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Budds Beach (Nerang River)

Sat 31 Oct 2026 · Australia/Brisbane

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📍 Budds Beach (Nerang River)
waning gibbous · 75%
Weather: Rainy Wind: N 343° · 6 km/h Swell: 0.4 m @ 9 s S Water: 22.9 °C Pressure: 1017.4 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 50 out of 100 Major window
Time of day 82 out of 100 Dawn
Tide 70 out of 100 Turning
Wind 46 out of 100 NW 5 km/h
Moon 67 out of 100 waning gibbous all day
Water temp 94 out of 100 22.9 °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 4:31 am Last light 6:29 pm
Low 4:48 am High 11:52 am Low 7:00 pm

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

Feeding Windows
Best times to fish based on activity score.
Peak
3:00 am → 6:00 am
71
3h
Good
3:00 pm → 8:00 pm
68
5h
Good
11:00 pm → 12:00 am
50
1h
Good
11:30 am → 12:30 pm
46
1h
First light
4:31 am
Last light
6:29 pm
Sunrise
4:55 am
Sunset
6:04 pm
Moonrise
11:39 pm
Moonset
9:02 am
Low tide
4:48 am
High tide
11:52 am
Low tide
7:00 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°
↑︎
N
360°
7 km/h
1am
☁️
20°
↑︎
N
351°
7 km/h
2am
🌧️
19°
↑︎
N
345°
6 km/h
3am
🌧️
19°
↑︎
N
339°
5 km/h
4am
🌧️
19°
↖︎
NW
333°
5 km/h
5am
🌧️
19°
↖︎
NW
333°
4 km/h
6am
🌧️
19°
↑︎
N
338°
4 km/h
7am
🌧️
19°
↑︎
N
341°
4 km/h
8am
🌧️
20°
↖︎
NW
333°
4 km/h
9am
🌧️
20°
↖︎
NW
326°
5 km/h
10am
🌧️
20°
↖︎
NW
325°
5 km/h
11am
🌧️
20°
↖︎
NW
332°
5 km/h
12pm
🌧️
20°
↑︎
N
343°
6 km/h
1pm
🌧️
20°
↑︎
N
353°
6 km/h
2pm
🌧️
20°
↑︎
N
1°
8 km/h
3pm
🌧️
21°
↑︎
N
7°
10 km/h
4pm
🌧️
21°
↑︎
N
10°
11 km/h
5pm
☀️
22°
↗︎
NE
45°
12 km/h
6pm
☀️
21°
↗︎
NE
38°
10 km/h
7pm
☀️
21°
↗︎
NE
29°
8 km/h
8pm
☀️
20°
↑︎
N
12°
6 km/h
9pm
☀️
20°
↑︎
N
347°
5 km/h
10pm
☀️
19°
↖︎
NW
326°
5 km/h
11pm
☀️
19°
↖︎
NW
308°
5 km/h
Hourly Swell
Steady ~0.5 m SE
12am
0.8 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
1am
0.8 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
2am
0.8 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
3am
0.7 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
4am
0.6 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
5am
0.6 m
@ 8 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
6am
0.6 m
@ 8 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
7am
0.5 m
@ 8 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
8am
0.5 m
@ 8 s
↓︎
S
Slight
9am
0.5 m
@ 9 s
↓︎
S
Calm
10am
0.4 m
@ 9 s
↓︎
S
Calm
11am
0.4 m
@ 9 s
↓︎
S
Calm
12pm
0.4 m
@ 9 s
↓︎
S
Calm
1pm
0.4 m
@ 9 s
↓︎
S
Calm
2pm
0.4 m
@ 9 s
↓︎
S
Calm
3pm
0.5 m
@ 8 s
↘︎
SE
Calm
chop
4pm
0.5 m
@ 8 s
↘︎
SE
Calm
chop
5pm
0.5 m
@ 8 s
↘︎
SE
Calm
chop
6pm
0.5 m
@ 8 s
↘︎
SE
Calm
chop
7pm
0.5 m
@ 7 s
↘︎
SE
Calm
chop
8pm
0.5 m
@ 6 s
↘︎
SE
Slight
chop
9pm
0.5 m
@ 5 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
10pm
0.5 m
@ 4 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
11pm
0.5 m
@ 4 s
→︎
E
Slight
chop
Water Temp (°C)
→ steady around 22.9°
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°
Thu
5 Nov
—
Fri
6 Nov
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Wind Map
Wind data (text)

Now: 6 km/h N (343°).

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