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Budds Beach (Nerang River)

Thu 29 Oct 2026 · Australia/Brisbane

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📍 Budds Beach (Nerang River)
waning gibbous · 91%
Weather: Sunny Wind: E 102° · 10 km/h Swell: 0.5 m @ 6 s SE Water: 22.7 °C Pressure: 1021.3 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 · 4:30 am
Solunar 0 out of 100 Between windows
Time of day 80 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 55 out of 100 Moving
Wind 91 out of 100 S 13 km/h
Moon 67 out of 100 waning gibbous all day
Water temp 95 out of 100 22.7 °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 6:27 pm
Low 3:04 am High 9:53 am Low 4:34 pm High 10:10 pm

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

Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
1:00 am → 6:00 am
63
5h
Good
4:00 pm → 7:30 pm
63
3h 30m
Good
1:30 pm → 2:30 pm
53
1h
Good
9:30 pm → 10:00 pm
48
30m
First light
4:33 am
Last light
6:27 pm
Sunrise
4:57 am
Sunset
6:03 pm
Moonrise
9:42 pm
Moonset
6:52 am
Low tide
3:04 am
High tide
9:53 am
Low tide
4:34 pm
High tide
10:10 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
☀️
19°
↓︎
S
192°
13 km/h
1am
☀️
18°
↓︎
S
196°
12 km/h
2am
☀️
18°
↓︎
S
194°
13 km/h
3am
☀️
18°
↓︎
S
193°
13 km/h
4am
☀️
18°
↓︎
S
189°
13 km/h
5am
☀️
18°
↓︎
S
189°
13 km/h
6am
☀️
19°
↓︎
S
188°
12 km/h
7am
☀️
21°
↓︎
S
178°
12 km/h
8am
☀️
22°
↓︎
S
159°
12 km/h
9am
☀️
23°
↘︎
SE
138°
11 km/h
10am
☀️
24°
→︎
E
111°
9 km/h
11am
☀️
24°
→︎
E
104°
10 km/h
12pm
☀️
23°
→︎
E
102°
10 km/h
1pm
☀️
23°
→︎
E
99°
10 km/h
2pm
☀️
23°
→︎
E
92°
12 km/h
3pm
☀️
23°
→︎
E
84°
13 km/h
4pm
☀️
22°
→︎
E
80°
14 km/h
5pm
☀️
22°
→︎
E
77°
12 km/h
6pm
☀️
21°
→︎
E
73°
9 km/h
7pm
☀️
20°
↗︎
NE
67°
7 km/h
8pm
☀️
20°
↗︎
NE
63°
6 km/h
9pm
☀️
19°
↗︎
NE
60°
5 km/h
10pm
☀️
19°
↗︎
NE
59°
4 km/h
11pm
☀️
19°
↗︎
NE
65°
3 km/h
Hourly Swell
Building 0.5 → 1.0 m SE
12am
0.5 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Calm
chop
1am
0.5 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Calm
chop
2am
0.5 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Calm
chop
3am
0.5 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Calm
chop
4am
0.5 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Calm
chop
5am
0.4 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Calm
chop
6am
0.4 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Calm
chop
7am
0.4 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Calm
chop
8am
0.4 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Calm
chop
9am
0.4 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Calm
chop
10am
0.4 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Calm
chop
11am
0.5 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Calm
chop
12pm
0.5 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
↓︎
S
Slight
chop
5pm
0.7 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
6pm
0.7 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
7pm
0.8 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
8pm
0.9 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
9pm
0.9 m
@ 5 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
10pm
1.0 m
@ 5 s
↘︎
SE
Moderate
chop
11pm
1.0 m
@ 5 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
Water Temp (°C)
↗ warming — up 0.5° over the last 3 days
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°
Wed
4 Nov
23.0°
Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 10 km/h E (102°).

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