 100 Dusk
Tide 55 out of 100 Moving
Wind 91 out of 100 SE 16 km/h
Moon 67 out of 100 waning gibbous all day
Water temp 94 out of 100 22.8 °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 4:33 am Last light 6:26 pm
Low 2:20 am High 9:06 am Low 3:35 pm High 9:16 pm

Tide is approximate here. Drag or use arrow keys to explore

Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
6:00 pm → 7:30 pm
62
1h 30m
Good
8:30 pm → 10:30 pm
53
2h
Good
3:00 pm → 4:00 pm
50
1h
Good
12:30 pm → 2:00 pm
50
1h 30m
First light
4:33 am
Last light
6:26 pm
Sunrise
4:58 am
Sunset
6:02 pm
Moonrise
8:33 pm
Moonset
5:57 am
Low tide
2:20 am
High tide
9:06 am
Low tide
3:35 pm
High tide
9:16 pm

Tide times here are a rough model estimate. Check the BoM tide tables before you fish the change.

Hourly Wind
High Bite Hours Highlighted
12am
☁️
20°
←︎
W
279°
3 km/h
1am
☁️
21°
←︎
W
267°
3 km/h
2am
☁️
21°
↙︎
SW
223°
4 km/h
3am
☁️
20°
↙︎
SW
243°
2 km/h
4am
☁️
21°
←︎
W
265°
2 km/h
5am
🌧️
21°
←︎
W
283°
3 km/h
6am
☁️
21°
↖︎
NW
328°
6 km/h
7am
☁️
22°
↖︎
NW
328°
8 km/h
8am
☁️
23°
↖︎
NW
309°
7 km/h
9am
☁️
24°
←︎
W
272°
5 km/h
10am
☁️
25°
←︎
W
281°
4 km/h
11am
☁️
27°
↖︎
NW
300°
2 km/h
12pm
☁️
28°
↙︎
SW
222°
4 km/h
1pm
🌧️
27°
↙︎
SW
217°
10 km/h
2pm
🌧️
25°
←︎
W
278°
15 km/h
3pm
🌧️
25°
←︎
W
273°
7 km/h
4pm
☁️
25°
↖︎
NW
323°
2 km/h
5pm
☁️
24°
↓︎
S
162°
5 km/h
6pm
☁️
22°
↘︎
SE
148°
16 km/h
7pm
☁️
21°
↘︎
SE
152°
9 km/h
8pm
☀️
21°
↓︎
S
171°
7 km/h
9pm
☀️
20°
↓︎
S
195°
7 km/h
10pm
☀️
19°
↓︎
S
196°
10 km/h
11pm
☀️
19°
↓︎
S
195°
12 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.5 m SE
12am
0.6 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
1am
0.6 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
2am
0.6 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
3am
0.6 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
4am
0.6 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
5am
0.6 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
6am
0.7 m
@ 5 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
7am
0.8 m
@ 5 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
8am
0.7 m
@ 5 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
9am
0.7 m
@ 5 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
10am
0.6 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
11am
0.6 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
12pm
0.6 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
1pm
0.6 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
2pm
0.6 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
3pm
0.6 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
4pm
0.6 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
5pm
0.6 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
6pm
0.5 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
7pm
0.5 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
8pm
0.5 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
9pm
0.5 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
10pm
0.5 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Calm
chop
11pm
0.5 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Calm
chop
Water Temp (°C)
↗ warming — up 0.9° over the last 3 days
Sun
25 Oct
21.9°
Mon
26 Oct
22.2°
Tue
27 Oct
22.5°
Wed
28 Oct
22.8°
Thu
29 Oct
22.7°
Fri
30 Oct
22.7°
Sat
31 Oct
22.9°
Sun
1 Nov
22.9°
Mon
2 Nov
22.9°
Tue
3 Nov
23.0°
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 4 km/h SW (222°).

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